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Article: Victoria's Duncan Smith explains how he earned the status of Grand Life Master
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“I've done nothing else but play bridge for 43 years,” he said. “I was hooked. I was addicted. I worked and I had a family, but bridge has always been No. 1.”
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Mr. Smith was asked what it takes to become a world-class player.
“It takes a) forever. It's a very difficult game. It takes years of playing before you start to feel you have a grasp, or know what you're doing. One has to almost dedicate their life to it.”
Which is pretty much what he has done.
Had he enjoyed similar success at, say, poker, he might now be a wealthy man, perhaps even a television star.
Instead, he plays in near anonymity, enjoying the camaraderie of the card table, knowing that he has bridge friends in nearly any city on the continent.
Last month, Mr. Smith celebrated the triumph of his lifelong quest the only way he knew how. The cards were shuffled and distributed before bidding began anew.
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Mr. Smith was asked what it takes to become a world-class player.
“It takes a) forever. It's a very difficult game. It takes years of playing before you start to feel you have a grasp, or know what you're doing. One has to almost dedicate their life to it.”
Which is pretty much what he has done.
Had he enjoyed similar success at, say, poker, he might now be a wealthy man, perhaps even a television star.
Instead, he plays in near anonymity, enjoying the camaraderie of the card table, knowing that he has bridge friends in nearly any city on the continent.
Last month, Mr. Smith celebrated the triumph of his lifelong quest the only way he knew how. The cards were shuffled and distributed before bidding began anew.
The "a) forever" is as in the article, as editors are gone forever.
