The Setting Trick: Conversations with World Class Bridge Players

47. Susan Morse - Bridge Writer Extraordinaire


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Susan Morse is my kind of person, well humored and a lover of bridge. In one of her Bridge Bulletin articles she introduced me to the concept of the Bridge Base Online "hamburger". This conversation came about based on a chance encounter at the Austin NABC. We've since gone on to break bread during the Hilton Head regional. In a just completed phone conversation Susan tells me she will talk to her team about playing the Spingold for the first time in Providence.

Episode highlights:

1:10- 'Good Evening Memphis'

14:55- How she began playing bridge

25:00- The all-too-familiar story of frantically pursuing masterpoints

48:35- New bridge book coming out soon?

53:10- The awe of meeting Meckstroth

1:03:27- The Migry (TST Guest #3) Hand

1:16:56- The tables are flipped and John gets interviewed

1:27:34- The Cardturner movie???

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