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Ed Howard
is an avid duplicate bridge player and is the highest ranking member of Unit 234.  He is an Emerald Life Master with over 7800 masterpoints, and his name appears on the 2012 Barry Crane Top 500 List.  Ed offers insight to all players through his analysis of the bidding and play of both challenging hands, and those that seem straightforward, but offer interesting possibilities.

Previous hands may be viewed by clicking on the hand number below.

Hand #1    Checkmate in Two
Hand #2    Manure Gets in the Way
Hand #3    Strip Squeeze
Hand #4    The Song of Mendal
Hand #5    The Ghost of Harry Shaffer
Hand #6    Clarity
Hand #7    The Continuation Bet
Hand #8    Love the One You're With
Hand #9    A Fortunate Lapse
Hand #10  The Wire
Hand #11  Nash Moves
Hand #12  The Pure Preempt

Hand # 13  The Fog of War
Hand #14  The Master Lead
Hand #15  Put the Ball in the Air

Hand #16  True Lies
Hand #17 Unholy Knowledge
Hand #18  2NT as Puppet Stayman Over a Strong NT Opening
Hand #19  Oh Yes, I Remember It Well
Hand # 20 On the Same Page?
Hand # 21
Bonsai
Hand # 22 The Trap
Hand # 23 Rueful Rabbit
Hand # 24  Not on the Card

Hand # 25 What Was That?
Hand # 26 South to Play--Checkmate in Two
Hand # 27 Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
Hand # 28 Last Train to Houston
Hand # 29 Walking the Dog
Hand # 30 Loose Lips Sink Ships
Hand # 31 Kleinman to the Rescue
Hand # 32 A Broken Suit
Hand # 33 Removing an Option
Hand #34 Why Not a Club Lead?
Hand #35 A Four Trick Play
Hand # 36 Cue Bid Subtleties










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