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THE ACCUSATION THAT ROCKED THE BRIDGE WORLD
THE ACCUSATION THAT ROCKED THE BRIDGE WORLD The mention of Terence Reese's name in connection with English Stud Texas Hold'em Poker brings back memories of the Bridge accusation that rocked the Bridge world. It was the year 1965 when the American Bridge team entry of B. Jay Becker and Dorothy Hayden, playing in the World's Duplicate Bridge Championship Tournament held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, accused Terence Reese and Boris Shapiro, members of the British team, of cheating by supposedly making use of illegal finger signals. Alan Truscott, the Bridge columnist for The New York Times, who at the time was covering the tournament for his paper, joined Becker and Hayden in accusing Reese and Shapiro of cheating.
The Reese and Shapiro case led to several lawsuits and a full-length
The Reese and Shapiro case led to several lawsuits and a full-length inquiry by the British Bridge League. The inquiry included the examination and cross-examination of dozens of witnesses including the accused and the accusers. The verdict: Reese and Shapiro were acquitted of cheating. The World Bridge Federation, however, had previously ruled that Reese and Shapiro were guilty of using illegal finger signals.