The Setting Trick: Conversations with World Class Bridge Players

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The Setting Trick features conversations with world class bridge players, and lovers of the card game bridge from all over the world.

  1. Sep 26

    Ep. 112: Emma Kolesnik on Winning the World Mixed Teams

    In this episode of The Setting Trick, I sit down with Emma Kolesnik, who just won the Mixed Teams at the 2026 World Bridge Series in Katowice, Poland. She partnered her husband Adam Grossack, and their teammates were prior Mixed champions Sabine Auken and Roy Welland. Emma takes me through their quarterfinal win, decided by a single imp, including a seven imp time penalty. The final was a marquee matchup against Adam's brother Zach. We talk about pressure at the table, paying college students to learn bridge, and how the game turned her younger brother Finn Kolesnik into a close friend. We also get into playing with your spouse, family trips built around the European championships and why her family gave up cooperative games. __________________________________________________ Key Highlights ⏱ One IMP, After a Penalty: Seven minutes over cost seven imps, so a win by eight became a win by one. 🧠 Bridge is Grinding: Adam has helped Emma work hard on every deal. 🎓 Paid to Learn Bridge: With Mitch Dunitz, she paid college friends to come to four lessons. 👫 How Finn Came Around: He refused to play until he learned Emma was being paid to go to the youth NABCs. 🎲 Ticket to Ride: The team name came from a board game, and her family learned cooperative games only start blame games. __________________________________________________ Resources & Next Steps🏆 2026 World Bridge Series results 📸 The Setting Trick on Instagram 🎧 Subscribe to The Setting Trick on Apple Podcasts __________________________________________________ Chapter Timestamps00:00 Cold open 00:52 Welcoming Emma Kolesnik 01:47 A quarterfinal won by one imp 03:39 The seven imp time penalty 05:21 Checking scores on the tablet 07:18 Facing Klukowski and Zmuda 09:03 Pressure, and the grind 10:30 Seven spades doubled 11:44 The last board, two notrump 15:11 Bridesmaids who don't play 15:53 Paying students to learn 19:25 Did she cry? Finn's Soloway 21:32 A final against Zach Grossack 22:45 A comedy of errors 25:09 Rooting in the semifinal 26:56 Six years apart, bridge friends 28:31 Why Finn finally played 30:50 Adam asks Finn's permission 33:20 Playing with your spouse 36:14 Turning down a pro offer 38:23 Tablets, screens, the ACBL 41:56 Roy, Sabine and golf 43:06 Watching the Bermuda Bowl 48:09 Watching family on ViewGraph 49:57 Tromsø and family trips 52:56 How many countries 55:50 Museums on bridge trips 57:22 Why Ticket to Ride 60:56 No more cooperative games 63:10 Nationals with her dad 65:36 A yoga retreat instead 68:16 Boards that stick with you 73:01 The round of 16 ruff 76:06 When she plays next

  2. Sep 12

    Ep. 111: Alessandro Calmanovici Built Bridge Tricks to Make Bridge as Popular as Chess

    In this episode of The Setting Trick, I sit down with Alessandro Calmanovici, the founder of Bridge Tricks, a site that became a big part of my own bridge learning. His name rang a bell the first time I found it. He appears in Double Dummy, the film I made at the 2012 World Junior Championships, winning imps on each of the last four boards to scrape into the knockout. We dig into suit combinations and how a solver changes the way you think, the Survivor streaks that have players like Giovanni Donati obsessed, and the Bidding Architect that turns your own system into flashcards. Alessandro built all of it around a full time job and a new baby. We also get into why he thinks the game needs a better public image. __________________________________________________ Key Highlights 🎬 Finding Himself in Double Dummy: Alessandro watched the film years later, recognised the event, and realised the player on screen was him. 🧠 Fifty Suit Combinations in a Row: Giovanni Donati ran a Survivor streak of fifty and spent an hour on the last one. 📐 Commit to the Plan Before They Play: 54% against 51.7% on a disputed combination, and why the plan you settle on first wins. 🤖 Built With AI, Starting From Nothing: His wife mentioned a tool at work. Turned down for help, he wrote the solver himself a year later. ♣️ As Popular as Chess: Juniors are close to extinct in Italy and the Swiss scene is thinner still. He wants to change the game's image. __________________________________________________ Resources & Next Steps 🃏 Bridge Tricks, Alessandro's platform 📝 Bridge Tricks on BridgeWinners 📘 Peak, on deliberate practice 🎯 Cuebids, the bidding practice app 🎧 Subscribe to The Setting Trick on Apple Podcasts __________________________________________________ Chapter Timestamps03:00 Bridge With Ballers and athletes 04:30 Hooking beginners with BridgeMaster 06:00 Pisa, a classmate's first ten hands 07:30 Taicang, the last four boards 12:00 Suit combinations, the feedback loop 13:30 Survivor streaks, fifty in a row 16:30 Reading par in seconds 19:30 Launching the site, built with AI 21:00 Bridge Lab and Bidding Architect 22:30 Daily users, Fred Gitelman's message 24:00 Why a solver beats an encyclopaedia 25:30 Leonardo Cima says it is wrong 27:19 A possible Cuebids collaboration 31:49 Learning bridge at twelve, Cagliari 34:49 Why the Italian scene shrinks 37:49 Bridge as popular as chess 39:19 Building the solver after a refusal 43:49 Simon de Wijs, its best advocate 46:49 Flashcards for your bidding system 49:49 Being copied, and AI for small builders 52:49 A bridge class in Zurich 54:19 The dinners, not the squeezes 57:19 How Double Dummy got made 61:49 The cup and the daily combination 66:19 Survivor, Rush, where to start 69:19 Paying students, chasing Chess.com

