The rubber bridge world has lost one of its best and most flamboyant players; David Herman was an emaciated, elegant American lawyer who made TGRs his second home. If David wasn’t in the club, you knew he was either travelling or sick. I last saw him the day before lockdown in March. He got into a taxi and said: ‘See you soon, sweetie — when they sort out this mess.’ Alas it was not to be. I got a call in June to say he had passed away.
Cutting in at his table was always exciting as he generated so much action. Some players thought his style was too aggressive and didn’t like to play with him but I loved it. Here is a hand where he blasted game in NTs, giving the opponents no information on how to defend (see diagram).
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