Category: Vugraph

Keyboard shortcuts can make things easier for a lot of reasons, and I’ve always encouraged regular keyboard-users to take the time to learn at least a couple of them.  Shortcuts save time; shortcuts can also save muscles and tendons some effort in clicking around. There’s no Konami code that’s going to improve your bridge play…

Rigged decks (also sometimes called “marked” card decks) have been utilized by magicians and card cheats for about as long as card decks themselves have been around.  Would you spot a marked deck if you encountered one at a game or club? Anyone who plays cards for pleasure, awards or cash should know what to…

The word “trick” is one of the most-used in the bridge world – and here, it means something completely different than it does anywhere else. I’m a linguist by nature, and the alternate definitions of the word trick have been attracting my attention for a while this week.  It’s possible to play a trick on someone,…