James Bond
007 plays bridge against the evil multi-millionaire Sir Hugo Drax in Ian Fleming's "Moonraker." In the story, M asks Bond to investigate Sir Hugo's substantial winnings at M's favorite bridge club. There, Bond discerns that Drax cheats as dealer by looking at card reflections in his polished cigarette case. When playing with M, Bond fixes the deck against Drax in the final deal of the session:
| M | ||||
 T987 | ||||
 6543 | ||||
| Meyer |  -- | Drax | ||
| 65432 |  76532 | AKQJ | ||
| T9872 | AKQJ | |||
| JT9 | Bond | AK | ||
| -- | -- | KJ9 | ||
| -- | ||||
| Q8765432 | ||||
| AQT84 |
! This is passed around to Drax, who doubles. Bond naturally redoubles.
Bond ruffs a diamond in dummy, finesses Drax's clubs, ruffs another diamond, and finesses clubs again. Now Bond's hand becomes good, and Drax is apoplectic.
This deal is based on the Duke of Cumberland deal from the 19th century. The Duke of Cumberland, son of King George III, supposedly held Drax's cards during this rigged deal against hustlers:
| North | ||||
| 5432 | ||||
| 5432 | ||||
| West | -- | The Duke | ||
| JT9876 | 65432 | AKQ | ||
| T9876 | AKQJ | |||
| QJ | South | AK | ||
| -- | -- | KJ97 | ||
| -- | ||||
| T98765432 | ||||
| AQT8 |
