mike777 Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 The March 2016 issue of Vanity Fair magazine has an article written by John Colapinto regarding the bridge cheating scandal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 The bridge cheating scandals have gotten into a number of places in mainstream media. Unfortunately, I'm not sure this is a case of "there's no such thing as bad publicity". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 Unfortunately, I'm not sure this is a case of "there's no such thing as bad publicity". I actually think this is good publicity. One of the reasons I learned to play bridge was that my BF at the time (currently hubby) played a lot of bridge with his friends and from my POV this always went like this: They dealtThey made a few bidsDummy came upOne started yelling, they fought for 10 minutes then threw the cards away. Sometimes they made it as far as playing two deals in a row, but that was rare. My thinking as a bystander was 1) What a stupid game2) If it causes such drama, there has to be *something* about it that I'm missing. So I learned, to find out what the big deal is. Drama makes people curious IMO :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 my BF at the time (currently hubby)Got any future plans for a change? or just keeping him on his toes? lol :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 Got any future plans for a change? or just keeping him on his toes? lol :) LOL no, didn't realize it sounds strange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted March 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 David Owen writes an article on the bridge scandals in the March 7, 2016 New Yorker. " The Blue Team had two outstanding players and one very good player, but the other three were essentially from central casting." (Hamman) "He conjectured that the Italians used a number of illicit signals, involving things like hand GESTURES AND THE POSITIONING OF THEIR CIGARETTES." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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