I hope Marty doesn't read this. On more than one occasion, Marty Bergen and I reached a good grand slam (going down) while unbeknownst to us, the other table (with our cards) played in only a game. The risk/reward of the IMP table suggests it would be much better to play a small slam making 12 tricks for a large enough gain than to attempt a grand slam (trying for an even larger gain). An old friend of Marty's (and our teammate at times) decided to dub
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