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...most successful bridge players are neither the relentlessly bold nor the incorrigibly careful, but those who know, through a fine combination of card sense, experience and clear thinking, when to be bold and when to be cautious. Old Pro Charles Goren, apostle of point-count bidding, has made many a bold thrust over the years, but in the American Contract Bridge League's yearly Life Masters Pair tournament at Bal Harbour, Fla. last week, he showed that caution some times pays...
During their 19 years as professional partners, Charlie Goren, 57, and Helen Sobel, 48, have copped just about every top bridge trophy at one time or another. Back in 1942 they took the Life Masters cup, but it has eluded them ever since. Last week, despite a brisk start, they lagged in ninth place at the end of the third round (each round consists of 26 deals). On the fourth and final round, they encountered this deal (North-South vulnerable...
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Coming after Goren's pass, Mrs. Sobel's five-club bid was bold, though it might possibly have been made (finesse South's king of clubs, discard West's losing dia mond on the jack of hearts). The payoff decision was Goren's final pass. At most other tables, West doubled the five-spade bid - naturally enough, since West held 15 of the deck's 40 high-card points (according to the Goren system of counting four for an ace, three for a king, two for a queen, one for a jack). But Goren...
...finish his forward line, Getchell is looking for a center who feeds off well and makes the right moves at the right time. He has tried Al Vando and Alex Goren, who both also play left inside, John Chadwick and Gallagher. Vando has played soccer for three years at the New Lincoln School...