Bridge: Bamboozling

Jan 28, 2026 | This Week's Issue

I was visiting my 11-year-old grandson when he asked me to show him how to play bridge. I took a pack of 52 and dealt out one set of four hands and explained to him how the highest card wins, and if you could not follow suit, you could trump. After that one deal, he told me it was bamboozling, and if I really wanted to be bamboozled, he would show me his game, Yugi-o.

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