Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Card decks are cheap – and sometimes, so are the tricks that con artists play using them. Confidence tricks are often used to scam unsuspecting people out of their money. Sometimes, confidence tricks are pulled off using cards – and if you ever encounter any of these common scams, it would be wise to stay…

Marc Smith visits the MontreAlt Quing event With live bridge still not an option, the second Major Alt Invitational event, dubbed ‘MontreAlt’, effectively replaces the Spingold at the cancelled US Summer Nationals, which were scheduled for Montreal. The success of the first Major Alt event meant that there were far more interested teams than the…

Bridge, like chess, has individual games among the millions that have been played which stand out as notable or famous ones.  One of the largest in bridge is referred to as the Bridge Battle of the Century. A famous bridge game played between Culbertson-Lenz, two of the most notable figures in bridge at the time.…