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  • Smartphone disasters interrupting your bridge (& how to fix them fast)

    An online bridge game requires little more than an internet connection, and a PC or smart device. At least some knowledge about high-card points, trumps, and bidding helps. But what do you do when your smartphone malfunctions spectacularly, or disaster strikes outright? Without a smartphone that functions smoothly, it can be pretty hard to play…

  • Physical stress during online bridge (& ways to reduce it)

    Online bridge games should be exciting, not stressful. Stress is something that happens to most of us every day, and stress about different things is not uncommon when you sit down for a game. The term “stress” can refer to what you are experience mentally, or what an online game does to you on a…

  • Seeing through cards #34

    Knowing how to ask the right questions and answer them is key to improving your chances on any bridge hand, be it as declarer or as defender. I’ll give you a hand along with a series of questions. First, try to answer them yourself, and then take a look at the answers. At the end…

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