At The Bridge Table: Bridge Products to Raise Your Game

If you are searching for decent bridge products, then look no further than the famous Bridge Shop in Australia.  In my recent travels around the internet searching for something to keep me occupied during these social distancing times and not being able to play bridge at my wonderful bridge club, I came across this new book by Ron Klinger called The Power of Pass on offer through The Bridge Shop.

If you too are on the look-out for new and exciting bridge products to keep your hand in the game, then this is a great book to be reminded that you can often profit simply by passing at the bridge table.

According to Klinger, bridge players bid too much

They are backing their declarer skill against what they hope will be inferior defence or are hoping that you or your partner will keep on bidding and then you will fail in your contract. We need to be reminded that there are many situations where passing is the winning action and you will find them here. There is immense satisfaction in passing at the right time and being right as a result.

If you take a look at his content page you will see that the headings are a wonderful reminder of some basic bridge skills that we should all be taking with us to the bridge table, as an example:

• Beware of poor suit quality.
• Pass if opponents open 1NT and you were about to open 1NT too.
• Pass if an opponent opens with a suit bid and you were going to open with the same suit.
• Opponent opens with a suit bid and you hold a balanced 12-14 points.
• You open with a weak two or a pre-empt. Do not bid again unless partner has made a forcing bid or invites you to bid again.
• You have a limit bid. Do not bid again unless partner has made a forcing bid.
• Partner has invited game or slam. Pass if you are minimum.
• If opponents are in a contract which you can beat, pass unless you can beat any contract that they might bid if you double.

The Card Table – An Essential Bridge Product

Surely you deserve a decent table to play your world-class bridge on?

At The Bridge Shop, you can select from three different types these days.  Their Vinyl card table is a collapsible black vinyl one with cast steel legs and is the requisite size of 86cm x 86cm x 70cm high.

Their Edwardian card table is best bridge table on the market and has a velour top, a mahogany trim and foldaway cast steel legs. It is slightly larger than the Vinyl card table at 90cm x 90cm x 72cm high.

Then there is the Cambridge Table. This is a superior bridge table with each leg having its own click-lock mechanism making it extra sturdy. It is made from a strong and solid hardwood with a beautiful mahogany trim on each edge and its bottle green felt surface adds to the elegance of this table.