How Can Four People Play Bridge When They Can’t Meet Face To Face? (March 2020) These are difficult times and many people are missing their regular games of bridge as we’ve all been told to stay at home. We all have to be mindful of social distancing and many folk are choosing to self isolate […]
How Can Four People Play Bridge Remotely? (March 2020) These are difficult times and many people have asked us how they can play bridge with their friends when they have all been told to stay at home. We all have to mindful of social distancing and many folk are choosing to self isolate to protect […]
Ok – what do you call a bridge player? This sometimes comes up in cryptic crosswords. People are expecting the answer to be something clever or funny. “A bridgeist” “plain mad!!” – I’m sure you can think of a whole host of clever, funny or just facetious answers. The reality is much more mundane and […]
That might seem like a really simple question to answer, but as with many things there is no fixed answer. Learning the basics isn\’t too hard, after that it depends on what level you want to achieve and how much time you spend playing. Many people just want to learn the basic game so they […]
Finessing in Bridge The art of making an extra trick by taking advantage of the favourable position of a high card held by the opposition. What do I mean by that? This is a move that declarer makes either from hand or from dummy (ie you can see two hands) Imagine that you are South […]
Am I vulnerable? A question that bridge players ask themselves before every game. No, it doesn’t refer to your expertise as a bridge player. Every player, in every bridge match is vulnerable at some time. What is Vulnerability in Duplicate Bridge? Vulnerability affects the score. When a pair is vulnerable the bonus for bidding and […]
A few days ago someone asked me if I had any hints or tips for looking after their playing cards between bridge sessions. I did a little research and came up with one technique that I’d not come across before – Fanning Powder. You can read more about that further down. If you play bridge […]
Bridge is a very popular game and is widely played around the world. It is played online, it is played in clubs, it is played in people’s homes. It is so popular that virtually every cruise ship has a bridge card game room and many bridge holidays are run in a variety of venues around […]
You’ve decided that you want to learn to play bridge. Every year thousands of people take up playing bridge – it’s fun, it’s sociable, it’s a challenge. But there are several different bridge systems. How do you decide which system to learn and what are the obvious differences? There are two main systems that are […]
Bridge players seem to love rules with numbers. The Rule of 7 is one of the least know rules, yet it is easy to learn and easy to apply. You might wonder why I’m writing a whole post about a rule that almost no-one has heard of? Someone asked me about the Rule, so I […]
