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Beginner Series – Taking Stock (Counting Tricks)
In this video, I describe a technique for helping you assess where you are so you know where to go on a bridge hand! This technique involves counting your top tricks in a NT contract, and then figuring how many more tricks you need to develop. This technique will help you make better plans as…
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Bridge Clubs Are Going Virtual to Cope with COVID
Introduction The game of bridge is played by thousands of people and partnerships spanning the globe. It could be said everyone knows bridge – even when they imagine they’ve never heard of the four-player trick-taking game with roots that goes back to older card games such as Russian Whist before. Even people unfamiliar with terms…
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(More) Exercises for Better Partnership Synchronization
New bridge partnerships are born online every day. Since bridge is a game of synchronization, being in-tune with your (new) bridge partner can be difficult. It’s like being made to do the foxtrot with someone you’ve just met, or standing in for the bass player when you’ve just met the band. A prior BBO Prime…
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