  3. Aug 25

    Ep. 110: Nabil Edgtton Taught AJ Antonios Bridge in Three Months and They Won the Gold Coast Teams

    In this episode of The Setting Trick, I sit down with Nabil Edgtton, one of the best bridge players in the world, and AJ Antonios, a professional poker player who learned bridge from scratch then won the 2020 Gold Coast Open Teams three months later. Longtime friends from poker, Nabil and AJ were living together, when Nabil finally convinced AJ to learn bridge. What followed was three hours of study every morning, five days a week. AJ describes a teacher with enormous knowledge and no patience. Nabil describes a student he expected to remember everything first time. When they won their first club game, after about a fortnight, opponents refused to believe AJ had just started! They both love to razz each other, starting from the story of how they first met. Nabil stacked AJ three times in a small poker game, then told him he was too good for these stakes. AJ explains why he rates bridge among the most skill based games he has played, and why its community beats every other he has been part of. Then there is the golf bet, which began with a claim that Nabil could clear the fence at a driving range and ended with a $220,000 wager, an acupuncture session and a punctured lung. AJ closes on Australian Survivor, where he finished third, and on the one minute that undid seven weeks. __________________________________________________ Key Highlights 🃏 Three Months to a National Title: AJ learned bridge from zero, won the 2020 Gold Coast Open Teams, then stopped playing. 🔑 Teaching From the Student's Side: Nabil is blunt about his own coaching. You have to explain a game from the learner's side, not your own. 🧠 A Flexible Mind Beats One Foundation: AJ credits Magic, poker, Yu Gi Oh and a Lebanese game called Tarneeb for giving each new idea somewhere to sit. 🎰 Stacked Three Times, Then Recruited: Nabil took AJ's money three times at a poker table, then told him he belonged in bigger games. ⛳ The Bet That Went Over the Fence: A claim about clearing a 350 metre fence became a $220,000 bet that Nabil could reach a three handicap. 🏝 Survivor Tests You at Your Worst: AJ finished third after 47 days in Samoa, lost 15 kilos, and stopped eating to kill a rumour. Resources & Next Steps 🃏 Nabil Edgtton's ABF player profile 🏆 The 2020 Gold Coast Open Teams honour board 📰 Liam Milne's match report on the Gold Coast final 🎙 Episode 26, our earlier Nabil interview 🏝 AJ on Australian Survivor 🃏 Grand Archive, AJ's next worlds 📚 Peak by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool 📸 The Setting Trick on Instagram 🎧 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts

  4. Aug 3

    Ep. 109: Tim Verbeek on 28 Years of Bridge, Catching Cheaters, and Learning to Lose

