☕ 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.
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.
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.
Fresh from PBB
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Preemptive Strategies Video Tip
Preemptive bidding isn’t about points, its about tricks, seat position, length of suit, shape of hands and vulnerability.
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Balancing Doubles Video Tip
Balancing doubles keep your side in the auction while pushing your opponents too high. Watch this video click on the logic behind balancing doubles.
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Defensive Uppercuts and Signals Mini Lesson
The Defensive Uppercut is a technique used by defenders to create tricks with trumps. When all side-suit tricks are exhausted, look for the uppercut!
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Counting Losers & Trumping Technique Mini Lesson
When playing in a suit contract, count your losers and then use the trumping technique to eliminate those losers!
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Points * Tricks * Distribution Video Tip
When do you switch from a passive defense to an aggressive defense? This is one time!
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Trick One Declarer Play Video Tip
Sacrifice a winner to make the hand…all at trick 1! Who knew?
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Q&A: Abandon or Rescue Partner?
What’s it take to respond to a standard one club opening bid?
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Q&A: Notrump Rebids in Competition
Opener Rebids 1NT to show 18-19 points…who knew?
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Q&A: Misfits Must Quit ~ Fast!
Tips on Misfits
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Card Combination Inferences Video Clip
Partner doesn’t do signals? Logic will tell you who has what honors!
Play Better Bridge — Learn, Play & Vacation · On-demand videos & Zoom lessons at playbetterbridge.com
