Bridge Online, with people

[mcroft]

So, Freeverse has a bridge program. It's sorta dumb in solo mode, but you can play with live opponents. I tried it tonight. It was fun, especially when we did well.

Highlights:

• Set the opposition by 4 in the first game of the second rubber in a cross-ruff fest of epic proportions. Gratifying because they were set before they won a trick. Not their fault, but I had four hcp.


• Won both rubbers.

Lowlights:

• Overanalyzed partner's opening 4NT bid and missed slam chance.


• Partner and RHO got cranky over my missing that.


• Didn't figure out what partner's 4D over 2NT meant. Turns out it meant "let's play in 4D." I bid 4H, he went to 5D, we went down 1

Overall impression: fun! But would be better with people I knew and wanted to play with. Also, I'm rusty as hell, but a good defender.

Comments

[la-directora.livejournal.com]

Set the opposition by 4 in the first game of the second rubber in a cross-ruff fest of epic proportions.

It amuses the hell out of me that I cannot for the life of me figure out how to understand this sentence. :)

My stepmother plays bridge. I did once during finals week at Rice. But I never really picked up on it. Maybe someday...

[mcroft.livejournal.com]

Go ask your (step-)Mother. :)

[princejvstin.livejournal.com]

Although I am familiar with some simpler win-the-trick games (Dragon's Ante, that card game I bought at Dawn's store, has elements of this), I have never learned bridge...

[tristam.livejournal.com]

Ah its like my father was here chatting away. :) He's had once a month bridge night since I've been old enough to notice. I love the whole secret code diplomacy aspect of Bridge. I just haven't quite become fluent in the language.

I taught my college crew how to play one Jan term but we thought it was silly to have one player sit out so we played with all four. Looking it up later, Hoyle's book of games informed us we were playing Four Player Contract Whist. For some reason, that made it so much cooler.