First Bridge Tournament: Barbara Seagram's Advice
Barbara Seagram explains how to enter your first bridge tournament, recover from bad boards, review hand records, and build confidence through practice. ...more
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August 27, 2026
Jump Start Bridge: Patty Tucker on Bridge in Schools
Patty Tucker has registered 29,531 students in 42 states for free bridge in schools. She explains the school calendar lag, the teacher shortage, and her one rule for new teachers. ...more
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August 15, 2026•8 min read
Bridge Partner Tips: Build a Partnership That Works
Practical bridge partner tips: the agreements to settle before the first board, what the laws say about tempo and alerts, and how to review a session without blame. ...more
Learn Bridge
August 12, 2026•14 min read
Bridge Game Scoring Explained: Points, Bonuses and Penalties
Bridge scoring explained in plain English: trick values, game and slam bonuses, vulnerability, doubled penalties, and how matchpoints and IMPs differ. ...more
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August 11, 2026•12 min read
Bridge Bidding Basics: How the Auction Works
Bridge bidding explained from the first call to the final contract: what each bid promises, how to count your hand, and where every convention fits. ...more
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August 10, 2026•10 min read
Bridge Glossary Terms: 100 Essential Contract Bridge Terms Explained
A plain-English glossary of the bridge card game. 100 contract bridge terms from alert to yarborough, each defined in two or three sentences. ...more
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July 30, 2026•7 min read
Bridge, explained without the gatekeeping.
Every post here comes from the same place the workshops do, championship-level bridge taught in plain English. Here is what you will find:
Conventions, Explained
The bidding tools tournament players rely on, taken one at a time. Stayman, Jacoby Transfers, Negative Doubles, Weak Two Bids, and the rest of the fifty. Each one in plain English, with the hands that show you why it works.
Play and Defense
How to plan a hand before you play to trick one, count the room, and read your partner’s signals. These are the skills that turn a decent bidder into a player who brings the contract home.
Stories From the Table
World champions, legendary partnerships, and the culture of the game. Interviews and tournament coverage you will not find anywhere else, from someone who plays in the events.
Start From Zero
Never held thirteen cards before? Start with the glossary and the beginner guides. No jargon, no judgment, no club politics. Everybody starts somewhere and nobody here will make you feel it.
About Me
CHAMPIONSHIP BRIDGE, TAUGHT FOR TODAY
Two-time World Bridge Federation Women’s Spring Festival Champion, 2020 and 2022
Lifetime Platinum Member, over 200 platinum points, a rare distinction
Member of the American Contract Bridge League, the United States Bridge Federation, and the World Bridge Federation
Teaching bridge the way tournament players actually play it, with no gatekeeping and no jargon
Let’s make the game click, together.