Goulash with Ben

Goulash with Ben is a unique and exciting bridge game featuring 8 boards of prepared deals with extreme distributions. This thrilling format, known as Goulash, offers a fresh challenge for bridge enthusiasts. You do not need a partner to register.

You have up to 24 hours (1am to 1am US Eastern Time) to complete your 8 boards. Register, play at your own pace, pause, and resume without losing your progress.

Key Features

• Goulash: You'll experience dramatic card distributions, which make the game exciting and challenging.
• Play with Ben, the AI Bridge Engine.
• Human Declares: You always declare when your side wins the contract.
• Deal Pools: The games uses different deal pools for security purposes (not all players will play the same hands).
• Results: A provisional leaderboard is available as soon as you finished playing your boards and while the tournament is in progress. The final results are sent to your BBO mailbox and can also be accessed under 'Recent Tournaments' in the 'History' tab after the game is completed.

About the robots

The robots used are the latest BBO Ben (short for Bridge ENgine), an AI bridge robot that plays a 2/1 GIB-style system. You can click on any bid to view its explanation or hover over possible bids to see how your robot partner will interpret them.

However, since this is an AI-driven robot, it may occasionally deviate from standard GIB logic — meaning bid explanations might not always match the actual bid — and sometimes make unexpected choices.

Take explanations with a grain of salt: while Ben follows GIB principles, it has been trained on human-played deals and may occasionally prefer a more “human” action over a strictly GIB one.

And remember — this is goulash! Bidding finesse goes out the window, everyone’s holding shape monsters, and nobody really knows who’s making what. Buckle up and enjoy the chaos 🤯