Bridge in Oz

Here's a position I came across as declarer, South, with hearts trump and the lead in dummy. QJ5,--,8,6 A,A85,--,7 1087,--,--,Q9 --,1076,--,A10 How to take three of the last five tricks? If you try to pitch a club on the "good" diamond West will ruff, exit with a black card and must come to two more...

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Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:38 am

Interesting thought, though my feeling is it might be like reinventing the log when we have the wheel!

There was a time when bridge was a social occasion. I guess some people still do that?

I was just thinking a conferencing app like Zoom could be used to play bridge in a way that is pretty close to playing in-person. Let's say each player has a laptop computer with a built-in webcam and probably also a headset. The headset is very desirable to avoid feedback loops and generally have g...

The Coffs Harbour club's web site is here.

Of special note there is the Results link where you can see how you did in past games, which is great if you had to leave before results were posted or if no hand records were available.

I play with this bridge app on my phone sometimes. Its bidding is atrocious but sometimes it turns up an interesting deal. On one I had, as declarer, a trump suit like AK9xxx opposite 10x in dummy. On playing the Ace, the Jack drops on my left. If you can only afford to lose one trick, better lead l...

Good questions! I'm hoping a vaccination becomes available, and then perhaps players can be required to show proof of immunity. Absent that, it doesn't look good for "real life" bridge.

The April ABF Newsletter talks about options for online play on page 3.

Just thought I'd share some bidding ideas, most of them mine from a previous life , in case others find any of them useful.

Here they are.

My wife Lucy and I lived for 17 years in Northern California, USA, and visited Australia in July 2017 as tourists. We fell in love with this beautiful country and its people, sold our home in California, and bought a home near Coffs Harbour in July of 2018. I'm actually a dual citizen, Australian by...

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a disaster for the game of bridge. When it hit Australia bridge clubs closed, including my home club in Coffs Harbour. Members were left with no good way to communicate with each other except one-to-one. Community interaction was lost. I was inspired to create this dis...