The Bridge Zone - 01-07-2026

The Bridge Zone – Episode 418

The Bailiff gets to continue the theme of calls/bids out of turn – seems to be a trend now Anyhooo, this time it seems like West was playing a hybrid game of Bridge and Mahjong And the Bailiff learnt a new piece of trivia and Barry confesses to have battle scars?

Mr Jinn shares results from around the motu and yes thanks to Kat Holmes East Coast Bays gets a mention A JIN Club member asks about Psych Bids and Barry shares his views on this part of the game Psych registers are a thing of the past now

The Gambler shares a tip on heading into the last round at a Swiss Pairs event – what should you do? – is there a checklist of things to consider? It’s all a bit much to think about and Mereana shares the fate of being passed the wrong personal score slip after the last round and the ups and down of winning all your matches She collected a further 3.08A points over the weekend and the race for 200 is ticking along Good luck to everyone tripping to Tauranga for the National Pairs event and Hamilton 5A Swiss Pairs hosts their final Wednesday session Paul Marston joins The Bridge Zone, and we talk about creating a community for new players is one way to help retention rates and wow didn’t he gather some silverware over his competitive years Got some news or feedback, flick us an email bridgezoneshuffle@gmail.com Plenty to listen to, just click and hear our discussions See you at the tables The BZ Crew