On Wed, 04 Mar 2015 14:56:12 -0400,
lucreti...@fl.it wrote:
>On Wed, 04 Mar 2015 07:59:12 -0800, JRStern <JRS...@foobar.invalid>
>wrote:
>You can play on line,
http://www.bridgebase.com/index.php - it's free
>and was started by Bill Gates. He took up bridge a few years back,
>paid a world class player to accompany him to the tournament in
>Montreal but still came last :) Too funny. I don't play online
>because I was a devotee of MSN Zone bridge which suddenly vanished
>while they said it was just to revamp it, it wasn't, the change was
>Gates buying MSN and intending to start bridgebase.
>
>I imagine you could be using an app and playing at bridgebase, the odd
>person/pair would cheat even in Zone days. I was playing against a
>couple of men one night and became convinced they knew what I had in
>my hand. I challenged them and they thought it was hilarious, they
>had a laptop beside them and were kibbutzing our table so they could
>see our hands. I don't understand that, where does the challenge and
>fun lie doing that?
Oh, it kills the boredom to cheat ostentatiously now and then, like
scratching your head to show your hand to your partner. Amazing how
often you can get away with that, as long as your partner doesn't
burst out laughing.
J.