If you love bridge, I’m willing to bet that you love a few other card games at the same time: There are many bridge players who can hold their own at other card-and-table games like poker and blackjack, and I don’t think I’ve met a bridge player out there who couldn’t. Sometimes this means that you’ll borrow from the strategy of one game to make you a better bridge player – and it inevitably means that anything cool in a card game like poker can apply to the bridge world, too.
With that in mind, I’ve found a little something that I’d like to share with bridge players in case they haven’t spotted it before.
Have you seen Daniel Negreanu’s uncanny card abilities at the table?
Here’s a look at a few videos, and what some of these could teach about bridge.
Daniel Negreanu’s Most Amazing Poker Reads Ever
The first thing you should know about Daniel Negreanu at a card table is that he’s as good at “guess the card” as the best mentalists you’ve seen. Of course, he uses this ability to unsettle anyone else at the table with a twinkle of mischief. It’s something to see, and it says a lot about table psychology for card games.
This video is a compilation of several poker reads.
His face when he says, “You have aces.” is gold. So is everyone else’s.
Don’t Ever Try to Lie to Daniel Negreanu
For anyone studying tells and bluffing, Daniel Negreanu makes an excellent subject to look at. Here’s how he used his ability to one-over a few people who thought they could bluff at the table. They fail, he wins. Studying human nature goes far when it comes to any card or board game out there.
Top 5 Poker Tells with Daniel Negreanu
Here’s a great video that was uploaded a decade ago: Yes, YouTube has been around for a long time by now. It’s a short teaching video by Negreanu going through several different card tells: Useful if you want to know why some people do certain things at the table (and what it tells you about their hand).
Human Lie Detector: Daniel Negreanu vs André Akkari
Negreanu’s uncanny mentalism skills have spilled over into other fields: Here’s Daniel as the Human Lie Detector (for PokerStars) against André Akkari.
Human Lie Detector: Daniel Negreanu vs Maria Konnikova
There are several videos to the Human Lie Detector series. Here’s Daniel versus Maria Konnikova. Impressive!
How to Spot a Bluff
Here’s another 5-tipper video featuring Daniel Negreanu describing the different ways in which you can spot a bluff at the table. It’s as useful for money bridge games as it is for poker.
KidPoker: Trailer
Want to see more of Negreanu? KidPoker is one of the best card-biopic films out there outside the world of bridge, and whenever I’m in need of some inspiration, I gravitate to watching it. Here’s the link to the trailer.