    In this episode of The Setting Trick, I sit down with Tim Verbeek, professional bridge player and Chairman of the Dutch Athletes Committee, for a wide-ranging conversation about competitive bridge in the Netherlands and beyond. We open by reminiscing about a dinner in Lyon at the 2017 Transnational World Championships, where he helped pull me out of my post-elimination funk. From there we get into the remarkable depth of Dutch bridge talent, and the origin story of Tim's partnership with Danny Molenaar, which started when they were 12 and 13 years old and has now spanned 28 years. We also dig into one of the most uncomfortable topics in competitive bridge: cheating. Tim walks through real cases, from the Lotan Fisher scandal to an online incident during COVID to a player at the Dutch Bridge Federation who duplicated a key to access hand records. He explains how he developed an eye for suspicious patterns, and why the standard of evidence required to convict in bridge is so much higher than for doping in other sports. We close on the emotional toll of losing, raising a four-year-old daughter while traveling the circuit, and the surprising lack of a definitive beginner's guide to the game. __________________________________________________ Key Highlights 🇳🇱 The Golden Era of Dutch Bridge: Why the Netherlands keeps producing world-class pairs every five to ten years, and Tim's bet that the Dutch will be world champions again within the decade. 🏆 From Fill-ins to Full-Time Teammates: How Tim and Danny Molenaar went from last-minute fill-ins at a US National to permanent members of Patty Cayne's team, thanks to an Israeli pair's bad manners. 🔍 Catching Cheaters in the Bridge World: From Fisher and Schwartz to an online player who sent strategy messages to the wrong group chat, how Tim developed his instinct for spotting cheating. ⚖️ Bridge vs. Doping: Athletes get banned for trace substances, while bridge players suspected of cheating often walk free because federations demand an impossibly high standard of proof. 💔 The Emotional Weight of Losing: My tearful near-miss at the Lyon Transnationals, Tim's moment of self-doubt in Belgium, and how even top professionals lose far more often than they win. 👶 Life as a Bridge Pro and a Father: Two-week tournaments away from his four-year-old daughter Rosa, and coming home to find that "everything in our life is done by Mommy." 📚 The Missing Beginner's Guide to Bridge: Berry Westra's untranslated book, apps like Tricky Bridge, and why the game still lacks a simple learning path for new players. __________________________________________________ Resources & Next Steps 🎴 Learn more about the Dutch Bridge Federation (Nederlandse Bridge Bond) 📱 Try Tricky Bridge, the bridge learning app by Scott Hoffer 📖 The Complete Idiot's Guide to Bridge, recommended for beginners 🏅 Follow the Dutch Athletes Committee and their Olympic qualification work 🎧 Subscribe to The Setting Trick on Apple Podcasts

  5. Mar 12

    Ep: 108: Luc Bellicaud on Building Lia, the Bridge Robot Beating Humans at Their Own Game

    In this episode, I sit down with Luc Bellicaud - a three-time Junior World Champion from France and the developer of Lia, the AI bridge robot at IntoBridge. Why is Luc the first French bridge player I’ve interviewed? Because last month, IntoBridge, launched a powerful new AI coaching tool, named after him. Coach Luc is designed to help beginner and intermediate players spot their bidding mistakes(!) in real time. And I wanted the scoop! Luc started building Lia as an intern, describing himself as "quite clueless." Through time he has created an excellent partner and opponent. We discuss how he built her from the ground up and how he fixes her mistakes. Having the coach named after you comes with pressure! Luc shares the controversy over Lia's full-deal access and why LLMs are still no match for hand-coded bridge logic. Luc dates a bridge player who represents France internationally - and amusingly, she works for rival company Funbridge! Together they run a free weekly beginners club in Lille, fuelled by…FREE PIZZA! Away from the table, Luc runs France's biggest YouTube bridge channel. He also refuses to fly unless he must in order to represent his country. 10:20 PM Key Highlights: 🤖 Building Lia from Scratch: Starting with zero experience, Luc built Lia into a top bridge robot opponent and partner.🎓 Coach Luc Goes Live: A brand-new AI feature giving real-time bidding feedback, now in beta.🃏 Full Deal Access: Lia sees the full deal during card play - not to cheat, but for speed and better user experience.🎥 YouTube & Bidding Systems: Luc runs France's biggest bridge YouTube channel and invented his own bidding system as a joke. Resources and Next Steps: 🤖 Try Coach Luc on IntoBridge - Play a game and see if Coach Luc has any notes on your bidding. ▶️ Watch Luc's French Bridge YouTube Channel for weekly bridge content and lessons. 🎬 Watch the documentary Double Dummy featuring the USA junior team - with some familiar faces from Luc's opponents. 🎧 More Stories Like This - Subscribe to The Setting Trick wherever you listen to podcasts for more deep dives into the world of bridge. 📱 Follow @thesettingtrick - Stay connected on Instagram for episode drops, tournament pics, and more. YouTube Chapter Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction – Luc Bellicaud 1:53 Coach Luc: The AI Bidding Coach on IntoBridge 7:06 Learning Bridge: Beginners, Teachers & The Lille Club 14:07 Bridge Companies, FunBridge Fallout & AI Controversy 23:21 Building Lia: Coding, Bidding Logic & Design Choices 36:06 The Story Behind Lia’s Name 39:22 Bridge Life: Travel, Tournaments & Playing with His Girlfriend 49:47 Bridge Systems, Partners & Competitive Play 58:39 The Bermuda Bowl Final in Lyon 1:04:04 Double Dummy Documentary & Youth Championships 1:13:00 Luc’s YouTube Channel & Closing

