When I started playing on BBO last summer, I played IMP games because I thought that more like “real bridge” whatever that may mean. Soon, however, I realized that “real […]...

Once you become attuned to positions in bridge hands, you can be surprised to encounter them even though theretofore you’d never heard of them.   In a previous column, I told […]...

I hope the title doesn’t give away the theme of this column, which I’ve decided to start with two opening lead questions. I’ll give you two hands, with auctions, and […]...

Freak hands don’t lend themselves to teaching generalities. One I played in the recent 3-day ACBL Robot Individual is worth calling to the attention of those who help the Gibbers […]...

This column gets to the meat of my review of Jeff Rubens’ book Expert Bridge Simplified: Arithmetic Shortcuts for Declarer, 2009, The Bridge World Press. My previous column used his […]...

Hanoi5 is Hanoi Rondón, professor of bridge and Academic Director of the Chilean Bridge Federation. He brings us his weekly showdown with the robots in the Weekly Free Instant Tournament. […]...

Hanoi5 es Hanoi Rondón profesor de bridge y Director Académico de la Federación Chilena de Bridge. Semanalmente nos trae su enfrentamiento con los robots en el Torneo Instantáneo Gratuito Semanal. […]...

This column aims to solve one problem, maybe one you didn’t know you had, and to answer a question, maybe one you didn’t know you have asked.  I want to […]...

Watch as Rob and Gavin take on the robots in this weekly matchpoint tournament. Make your decisions along with them and see if you can help them win!...

We hope you enjoyed our tournaments.  Happy Holidays and see you online for more bridge (there can never be too much bridge! ) Feedback, comments, suggestions are welcome in the comment […]...

Vugraph Deals #115 Over the past two weeks, we have seen the best of the action from the first round robin in Heat 6 of the New Alt Competition. BLACK […]...

Congratulations to the winners of the ACBL Winter Festival, and many thanks to everyone who joined us for this year end celebration. We all enjoyed two days of fun, innovative […]...