Playing your cards well is only half of the game..Bien jouer ses cartes n'est que la moitié de la réussite au bridge..

Cette image de jeunes professionnels de Bridge (de gauche à droite : Kevin Bathurst, Shannon Cappelletti, Stacy Jacobs, Justin Lall, Ron Smith, John Kranyak. Photo courtest of Cata Robles ) au Tournoi de Gatlinburg, le plus grand rassemblement de Bridge des Etats Unis avec 5.100 tables en 7 jours, dément l'image d'un bridge poussérieux et morose. Elle figure sur le Blog de Bridge de Stacy Jacobs , (troisième sur la photo en partant de la gauche). On y reconnait Justin Lall (souriant, un verre à la main) auteur de Squeezing the Dummy , un des meilleurs Blogs de Bridge, à ce jour. Justin y commente le film " In the cards", documentaire sur la vie de deux jeunes professionnels de Bridge,Gavin Wolpert et Vincent Demuy.Le cinéaste s'est surtout intéressé à la relation entre les Partenaires, car "bien jouer ses cartes n'est que la moitié de la réussite au bridge. L'autre moitié, peut-être la plus stimulante, est de composer avec son partenaire. La relation qui existe entre deux partenaires de bridge est souvent aussi intime, aussi complexe, aussi volatile que dans un couple. C'est cette dynamique qui distingue le bridge de presque tous les autres jeux. Et le rend si excitant"extrait d'un article de CBF. Quand ce Partenaire est un conjoint , la relation est plus exigeante encore et requiert plus de maturité. Bénédicte Cronier , interviewée sur le site des Gogobridgeurs développe ce point en annonçant son Partenariat pour une place en équipe Open avec Philippe Cronier; ce dernier ne jouant plus en paire avec Paul Chemla.

This picture from Stacy Jacobs's Bridge Blog showing a bunch of young Bridge Professionnels (from left to right : Kevin Bathurst, Shannon Cappelletti, Stacy Jacobs, Justin Lall, Ron Smith, John Kranyak. Photo courtest of Cata Robles ) at Gatlinburg Tournament, the biggest regional tournament ever, with 5,100 tables in seven days, shows quite a different face of bridge, far from the impression that "Bridge was played only by old people who spent the majority of their time complaining that all music these days just sounds like noise, or perhaps sitting around talking about how much fun it is driving on the freeway with their left blinker on for no apparent reason, just to mess with everybody else's minds. " quote from Badmonster, begginners Bridge Log. The Picture shows Justin Lall author of "Squeezing the dummy", one of the most interesting bridge Blog on the web. Justin wrote a post about " in the cards", a one-hour television documentary about one of the most exciting partnerships in the world of bridge, Gavin Wolpert and Vincent Demuy.The film follows them "as they struggle first to prove themselves as a professional partnership, and then to maintain their partnership, and even their friendship, as the competitive pressure mounts"for "playing your cards well is only half of the game. The other half, which is perhaps even more challenging, is dealing well with your partner. The relationship that exists between two bridge partners is often as intimate, as complicated, and as volatile as a marriage. It's that dynamic that separates bridge from almost every other game. And it's that dynamic that makes the game so exciting"quote from CBF. When your Partner is your husband, the relationship is even more demanding and requires maturity. See, Bénédicte Cronier's interview on Gogobridgeurs's website about her Partership with Philippe Cronier, no longer Paul Chemla's partner.