  6. Feb 26

    Ep: 107: Adam Parrish on Leveling Up, Writing Bridge Books and What It Takes to Win at the Nationals

    In this episode, I sit down with Adam Parrish, a two-time winner of the American Bridge Teachers Book of the Year Award, host of the Leveling Up podcast, and author of six bridge books. Adam spent all of 2025 on a self-improvement project, dedicating an entire year to getting better at bridge while documenting every step publicly. We dive into what that year actually looked like, from tracking hours of study instead of chasing results, to working with top coaches like Joyjit Sensarma and learning key lessons from players like Steve Weinstein, Bobby Levin, and Gavin Wolpert. Did he actually level up? We also dig into some boards from the team trials, the art of listening as a podcaster, and why Adam believes you cannot improve in isolation. He shares stories about his longtime partner Greg Humphreys, how their NABC Fast Pairs win unfolded in Reno, and his experience playing the USA Team Trials on LoveBridge. Plus, we explore his journey from learning bridge from his maternal grandmother to writing a bridge novel, and what it takes to truly level up at this humbling, wonderful game.   Key Highlights: 📋 The Leveling Up Project: Adam spent all of 2025 publicly documenting his year-long mission to improve at bridge, tracking hours of study and process rather than just chasing results. 🏆 NABC Fast Pairs Victory: The story behind winning the national Fast Pairs with partner Greg Humphreys in Reno, including the celebration dinner, the trophy photo scandal, and the near-repeat the following year derailed by COVID. 🎯 Learning from the Best: How working with coaches like Joyjit Sensarma, and picking the brains of Gavin Wolpert, Bobby Levin, and Steve Weinstein, transformed Adam's approach to system and decision-making at the table. 🖥️ LoveBridge Team Trials Deep Dive: Why Adam loves the USA Team Trials format on LoveBridge, how he uses VuGraph sessions for study, and who is more fun to share a room with Marty Fleisher or Kevin Bathurst at the event. 📚 Six Books and Counting: From a bridge novel to "When to Draw Trumps" and beyond, Adam explains what inspires each book, how student feedback shapes his writing, and why a simple request can turn into 350 pages. 🎭 The Art of the Interview: A candid conversation between two podcast hosts about preparation, listening, letting conversations breathe, and why going in without a rigid agenda produces the best results.   Resources & Next Steps: 🎧 Listen to Adam's podcast: Leveling Up with Adam Parrish. 📰 Explore Adam's monthly newsletter. 📖 Browse Adam's bridge books including When to Draw Trumps and his other titles. 💻 Check out the Love Bridge  and experience the online bridge platform Adam recommends for serious study. 🎴 Watch hands and study expert play using Bridge Winners, the website built by Greg. 🎧 More Stories Like This – Subscribe to The Setting Trick wherever you listen to podcasts for more deep dives into the world of bridge. 📱 Follow @thesettingtrick – Stay connected on Instagram and for episode drops, tournament pics, and more.   Chapter Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:05 Meet Adam Parrish and the Leveling Up podcast 4:06 What is the Leveling Up project and why he started it 6:57 Tracking process over results and working with a sports psychology coach 9:12 A tough year at the nationals with Greg Humphries 11:10 Why you cannot improve alone and the value of mentorship 13:26 Has Greg actually leveled up? Talking about his long-time partner 18:16 Live hand analysis from the USA Team Trials 25:00 What separates different levels of players on the same decision 27:13 The most consistent takeaway from a year of learning from the best 35:58 Learning bridge from his maternal grandmother 38:01 Finding duplicate bridge in high school and college 42:44 The NABC Fast Pairs win in Reno with Greg Humphries 46:41 Third place in the Platinum Pairs and the revoke karma story 50:47 Stories about Greg Humphries and what makes him special 58:30 Trying to wrangle Greg for the GNT and team commitments 1:00:00 Why the LoveBridge Team Trials format is exceptional 1:02:43 How Adam uses view graph sessions for serious bridge study 1:05:06 Editing Kit Woolsey's Matchpoints and the book's legacy 1:06:55 Writing six bridge books and what inspires each one 1:15:00 Tournament routines, preparation, and the importance of rest 1:18:53 Podcast preparation and the art of the interview 1:22:47 Plans for the World Championships in Poland and upcoming events 1:25:42 Final reflections and wrap-up

