☕ 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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How Do You Defend? 5-4
Who knew the seven of trumps was such an important card?
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What’s Your Bid? 5-5
Opponent makes a takeout double. Since the redouble shows all strong hands, raises are now all weak.
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What’s Your Play? 5-4
Promotion and Finesse. Which one gives you the best chance on this hand?
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How Do You Defend? 5-3
Counting Declarer’s tricks is often the key to switching to the fourth suit!
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What’s Your Bid? 5-4
Responder uses Stayman to find out “where”. Now the question is “how high”?
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How Do You Defend? 5-3
Counting Declarer’s tricks leads to an amazing defense!
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What’s Your Play? 5-3
Popular Declarer False Card ~ Drop that king like a hot potato!
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What’s Your Bid? 5-3
Strategy of opening 1NT or 2NT with a 5-card major.
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How Do You Defend? 5-2
Partner’s signal helps Defender count Declarer’s tricks. When 9 tricks in three suits, switch to the fourth suit!
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What’s Your Play? 5-2
When more than one option to play the hand, take them all ~ But in what order?
Play Better Bridge — Learn, Play & Vacation · On-demand videos & Zoom lessons at playbetterbridge.com
