Bergen Bridge 4+

Name: Bergen Bridge
Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Marcel Hofstede

Marcel Hofstede

Designed for iPad

- 3.5 • 2 Ratings

- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases

Description

This app is perfect for the bridge player who wants to improve his/her playing skills. When you are playing the deal but don’t play or defend perfectly, you will get a message explanation what you should have done. You also have the option to let the program ask you questions about the play. Every bridge player should ask these questions themselves before playing a card. By answering the questions you will learn the best approach. Once you are used to asking yourself these type of questions, you will have made a big step in improving your play and becoming a better opponent.
The bidding system is based on Standard American. However, the auction is always provided for you so this program is appropriate for all players.

To use the app, no internet connection is needed.

About Marty Bergen
Marty is a U.S. bridge teacher/player/author. He is a ten-time national champion and ACBL Grand Life Master and World Bridge Federation World International Master. He retired from active competition in 1993 to concentrate on teaching and writing. He was recently voted to be the 22 most influential person in the history of bridge.
Marty has been a columnist in the monthly ACBL Bridge Bulletin since 1976. He has also written 69 bridge books; two of which won the ABTA Bridge Book of the Year award. Points Schmoints!: Bergen's Winning Bridge Secrets in 1996 and Declarer Play the Bergen Way in 2005.

Wins
- North American Bridge Championships (10)
- Pan-American Maccabi Games (1)
- Cavendish Invitational Teams (1)
- Cavendish Invitational Pairs (2)
- Goldman Pairs (1)

Second-place finishes
- North American Bridge Championships (10)
- United States Bridge Championships (1)
- Cavendish Invitational Teams (1)

Aug 27, 2024

Version 3.2

Two subjects are added:
- Bid with Bergen
- Everything about ... (Opening lead, Finesse, Defense, Signal and Discard, Declaring NoTrump contracts, Declaring Trump contracts, Endplay and Squeeze)

3.5 out of 5

2 Ratings

I loved this app until ....

I started with the beginners set. Loved it. Then ready to move up, I bought intermediate. This somehow changed things so the iPad display didn’t work anymore for either level and I couldn’t see the cards. (They were squished together). Couldn’t find any way in app support to get help. ☹️

Signals

I love this app but there is one thing that would help that is missing. It's not clear exactly what signals and discards conventions are being played. Some explanations could be detailed more. An overview somewhere of the conventions and signals used would be helpful. I even have the Bergen books; but there are different conventions and I don't know which ones are being used in the app. I hadn't played bridge for 35 years and I'm just starting over again.

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