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Week 0318 : 27th July 2026

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Indulging in unethical behaviour to mislead the opponents.

For example:

When South leads low, West pauses before playing low, as he might if he held the ace instead of the queen, thus misleading declarer. The term comes from a style of bridge that one used to encounter in European coffee houses.

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