Finishing out the last disc of this series. For a fun article about organized Bridge in this time period (1960s), check out vault.si.com/vault/1961/10/09...
Great to see some of the older bridge greats, especially the team of Charles Goren and Helen Sobel, who is considered by most as the greatest woman bridge player of all time! Thanks for posting.
Ms. Sobel was fantastic. Another absolutely top female bridge player, perhaps her equal, was Ms. Agnes Gordon, a frequent partner of Eric Murray. Sadly, both Ms. Sobel and Ms. Gordon died young (60 and 61, respectively). Murray's tribute to his former partner ran thusly: “Agnes never came close to touching a wrong card or making a questionable bid. Everyone who played with Agnes marveled at her perfection".
Interesting to see Okumeff. He's mentioned in Hamman's "At the Table" as co-owner and operator of an LA bridge club that developed many top players, including Hamman (and Soloway and Kantar and others). Okuneff also codified the rules of an "Oh Hell" variant popular with bridge players - play begins with four cards per hand, goes up to 13 and remains there for four deals. The trump suit is chosen by the highest bidder (or the first one if there's a tie). No trumps can also be chosen and that doubles the score for the hand.
Great to see some of the older bridge greats, especially the team of Charles Goren and Helen Sobel, who is considered by most as the greatest woman bridge player of all time! Thanks for posting.
Ms. Sobel was fantastic. Another absolutely top female bridge player, perhaps her equal, was Ms. Agnes Gordon, a frequent partner of Eric Murray. Sadly, both Ms. Sobel and Ms. Gordon died young (60 and 61, respectively). Murray's tribute to his former partner ran thusly: “Agnes never came close to touching a wrong card or making a questionable bid. Everyone who played with Agnes marveled at her perfection".
Well it got better.. thanks
Interesting to see Okumeff. He's mentioned in Hamman's "At the Table" as co-owner and operator of an LA bridge club that developed many top players, including Hamman (and Soloway and Kantar and others).
Okuneff also codified the rules of an "Oh Hell" variant popular with bridge players - play begins with four cards per hand, goes up to 13 and remains there for four deals. The trump suit is chosen by the highest bidder (or the first one if there's a tie). No trumps can also be chosen and that doubles the score for the hand.
Thanks but on my cell phone I cannot follow anything.. I can barely see the cards, could not hear the contract.
I believe this is from the fall of 1957.