A Tale of Two Pairs Games
As part of our preparation to compete in the US Open Team Trials (starting April 24), Val and I played two 18 board Open Pairs games on BBO. We had a 44% game on Wednesday and a 74% game on Thursday. Both games were good…
Observations from the Memphis NABC (March 2025)
Val and I played all eleven days of the NABC (about 600 hands in total). This was my first NABC. Val and I had a successful tournament in terms of masterpoints: we won 141 each, including 40 platinum points. We won two two-session Regional-rated pairs…
Which Aspect of Bridge is Most Important?
What’s Most Important for Winning? In our research, we found that about 30% of the decisions that won and lost lots of matchpoints had to do with declarer play. Another roughly 30% had to do with defense (including opening leads). The remaining roughly 40% had…
How Important is Your Convention Card?
In our research, we found that having a sophisticated convention card had relatively little to do with whether a partnership made accurate bidding decisions. Accordingly, the approaches you will learn in our books will be valuable, no matter what bidding system you and your partners…
Why Focus on The Real World?
We love bridge books and have read hundreds of them. Our favorite bridge books feature outrageous swindles, cheeky bids that produced great results, and exotic endplays — deals that are great fun but that don’t frequently happen at the table. In fact, we suspect that…