Championship Bridge Ep.6

[@rukdropov]

Great to see Howard Schenken play. One of the best players of all time, and possibly the best.

[@ButOneThingIsNeedful]

This show featured some excellent bridge players of the time, to be sure. However, one woman I would really have enjoyed watching is Agnes Gordon. She was a frequent partner of Eric Murray, who said of her: "Agnes never came close to touching a wrong card or making a questionable bid. Everyone who played with Agnes marveled at her perfection.".

[@coolpapabell22]

Wait, is Mary Jane Farell pretty? I wish they would tell me.

[@srinivasannarayanan8056]

The winning play depends on where you place the K and 10 of spades. She just guessed wrong, especially West has passed.

[@leisulin]

It's interesting how things have evolved since the 60s in terms of sexism. The announcer routinely describes how pretty the pretty players are. This has a jarring effect when viewed from today's perspective. You never hear him talk about how handsome the men players are.

[@timm1328]

it is shocking how poor the bridge play is in this episode

[@tuxtommy69]

Not to mention the bidding! I realize this is 1950s Goren bidding without many current bids & treatments but 3 Spades on last hand! Really? Should have first been a negative double (which I suppose had not been "invented" yet!) The 4 Spade contract was certainly reasonable but the early play in Diamonds was bizarre! Like Goren said she should have been setting up heart ruffs.