Two interesting bidding decisions arose at the American Bridge Association game August 18 at the Tisbury Council on Aging.

I was sitting East on board four at the Edgartown Bridge Club on July 30, when the skies opened and enlightenment flooded the bridge world.

We’re moving into the late stages of my editor Paul Laliberte’s auctions that begin with 1NT and don’t end there.

Of all the common opening bids in bridge, none is more popular than 1NT.

“Big hands go slow.” — Standard bridge advice.