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Meltdowns and temper tantrums might be something that you would traditionally associate with a poker game - turns out that the same thing takes place at many bridge games. Rudeness and obscenities at the bridge table are nothing new. When the stakes are high and it's win or lose, stress levels go up and tempers can flare. But the ACBL is clamping down on bad behaviour. Read about it here.

Even a few thousand games in, most bridge players will still have fond memories of the first time they picked up some cards. We spoke to some big personalities in bridge about their first impressions, fondest memories and how they got started.

Michael Xu, of Palo Alto CA, first started playing bridge thanks to being invited to a Silicon Valley Youth Bridge party which he says is hosted every month.