The Hacketts are probably the best known bridge-playing family in the world. They live in Manchester but travel constantly — you’ll see at least one Hackett pop up at any tournament. There’s patriarch Paul, a lifelong bridge professional and part of the England Seniors Team who just can’t stop winning world and European championships. There are his sons, twins Justin and Jason, who were taught to play at 11 and went on to become the youngest pros in Europe. And there’s Barbara, married to Justin, a former world women’s champion. It was Barbara who reported this deal from the recent Yeh Bros Cup teams in Shanghai — her father-in-law and her husband both shone:
East led the ♠7 to West’s ♠10 and Paul Hackett won with the ♠Q. He then guessed diamonds correctly and cashed four rounds, West discarding a club and a heart, and East a heart.
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