Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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A Brief glimpse into playing bridge with PTSD
There’s good reason why I often mention preferring the quiet setting of an online bridge game to the busier environment of a tournament or club. While physical disability is one reason why I don’t travel to events as much as I used to, there are other reasons why the online playing environment is far more…
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4 Signs you might be playing against a card shark
The game of bridge is filled with colourful and friendly characters, like the bridge-playing detective Hercule Poirot, or the anthropomorphic Hideous Hog and Rueful Rabbit authored by Victor Mollo. But you’ll also come to see another type of animal at the card table pretty often: the shark. “Sharks” are players of expert abilities, but often…
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Great BBO Vugraph Deals #106
Marc Smith visits the opening round of New Alt Competition Heat 5 At the end of Heat 4, SALVO was relegated from Group A, replaced by Group B winners BLACK (England, Sweden). DE BOTTON is also absent this month, and they are replaced by an all-USA team, NICKELLL. VINITA (USA, Denmark) won Group C and…
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