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	<title>Blaher on Bridge</title>
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	<description>A look at bridge hands, bridge players, bidding, declarer player, and defense</description>
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		<title>Two Interesting Hands</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I had the pleasure of playing with a very nice young man, 15 years old, who, if he gets the time, will become an excellent bridge player. Right now, school and extra-curricular activites keep him from playing enough to bring him to the top levels. However, considering the limited amount of time he has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://grandslamdbc.com/blog1/2011/06/12/two-interesting-hands/</link>
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		<title>Game or Slam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One more attempt at writing regularly. Here is an interesting hand from this afternoon. You pick up, at IMP&#8217;s: K8754 AT94 K8 K8 Partner opens 1NT (15-17 HCP). You respond 2C, I would presume. Partner bids 2S. There are several choices now, for your rebid. You could bid 3H and see what partner does. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://grandslamdbc.com/blog1/2011/05/16/game-or-slam/</link>
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		<title>Being a Good Partner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For a long time, I have wanted to write about a number of issues that do not deal with specific hands, bidding, playing or defending issues. Among the topics are partnership behavior, ethics, alert procedures, and director rulings. Today, I want to take a few minutes to talk about being a good partner. What does [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://grandslamdbc.com/blog1/2010/08/09/being-a-good-partner/</link>
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		<title>An Interesting Balancing Issue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for my long absence but I have been swamped and my health marginal, so I have not had time to write. The other day, my partner and I had a hand that presented an interesting balancing problem. As a general rule, I don&#8217;t let my opponents play suit contracts, at matchpoints, at the 2-level [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://grandslamdbc.com/blog1/2010/08/08/an-interesting-balancing-issue/</link>
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		<title>Plan Your Play</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Again, I must apologize for my long absence. Health issues have kept me away from the computer for a while (it is hard to type when you can&#8217;t see). I will try to be more regular. Also, I will begin posting articles on my main website soon, now that I can see again. The biggest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://grandslamdbc.com/blog1/2010/04/03/plan-your-play/</link>
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		<title>Interesting Bidding Problem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry I have been away, but health issues have hampered my ability to write. It is hard to type when you cannot see straight (not that I am much better right now, but I have to write something!!!). I just had an interesting hand on-line which was not bid well and I misplayed because I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://grandslamdbc.com/blog1/2010/03/17/interesting-bidding-problem/</link>
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		<title>RKC and Voids and a Simple Declarer Problem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The other night, I was playing on-line with a regular partner who is fairly good, but occasionally has gaps in her knowledge base that surprise me. We had the following auction: Partner Me 1H 2C 2H 3H 4H 4N 5C 5H The auction seems straightforward. Partner has an opening hand with at least 5 hearts, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://grandslamdbc.com/blog1/2009/12/22/rkc-and-voids-and-a-simple-declarer-problem/</link>
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		<title>What Do You Call a 9-Card Suit?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had an interesting hand today. The auction really should have been quite standard and probably was at virtually every table. The key difference at the various tables was probably the defense. I picked up the following hand, with nobody vulnerable: Kx x x KJ98xxxxx Everyone probably opened this hand 5 clubs in first seat, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://grandslamdbc.com/blog1/2009/10/31/what-do-you-call-a-9-card-suit/</link>
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		<title>Surprises Abound</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My partner and I were playing in a team game today and I picked up the following hand: AKxx K AQxx Axxx A nice 20 HCP with a 4-4-4-1 shape and singleton K. I was in fourth seat and was trying to decide whether to open the hand 2NT when my partner opens the auction [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://grandslamdbc.com/blog1/2009/10/24/surprises-abound/</link>
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		<title>Website Update In the Works</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry I haven&#8217;t written in a few days. I am in the process of updating my website. It will soon be carrying articles on bidding, specific bidding conventions, declarer play, and defensive play issues. There will also be weekly quizzes on bidding and declarer play. This should take me another 1-2 weeks to get the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://grandslamdbc.com/blog1/2009/10/02/website-update-in-the-works/</link>
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