Thinking of learning how to play bridge this summer. Reading a novel along with our son now that uses bridge as the subject of the story.
We're going to try to have our son learn too as part of summer home schooling that we do. Plus show him an alternative to video games. That should be interesting . His grandfather was a bridge player so we are going to drag him in as his mentor and partner. He still plays sometimes when someone needs a partner and he plays on line too.
He is 85 and still active. Plays golf twice a week (walks course) and shoots his age. But when you lose your spouse, you also lose your bridge partner.
Any players here. From the reading, it appears complicated and one must have intense focus or a 6th sense.
Btw the book is titled The Cardturner by Louis Sachar, popular youth author.
Is it necessary to have the players aligned precisely to N,S,E,W or GIS will be OK? :-S
I don't play yet. My mother in law is about to move in with us and has said that she wants to re-learn, she hasn't played on over 50 years. I will probably be her partner. I think we'll use NOLA settings, lake side, river side, etc.
Andy
In my early years I spent many a month or years under a couple of my Great Aunt's care. Their game was Canasta with a couple of decks thrown together. After nearly 50yrs that is all I can remember as I've forgotten everything of how the game was played.
It is a great card game where a good memory is important. If you have played pinochle, you will "get" bridge. I spent one summer many years ago surveying timber sale roads on the Clearwater NF in north Idaho. The survey crew stayed in a camp for ten days then four days off. One of the summer college guys (Bill Sentman, I think) was a junior master and successfully organized 8 of us to play two tables of bridge every night after supper. We were all hooked. Later in the summer, he invited me to be his partner at the Garden City duplicate club. Wow, that was an education. If you think you can play bridge, stop in at the local duplicate club some time.
I'd love to learn how to play Bridge. I just love playing cards in general. Pinochle being my favorite card game. I was once ranked in the top 100 players on Yahoo! Pinochle. 😀
Also like Canasta, Cribbage, Rummy, Spite & Malice, Golf Solitaire... Dang now I want to play cards. B-)
I shuffle very different from everyone else...People always stare at me when I do it. When I was in the ACC Cribbage Club, they'd stand around when it was my turn to shuffle and just watch and shake their heads. I'll see if I can post this video of me doing it.
I never learned bridge but my first year college roomates and me played Pinochle a LOT.
My Dad taught me cribbage eons ago.
Not likely I could play either anymore without some serious re-learning.
A couple years ago we were going to have a poker night next door. They had bought a new deck of cards. No one paid attention until after the first deal and we all had either flushes, straights and a couple royal flushes just off the deal. Only then did someone notice it was a pinochle deck. They had no clue there was a difference and I had long since forgotten all about it.
