Stayman and Transfers
By Helen Chow Two commonly-played conventions over a NT opening or overcall are Stayman and Jacoby transfers. They both do not need to be alerted. Stayman Stayman asks the NT playe...
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Preempting in a Nutshell
By Helen Chow If you had 9 high card points, one mediocre 6-card minor suit, a singleton, and you are the first person to bid, what would you bid? Would you even consider bidding? ...
Saturdays are for bridge
By Helen Chow The exciting Cardology team game began under the clear sky on August 8th. Right off the bat, there was a 6-IMPs swing to one of the teams already. What could go wrong...
Over 2NT Opening (Stayman and Transfers)
By Helen Chow Welcome back to another CK team game article! Today we’ll be mainly focusing on Board 2’s bidding from August 4th’s Cardology team game. Here is the link to the hands...
Drippin' in Finesse
It’s August, meaning it’s back to school season! As players share their excitement and concerns towards distance learning through the BBO chats, let’s look at Board 5, where both t...
Woah, what?!
By Helen Chow Yep, you read the title right. That was my reaction when looking over some over the boards played in the CK Tuesday Team Game on July 28th. Could be because I saw som...
Cardology Kidz at YNAOBC 2020
By Helen Chow “It felt great [to win],” says Kyle Lin, 12, as he looks back on his outstanding performance in the Youth North American Online Bridge Championships with his brother ...
Double Games, Double Fun [Team Game #2: Pro vs. Am]
By Helen Chow Instead of writing about Tuesday, July 21st’s Cardology Kidz team game, let’s analyze a board from 7/18’s CK team match. If you recall, we had 16 CK players, meaning ...
Double Games, Double Fun [Team Game #1: Bidding to Game]
By Helen Chow Another exciting CK Team Game comes to an end— well actually, two CK Team Matches this time! There was an outstanding player turnout on July 18th. For the first time ...
Reverse Time
Welcome back to another article! Today, we’ll be analyzing Hand 3 from July 14th’s team game. Here are the links to the hands: https://tinyurl.com/y9pv3ezc https://tinyurl.com/y8xk...
Teams Boomers vs. Zoomers: Slurpee Day Edition
By Helen Chow Instead of celebrating National Free Slurpee Day with a free Slurpee from 7-Eleven, CK Team Game players obviously decided to celebrate with a fun team game. It was a...
July 7th Team Game Recap
By Helen Chow Today, we’ll be looking at Board 3. Here is the link to the tables: http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=6664-1594173933&u=heelen . Table 1 Table 2...
CK Team Games: July 4th Special
The CK Team Game players got to switch their partnerships up to their desire for our July 4th team game. It seems as though everyone was pretty content with their usual partner. Le...
Let's Review Opening Bids and Doubles
By Helen Chow This write-up will be focusing on opening bids and doubles (takeout, penalty, negative). It may be a good refresher for all of us sometimes. We’ll be looking at aucti...
Luck or Skill? 3NT-2 vs. 6NT=
Written by Helen Chow From our perspectives as players in Saturday’s team game , the hands dealt were extraordinary. Today, we will talk about a very special board, Board 9, where ...
Let's Learn New Minor Forcing
Welcome back to another hand analysis! Today, we will be thoroughly analyzing Board 9’s bidding from my table on June 23rd’s CK team game. NS respectively passes duri...
Fire vs. Ice (Review: Opening Leads)
By Helen Chow June 20th’s game was something new. I decided to switch some of the partnerships up, giving some players new experiences. It turned out to be just as fun as playing w...
Nourishing Foundational Knowledge
By Helen Chow In today’s write-up, we are going to review a few guidelines that are crucial to play by. To start off, let’s take a look at one auction from a hand in CK’s team game...
Slam! - Team iOS vs. Team Android
By Helen Chow Cardology Kidz’ team game on June 13th was between Team iOS (Nathan, Helen, Chloe, Nancy) and Team Android (Edmond, Victorin, Joe, Joey). May the best operating syste...
Dbl Action - Team Taco vs. Team Burrito
By Helen Chow The hands dealt in the team game on June 9th were all very interesting, to say the least. For most boards, at least one player had an extreme shape. In this team game...
Team Potatoes vs. Team Tomatoes (which veggie won?)
By Helen Chow The team game on Saturday, June 6th, was a close one. Team Potatoes (Nathan, Chloe, Helen, and Nancy) barely pulled off their win against Team Tomatoes (Joe, Joey, Al...
CARDology Kidz Online
Though the Covid-19 shelter-in place-rule has made it impossible to hold our weekly Cardology Kids game on Saturdays, we run a virtual game twice a week, on Saturday at 4:00 and on...
CBE Goes National During Shelter-in-Place!
By Deborah Drysdale Want something exciting to do while you’re home? Make new friends and have fun playing cards (online!) We are friendly and we have a great time. Saturday, April...