BIL Session Notes

BIL Session Notes

A selection of BIL session notes provided by Ellen Pomer for her public BIL class. Ellen Pomer, better known as ‘Caitlin’ online, is founder of Bridge Forum International (www.bridge-forum.com) the largest online bridge school featuring

Norris Peterson

Norris Peterson

Norris Peterson Interview by Jessica Mifsud How did you get into playing and teaching bridge? I was introduced to the game by my late brother in the 70’s and while that partnership did not last

Enid Roitman

Enid Roitman

Enid Roitman Interview by Jessica Mifsud How did you get into playing and teaching bridge? One Friday afternoon in 1969 one of the men on the staff at the elementary school where I was teaching

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Conversations with Past Winners

Posted on Jan 15, 2014 As I was putting together materials to support this year’s Teacher of the Year contest, I started wondering how winning this honor might affect the teacher in question. So I

Million-Dollar Hobby: Inside the World of Big-Money Bridge

Million-Dollar Hobby: Inside the World of Big-Money Bridge

Article by Greg Hanlon. Art by Dale Stephanos. Posted on Jan 14, 2014 Greg Hanlon talks about the pros and cons of bridge and bridge professionalism in this recent New York Observer article entitled “Million-Dollar

Rudolph the Bridge-Playing Reindeer

Rudolph the Bridge-Playing Reindeer

By Anisa Nixon Posted on Dec 23, 2013 Inspired by the familiar holiday song, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” we give you a more bridge-centric version just in time for the Holidays. Rudolph the Bridge-Playing Reindeer

Rudolph the Bridge-Playing Reindeer

‘Twas the Night before the Tournament

Anisa Nixon Posted on Dec 21, 2013 Inspired by C. Clement Moore’s poem, “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” we give you a poem just in time for the Holidays. ‘Twas the Night Before the Tournament

Rudolph the Bridge-Playing Reindeer

The 12 Days of a Bridge Christmas

By Brenda Geden Posted on Dec 18, 2013 We’re coming up on the holidays this year and people are celebrating family, friends, and festivities in a variety of different ways. For the North Bay Bridge

Tina Radding

Tina Radding

Tina Radding Interview by Jessica Mifsud How did you first get into playing bridge? I was always a card player, and I played constantly with my grandparents as a youngster, but learning how to play

Dan Romm’s Bridge Quiz

Dan Romm’s Bridge Quiz

Posted 2013-01-07 How do you play the following hand at MP’s? At IMP’s? (Answers below)   N Dummy ♠ K8652 ♥ 432 ♦ AK106 ♣ 5 ♦Q S You ♠ 3 ♥ AKQJ109 ♦ 9