Bridge Unleashed by Tracey

📋 Your convention card is only as good as the conversations behind it.

Today at 9:00 AM Pacific / Noon Eastern, we’re diving deep into the Convention Card and all the little nuances that can make the difference between a smooth partnership and a costly misunderstanding.

We’ll discuss:
✅ Invitational bidding
✅ What your doubles really mean
✅ Competitive auctions
✅ Slam agreements
✅ Partnership understandings
✅ What belongs on your card—and what doesn’t

Because the best convention card doesn’t show what YOU play.

It shows what WE play.

Whether you’re filling out a new card, updating an old one, or simply trying to understand what all those boxes mean, this workshop will help you build clarity and confidence with your partner.

📖 Workbook included
🎥 Replay included

Can’t make it live? Register anyway and you’ll receive the recording.

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Most bridge players know the Rule of 20.

Fewer know who deserves the credit.

According to bridge author and teacher Mel Colchamiro, the original concept came from Tillie Epstein, one of his students in the early 1980s. When Mel taught beginning duplicate players, he encouraged opening hands where your HCP plus the lengths of your two longest suits reached a certain threshold. Tillie famously replied:

“That’s 20.”

The name stuck.

Over time, the Rule of 20 became one of the most popular guidelines for opening light. But Mel believed it had a flaw.

The Rule of 20 sometimes encourages us to open hands filled with Queens and Jacks while ignoring a more important question:

Can this hand actually take tricks?

That led Mel Colchamiro to create his famous Rule of 22:

✔ HCP + lengths of your two longest suits = 20 or more

PLUS

✔ At least 2 defensive tricks

Because bridge isn’t just about counting points.

It’s about counting tricks.

The Rule of 20 tells you when a hand might qualify.

Mel’s Rule of 22 helps determine whether it should.

Have you started using the Rule of 22 in your own game?

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“The Hog wins by accident. I lose on principle.” — Papa the Greek, Victor Mollo's Bridge Menagerie.

The most dignified way to describe a bad result. 🎭

Thursday nights have officially turned me into a Bridge Evangelist. After teaching bridge, our group heads to the local Irish pub, and without fail, someone asks: “What are you all doing over there?” That’s when I launch into my sermon. I show them my little videos, explain that bridge is the billionaire’s mind sport, the game Warren Buffett loves, and in my completely unbiased opinion… the greatest game ever invented. Five minutes later, they’re watching bridge memes, laughing at Keith’s videos, and asking where they can learn. One pint, one conversation, and one future bridge player at a time. The mission continues. ♠️♥️♦️♣️ #BridgeLife #BridgeEvangelist #MindSport #ContractBridge #BridgeUnleas