  7. Feb 13

    Ep. 106: Avery Silverstein on Junior World Championships, Family Bridge Mentorship, and Chasing Gold

    In this episode, I sit down with Avery Silverstein, a 17-year-old bridge prodigy who has fallen hard for the game. Despite her young age, Avery has already earned two medals at the Junior World Championships and reached the round of 16 in the Vanderbilt as my partner. We discuss her journey from family bridge club kid to international competitor, including having her father, professional player Aaron Silverstein, as her primary mentor. Avery talks candidly about balancing her senior year of high school with competitive bridge, her training regimen, and how she manages the pressure of representing her country on the world stage. From our dramatic 62-IMP comeback victory against the seventh seed to her heartbreaking silver medal finish at the U16 World Championships, Avery shares the emotional highs and lows of being deeply invested in the game. We explore her multifaceted life, which includes being close to a black belt in mixed martial arts and playing on her school's rugby team. Avery also discusses the college admissions process, her 26 college applications, and the possibility of taking a gap year to focus on professional bridge. With warmth and maturity beyond her years, she reflects on mentorship, the importance of being a great teammate, and her mission to help grow the next generation of junior players.   Key Highlights: 🏆 Silver Medal Journey: Avery recounts her team's incredible comeback from being the bottom three or four teams after two days to reaching the final and earning silver at the U16 World Championships. 🎯 Epic Vanderbilt Comeback: The story of our partnership defeating the seventh seed in the Vanderbilt after being down 62 IMPs at halftime, including the dramatic final quarter where our opponents took a 10-minute break and we closed with three consecutive double-digit wins. 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Mentorship: Avery discusses the unique dynamics of having Aaron Silverstein as both her dad and primary bridge mentor, including managing nepotism concerns, disagreeing with his advice 15-20% of the time, and how their system evolves differently from his professional partnerships. 📚 System Evolution: How Avery and her partner Jack Boge have built an 80-90 page system document by borrowing from top professionals, playing transfer club, constructive two-bids, and constantly refining their approach through weekly practice sessions.   Resources & Next Steps: 🎧 More Stories Like This – Subscribe to The Setting Trick wherever you listen to podcasts for more deep dives into the world of bridge. 📱 Follow @thesettingtrick – Stay connected on Instagram for episode drops, tournament pics, and more.   Chapter Timestamps:   0:00 Start 0:00 Introduction to Avery Silverstein 1:30 Growing up with professional bridge player parents 2:10 Becoming better than mom at bridge 3:10 Life at the family bridge club 4:20 What friends think about bridge 6:30 Previous podcast appearances and media coverage 7:20 Managing school absences for tournaments 8:10 The beautiful Madeira tournament experience 15:00 Partnership dynamics and playing with different people 24:00 Competing at World Junior Championships 35:00 The intense preparation and practice routine 45:00 Memorable hands and tournament moments 55:00 International bridge community and friendships 1:03:00 Norwegian competitor Nikolai Berg Evans 1:05:00 The pressure of must-win matches 1:06:00 Silver medal heartbreak and "chasing gold" 1:07:30 Weekend plans and upcoming tournaments 1:08:10 MMA training and competition record 1:09:00 Four gold medals and three silver medals in MMA 1:10:00 Looking ahead to St. Louis and future competitions

