Bridge in Oz

The New South Wales Bridge Association has some info mostly focused on BBO.

The Victorian Bridge Association is using BBO and WhatsApp.

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Bridge in Oz has now been split off from its parent site which also hosted a sub-forum for expats. As you have doubtless noticed the new primary URL is "https://in-oz.com/bridge". Also there is now a "digests" feature that will email you a weekly summary of new postings in the forum since your last ...

That sounds reasonable, though if partner has no feature then I'll settle for 3D. It's hard to see where 11 tricks would come from.

Another evening with little to do, my phone's bridge game deals up this hand: A6,Q97,AQ1095,K32 Partner opens 2 ♦ , weak and natural. I bet you're thinking diamonds may be a good trump suit. Applying the Law of Total Tricks you might bid 5 of them. But what about 3NT instead? Would you just bid it? ...

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.