We work hard to have more special games which costs more, but gives our players more points.
November Points for Monday: …
Holy Mackerel! No, it’s a Sturgeon!
On November 29, John Schmidt celebrated his 80th birthday at the Cedar Rapids Thursday club. His family provided an amazing carrot cake decorated as a sturgeon to commemorate his fishing days.
John is a valued bridge player, both for his …
Vacant Spaces
Most players know the “8-ever, 9 …
Computing Combined Odds
Often it is necessary to combine the probabilities of multiple events. For example, holding AKQT, missing six cards, you would like to know the chance of making four tricks. You hope to drop the jack in three rounds, but you …
Basic Bridge Odds (revised 4/1/2025)
The “Suit Splits” tables at the end of this post show the odds (casual wording) of a split of a certain number of missing cards. The information is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_bridge_probabilities but rearranged to emphasize patterns. These “a priori” probabilities assume …
Dealing Out Big Point Awards in October!
Look at all these points won in the day games! Congratulations!
Thursday Points Awarded
1 7.91 0.10 7.81 Mary Ann Boardman
2 6.21 0.07 6.14 Bruno Rinas
3 6.18 0.10 6.08 James Boardman
4 5.85 0.10 5.75 Judy …
Bridge Seminar on Doubles
On November 17, 2018, there will be a bridge seminar at Country Inn and Suites, airport exit I-380. It will run from 10:00 to 3:30 with a 30 minute onsite break for lunch.
Double has many useful meanings besides punishing …
Big Points in Daytime CR Games
You will notice a huge increase in your points won if you play in the daytime Cedar Rapids Games! Check out Thursday and then scroll down to see Monday’s totals.
Why the big difference? Jim and MaryAnn are paying extra …
Directory Signup or Revision
MaryAnn Boardman is compiling a directory of local bridge players, to be shared among those players. Emails and phones will be shown in the directory. The (optional) home addresses will not appear in the shared directory and are for club …
What Will We Do Differently?
So, one of the regular Cedar Rapids players who plays both evening and daytime bridge asked. “What will you do differently?” She was referring to the upcoming switch-over of manager duties from Greg Slager to Jim and me.
I don’t …