Baron Barclay Blog

Notes from the seamy underbelly of the bridge worldNew Minor ForcingShe Made Me to Do ItShe was just a broad. The kind you could pick up at any two-bit bridge...

By this time, perhaps the joys of playing bridge hunched over your computer, tablet, or cell phone have dimmed for you. Had enough of your opponent’s snarky chat? Maybe it’s...

Click here to read the previous Five Rules to Make You a Better Player Rule 11 Play against good players as often as possible. When I first started playing in...

Click here to read the previous Five Rules to Make You a Better Player... Rule 16 What system you play is not nearly as important as how well you play...

Click here to read the first Five Rules to Make you a Better Player. Rule 6 Think before you play at trick one, especially as declarer.  A great habit for...

Rule 1 Play only with partners you like and enjoy playing with.  Of course, this is very simple advice, but if you look around your club or tournament, there are...

Bid and play this hand along with me. In a regional Knockout Teams, neither side vulnerable, as South I hold West, the dealer, passes, my partner opens 1♦️, East overcalls 1♠️, I...