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☕ Welcome to the Breakfast Club!

Coffee, cards, and a little competition.

A bridge hand in your inbox, matched to your level — a puzzle to plan, a hint if you want one, and a friendly walkthrough when you’re ready. Three series, one table. Pick your door:

☕ Breakfast Club Daily

MON–SAT · 7:00 AM CENTRAL

For intermediate to advanced players. Bidding, declarer play, defense, and deductive reasoning, rotating Basic Skill Building → Leveling Up Your Game → Bridge Strategy Revisions, one full lesson a week. Starting Monday, November 23rd

🌱 Breakfast Club: First Sips

MON · TUE · THU · FRI · 7:00 AM CENTRAL

New to bridge — or newly back? Small sips, big confidence: one gentle hand at a time with extra guidance on counting, bidding, declarer, and defender’s tips. Starting Monday, November 23rd

📰 The Sunday Challenge

SUNDAYS · 7:00 AM CENTRAL

For puzzle lovers. A five-card double-dummy ending every Sunday, newspaper-column style: double dummy means every card is face up, and you still have to find the winning line. No peeking! Starting Sunday, November 29th

📬 Pick your level — get only the hands you want

Subscribe once, then choose which series lands in your inbox:

Breakfast Club Daily, First Sips, the Sunday Challenge — or all three.

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Ultimate Bridge Vacations

Five nights, four days of lessons each morning, Silver duplicate and social games each afternoon — with great food, culture, and company. Learn, Play & Vacation!

Bridge in the Big Easy — New Orleans

MARCH 22–27, 2027 · WINDSOR COURT HOTEL

🎷 Jazz clubs near the hotel, beignets at Café du Monde in the French Quarter, and the National WWII Museum — New Orleans waiting for you every evening.

See the New Orleans trip →

Bridge on the Santa Fe Plaza

JULY 26–31, 2027 · LA FONDA HOTEL

🌵 The trip our players ask for by name, back again by popular demand. Spend your free hours wandering Canyon Road’s galleries, at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, and under the stars at the Santa Fe Opera.

See the Santa Fe trip →

Fresh from PBB

  • Regional Lecture

    Biloxi, Missippippi Regional Lecture

  • How Do You Defend? 1-2

    Defend These Hands with Me!

  • What’s Your Bid? 1-2

    Bid These Hands with Me!

  • What’s Your Play? 1-1

    Play These Hands with Me

  • How Do You Defend? 1-1

    Defend These Hands with Me!

  • What’s Your Bid? 1-1

    Bid These Hands with Me

  • Join Me for This Week’s Webinar!

    Please join me for this week’s webinar!  I love the topics… Bid These Hands #6 ~ Wednesday, January 6th at 10am Central Time Cuebids in Response to a Takeout Double Balancing against an Opening 1NT Responding with a Weak Hand Rebids with Five Card Majors Delayed Three-Card Raises Hand Evaluation 2/1 vs Standard American 4th…

  • Monterey Regional

    Chris and I are heading out to the Monterrey Regional on Monday.  I’ll be presenting a mini lesson during the regional.  If you are attending, be sure to come by and say “hi”!

  • Winter Webinars Posted

    The Winter Semester Webinar schedule is posted! Visit http://webinars.playbetterbridge.com/  for the full schedule. Specific Topic Webinars will be added throughout the winter semester. See you online! Donna

  • Attacking Defense

    How to determine an attacking defense vs an aggressive defense

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