  8. Jan 29

    Ep. 105: Teaching Bridge to a New Generation with Maya Jonas-Silver

    I was inspired to interview Maya Jonas-Silver, because of this post she made on Bridge Winners bemoaning the lack of playing opportunities for her recent bridge initiates. After winning the 2023 20-50 Mini McKenney award Maya hasn't stopped. She has become a passionate advocate for bringing young adults into the game. Here she shares her journey from learning bridge at summer camp to becoming a bridge teacher and director at Honors Bridge Club in New York City. Her teaching philosophy, that bridge doesn't need to be intimidating or require years of study before you can actually play and enjoy the game, has helped me be more willing to introduce friends to the game using her framework. Maya believes in getting beginners to the table quickly, and no feedback! We discuss the barriers facing young bridge players, from finding affordable games to navigating the tournament scene without mentors. Maya reflects on the critical moments in her own bridge career, when someone like Yoko Sobel stepped in to encourage her and her husband Jack. She also shares her vision for growing the game, including making beginner classes more accessible, creating online teaching modules, and building a network of bridge mentors to help newcomers transition from lessons to competitive play. Plus, we touch on the joys and challenges of playing bridge with your spouse and balancing bridge with parenthood. _____________________________________________________________ Key Highlights: 🎓 Teaching Bridge Fast: Maya's approach to teaching beginners focuses on getting people playing right away. She believes bridge is simple enough to learn in an hour and emphasizes playing over endless study. 🏆 From Beginner to National Competitor: Maya shares how she went from playing kitchen table bridge to qualifying for Nationals in GNT, finishing second and sending teams to represent New York, including students who had only been playing for 6-18 months. 💡 The Mentorship Gap: Maya discusses how critical it was to have people like Yoko Sobel, Alan Davidson, and Drew Cavalier invest in her development, and why building a network of mentors for young adults is essential for growing the game. 🎯 Making Bridge Accessible: Maya advocates for free or low-cost beginner games, online teaching modules, and better pathways from lessons to duplicate play. She sees young adults as an underserved demographic in the bridge world who need structured support. ❤️ Playing with Your Partner: Maya and her husband Jack navigate the joys and tensions of being bridge partners and life partners. She shares their philosophy: she can handle being the better player, but when he's better, expectations get too high! 🎲 Bridge vs. Board Games: Maya compares bridge to popular board games like Settlers of Catan, arguing that bridge is actually simpler than many games people willingly spend hours learning. _____________________________________________________________ Resources & Next Steps: 📱 Practice your skills on FunBridge - Maya's favorite app for beginners because you can replay hands and learn from mistakes. 🎯 Bid with your partner asynchronously using Cuebids - A great tool for getting more practice without needing to coordinate schedules. 🏛️ Visit Maya at Honors Bridge Club in New York City (110 East 55th Street) for beginner classes and supervised play. 📱 Maya's Instructions for teaching bridge to beginners 🎧 More Stories Like This - Subscribe to The Setting Trick wherever you listen to podcasts for more deep dives into the world of bridge. 📱 Follow @thesettingtrick - Stay connected on Instagram for episode drops, tournament pics, and more. _____________________________________________________________ Chapter Timestamps: 0:00 Start 1:40 Mini McKenney win 2:40 Teaching young adults and the gap in bridge programs 5:00 Maya's 10-week teaching structure 6:20 GNT success: students qualifying for Nationals 8:20 Losing to the eventual GNT champions 11:00 Learning bridge at summer camp 14:00 Moving to New York and finding the bridge community 15:00 Meeting Yoko Sobel and bar bridge in Brooklyn 18:00 Becoming a director at Honors Bridge Club 19:00 Playing in the Mixed Trials 21:00 The importance of GNT for young players 23:00 Katie Sullivan and rare young bridge success stories 26:00 Playing with Omar in NAP 28:00 Playing with James Holzhauer (Jeopardy champion) 31:40 Bridge as a career and overcoming existential dread 35:00 Learning bridge at summer camp and teaching philosophy 36:40 Bridge as a victim of its own success 38:30 Teaching beginners: no trump, suited play, then bidding 40:00 Document for teaching friends in one hour 45:00 Teaching David Ger's friend at the bridge club 48:20 The importance of not giving too much feedback 53:00 Teaching quantitative traders how to bid 54:20 Working at Honors Bridge Club and directing 56:40 The Revenge Mitchell movement 1:00:30 Playing rubber bridge at the Regency 1:07:00 Making bridge free for young adults 1:09:40 Creating a compelling bridge film or series 1:11:00 Favorite resources: FunBridge and Cubits 1:16:20 Bridge fights and playing with your spouse 1:19:30 Bridge and parenthood 1:26:00 Getting hired to play vs. teaching 1:28:00 Studying human evolutionary biology at Harvard 1:30:00 The evolution of cooperation and bridge strategy

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