Bridge Stories Archives

How to Read Your Opponents

Posted on January 15, 2020April 5, 2024 by Great Bridge Links

Wouldn’t it be cool if you could read meaning into all this movement that might help you place a missing queen or decide if someone is bluffing? Here are five Body language signals you can learn to help you win at cards.

Bridge players love coffee – but is it good for you?

Posted on January 8, 2020June 29, 2024 by Great Bridge Links

Some people use caffeine it as a wake-up call both at the bridge table and away from it – but what does coffee do, is it bad for you, are there side-effects, or is it a miracle cure helping you perform better and live longer. Alex takes a trip to the coffee shop for us and Jude steps in with an introduction to 'coffee housing'

Synrey Bridge vs Micro Bridge

Posted on December 27, 2019December 27, 2019 by Great Bridge Links

Synrey Bridge and Micro Bridge met in the finals of the World Computer Bridge Championship but aren't they the same robot? Alex interviews Erik Liu, creator of Synrey Bridge, a second time to find out.

Teaching New Tricks: Meet the NT Bridge Club

Posted on December 9, 2019July 26, 2023 by Great Bridge Links

New Tricks Bridge features in-depth tutorials, and the New Tricks Tournament Series, featuring eight of the world's best bridge players, battling it out for individual glory. We interviewed one of the founders, Sue Johnson, to learn what this is all about.

Play online with Synrey Bridge

Posted on November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 by Great Bridge Links

In the recent IBPA Newsletter, we noticed that Synrey Bridge was mentioned as one of the places to play in a new World Online Championship (WOC) beginning in 2020 and hosted by the World Bridge Federation. Players will be able to purchase tournament entries in batches to play on BBO, FunBridge or Synrey (China Bridge Online) against robots. While familiar with BBO and FunBridge, we didn't know much about Synrey so we asked our journalist Alex Coyne find out more.