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#1 User is offline   TimG 

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Posted 2008-September-25, 06:29

James Bond played this hand against Hugo Drax in Moonraker (making 7CXX). But, I seem to recall that the hand has its roots in Whist as the subject of a bet. Can anyone provide the details of the origin?

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Posted 2008-September-25, 06:59

This is the "Duke of Cumberland" hand by means of which he was fleeced out of £20,000 (at a time when £20,000 was a lot of money). The bet was that he wouldn't take a single trick with the West hand with clubs as trump.
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Posted 2008-September-26, 11:18

As Marty Bergen mentions in his book, Bond would be called .007 if east took out the double :P
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Posted 2008-September-26, 12:37

EricK, on Sep 25 2008, 07:59 AM, said:

(at a time when £20,000 was a lot of money)

I know I didn't choose the best career for becoming wealthy, but do you have to stress it like that?
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-September-26, 12:45

EricK, on Sep 25 2008, 07:59 AM, said:

This is the "Duke of Cumberland" hand by means of which he was fleeced out of £20,000 (at a time when £20,000 was a lot of money). The bet was that he wouldn't take a single trick with the West hand with clubs as trump.

I thought the Duke of Cumberland hand was


(which I know takes a trump lead to make)
Please let me know about any questions or interest or bug reports about GIB.
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Posted 2008-September-26, 13:04

jdonn, on Sep 26 2008, 01:45 PM, said:

I thought the Duke of Cumberland hand was

The internet agrees with you. I am sure it is the hand the Moonraker hand reminded me of. Thanks to EricK for being the first to point me in the right direction.
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