Hollywood has always traveled to faraway places (or at least tricked out sound stages) to spin yarns about moral calamity perfumed with the exotic.
Or at least tricked you into buying a pair of tickets by saying really patriotic things and promising to donate $3 from every purchase to a worthy cause.
A player might get a bonus of 100 points, for example, if they bid nil and don't take any tricks, and a penalty of -100 if they do take at least one trick.
"I'd always come away having learned at least one trick.
Two diamonds doubled, or two hearts doubled, would have failed by at least one trick.
Minimizing the situation by using simple language felt like the least hysterical trick you could play on yourself.
That would have resulted in a final contract of three hearts, which would have gone down at least one trick).
The lead of the heart jack would have defeated the contract by at least one trick, but West not unnaturally led a spade.
He naturally raised to four hearts at his second turn, reaching a contract that was likely to fail by at least one trick.
This would have been defeated by at least one trick: A double-dummy club lead would allow North to score a club ruff.
