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| Joe Andrews Articles – 2004 Column of the Month Archive | |
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| Joe Andrews, Hearts expert and author of the books The Complete Win at Spades and The Complete Win at Hearts writes regular articles on Hearts, providing strategies, tips, advice, and more. | |
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| December 2004
Joe deals out the answers to last month’s Hearts Holiday Quiz, and poses a devious new stumper for your puzzling pleasure. Happy holidays! | | |
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| November 2004
Joe's Beginners Korner analyzes Spade and Club combinations and issues his Annual Holiday Quiz – The HeartsBusters Challenge! | | |
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| October 2004
Joe breaks down the hot and heavy action at the Hearts Nationals in Illinois and discusses a sample hand with a fantastic endgame from that tournament! | | |
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| September 2004
First, Joe talks about the country's longest running live Hearts series, then he gets into the game and discusses hearts suit holdings and which groups are best for shooting the moon. | | |
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| August 2004
Joe focuses on the heart suit and what combinations would stop a Moon Shot; he tops it off with a solution from a reader. Joe continues looking at the heart suit but now looking to shoot the moon. | | |
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| July 2004
This month, Joe’s beginner’s article takes up passing strategies for the Hearts suit. He then presents a Hand of the Month quiz. If you can find a better play for this hand than the one Joe observed, he’s got a prize for you. | | |
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| June 2004
Before tackling the advanced quiz he presented last month, Joe addresses beginners with passing strategies that prevent a Moon Shot. | | |
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| May 2004
In the Beginner’s Korner, Joe Andrews examines how you might adjust your passing strategy when the pass goes to the left. Then he offers an advanced quiz on making the play in a tricky endgame position. | | |
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| April 2004
This month, the Beginner’s Korner features “Counting to 13 in the Spades suit” to get rid of an Ace of Spades and the evil Queen. In the Advanced Alley, Joe follows up on the instructional hand from last week, to demonstrate that the Moon isn’t always as out of reach as it seems. | | |
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| March 2004
Joe devotes this month to his Beginner’s Korner feature, covering passes to the right with the Spade Queen and Partnership Hearts. Can you beat his challenge quiz to determine whether a certain deal allows partners to Shoot the Moon? | | |
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| February 2004
Joe analyzes the “interesting hand” from last month’s column, shares the results of his community survey on “hold” hands, and announces what’s coming up in next month’s column and on the “live” tournament front. | | |
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| January 2004
Joe shares a little history from the last 30 years of organized live Hearts tournaments, then presents a quiz based on a particularly bad hand that showed up in live play. Finally, he asks for pro-or-con input on the hold-hand rule. | | |
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