Leveling Up Podcast — Joel Wooldridge
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24 June 2025 10:01
Joel Wooldridge became the ACBL’s youngest life master at age 11; this record has since been shattered and is currently held by Andrew Chen, who made Life Master at 8 years old. Joel was a fixture o. […]
European Transnational Championships Discussion Thread
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23 June 2025 21:22
Feel free to discuss anything related to the European Transnational Championships in Poznan, Poland (June 21-July 5th, 2025). Here are links for tournament information and results: Results Informatio. […]
Alt 2025-5 - best of the rest
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21 June 2025 16:32
Martin Cantor reports First off congratulations, for far from the first time, to the winners, team Seligman (Martin Seligman, Michal Kwiecien, Jacek Psczola, Wlodzimierz Starkowski, Michal Klukowsk. […]
Inane defending
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12 June 2025 19:07
I've been going through a bad patch of form recently and cannot even spell 'defence'. It has been no consolation that others have occasionally made the same errors, but hopefully I can get my concentr. […]
Final of the 44th BBO InterCity League
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29 May 2025 10:25
The final of the 2025 Spring edition of the BBO InterCity League was between four-time winners Vienna and North London, who were seeking their first win.The match was played over 24 boards and the fir. […]
2025 EBU Spring Foursomes
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7 May 2025 19:34
Alex, Sam, Stephen and I were back in Bristol for another shot at the EBU Spring Foursomes. Numbers were up with 55 teams and a lot of good players - I'm sure that being part of the WBF World Tour h. […]
One hundred percent
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17 September 2023 15:41
Sometimes, when I'm in the mood, I check on Hanoi Rondon and his quest for the 100% game (BBO). I just love the way he says "One hundred percent" with a little emphasis on the "hun" and the "cent.". […]
The semi-preemptive 3NT
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29 January 2023 21:06
I'm a fan of what I call the semi-preemptive 3NT based on a good minor suit (or minor suit fit). It makes it awkward for the opponents and has relatively little danger for the bidder. If they double,. […]
Camrose Trials 2022 this weekend
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29 October 2022 12:17
This weekend Oct 29-31 CBAI hosts the Camrose Trials. 9 teams have entered and will do a round robin to eliminate the 5 lowest scoring teams Teams 3 and 9 will progress to the Final 4 round robin.�. […]
Spider bridge
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8 October 2022 15:06
Of course, you've heard the story about Robert the Bruce and the spider. Twice the spider failed to connect its web, but succeeded on the third try. That spider and, thus inspired, Robert the Bruce, r. […]