When we sit down to play bridge it’s just us, the cards and our opponents. Bridge is a great equaliser and that’s a good thing. 

But we all have lives away from the bridge table and, frankly, I think we’re all amazing. All of us. 

We write, read, compose, sing, run, jump, climb, fly, build, break, fix, cook, eat and so on and on and on. 

And we paint. One of our members, Gerry, sent me this painting, “Cards Playing”.  

Next time I make a video I’m going to use the image as the thumbnail.

 I love it, Gerry. 

I've created a collection of suit combination videos.

Learning suit combinations in bridge is so helpful because it allows you to maximize your chances of winning tricks.

Some of you may be interested in the bidding systems of players at the 2025 World Teams Championships:

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Ian and I have two systems, one for when we're vulnerable (Berrington-Tuffnell VUL NZ Open) and one for not vulnerable (Berrington-Tuffnell NZ NZ Open). 

Remembering some of the best bridge books I've read. - 'How to read your opponents cards' by Mike Lawrence was an eye opener. What are some good ones you've read?

As bridge players we don't need to reinvent the wheel. In the poker world there's lots of discussion about playing our best. I read a book called 'The Joy of Poker' by Jason Su recently. All of it completely applicable to bridge. I just found this video where Jason is discussing it all.

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Great interview with the one and only Billy Eisenberg. Towards the end of the interview he talks about partnership skills. Well worth a look:

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The guy making coffee this morning told be about chess boxing. You play chess for three minutes and if nobody has won in that time you start a boxing match!

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Just goes to show that bridge players are smarter than chess players.