Article: Serious card game that is so much fun; The game of contract bridge is a bug that bites hard, says Ros Dodd.

The atmosphere was heavy with concentration. A man with a bow tie and furrowed brow darted an anxious glance at his partner over the rim of his glasses. A woman on the same table bit her lip as she stared fixedly at the fan of cards clasped in her left hand. Nearby, a young man in a crisp white shirt scratched his head and sighed deeply, as though unsure of what to do next.

There was a profound hush around the 12 square tables in an upstairs room of the West Midlands Bridge Club in Solihull yesterday as 48 players battled it out over the red and green baize. The only ...

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