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☕ Welcome to the Breakfast Club!

Coffee, cards, and a little competition.

A bridge hand in your inbox, matched to your level — a puzzle to plan, a hint if you want one, and a friendly walkthrough when you’re ready. Three series, one table. Pick your door:

☕ Breakfast Club Daily

MON–SAT · 7:00 AM CENTRAL

For intermediate to advanced players. Bidding, declarer play, defense, and deductive reasoning, rotating Basic Skill Building → Leveling Up Your Game → Bridge Strategy Revisions, one full lesson a week. Starting Monday, November 23rd

🌱 Breakfast Club: First Sips

MON · TUE · THU · FRI · 7:00 AM CENTRAL

New to bridge — or newly back? Small sips, big confidence: one gentle hand at a time with extra guidance on counting, bidding, declarer, and defender’s tips. Starting Monday, November 23rd

📰 The Sunday Challenge

SUNDAYS · 7:00 AM CENTRAL

For puzzle lovers. A five-card double-dummy ending every Sunday, newspaper-column style: double dummy means every card is face up, and you still have to find the winning line. No peeking! Starting Sunday, November 29th

📬 Pick your level — get only the hands you want

Subscribe once, then choose which series lands in your inbox:

Breakfast Club Daily, First Sips, the Sunday Challenge — or all three.

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Ultimate Bridge Vacations

Five nights, four days of lessons each morning, Silver duplicate and social games each afternoon — with great food, culture, and company. Learn, Play & Vacation!

Bridge in the Big Easy — New Orleans

MARCH 22–27, 2027 · WINDSOR COURT HOTEL

🎷 Jazz clubs near the hotel, beignets at Café du Monde in the French Quarter, and the National WWII Museum — New Orleans waiting for you every evening.

See the New Orleans trip →

Bridge on the Santa Fe Plaza

JULY 26–31, 2027 · LA FONDA HOTEL

🌵 The trip our players ask for by name, back again by popular demand. Spend your free hours wandering Canyon Road’s galleries, at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, and under the stars at the Santa Fe Opera.

See the Santa Fe trip →

Fresh from PBB

  • Coming Soon: The Sunday Challenge: Double Dummy 📰

    Your Sunday paper puzzle is on its way. Every Sunday, a classic five-card double-dummy ending — every card face up, and you still have to find the winning line. The first Challenge arrives Sunday, November 29th. Subscribe and choose the Sunday Challenge as your level so it lands in your inbox on Sunday mornings. Choose…

  • Coming Soon: Breakfast Club: First Sips 🌱

    Something gentle is brewing for brand-new players. Breakfast Club: First Sips will bring you one easy hand at a time — plain-language walkthroughs, and extra guidance on counting, bidding, declarer, and defender’s tips — every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday morning. Subscribe and choose First Sips as your level, and the first sip will land…

  • Something’s Brewing… ☕

    It’s been a while since this blog had a regular heartbeat — that’s about to change. Starting Monday, November 23rd, Play Better Bridge launches Breakfast Club Daily: one bridge hand, every morning, served fresh with your coffee. A puzzle to plan, a hint if you want one, and a full walkthrough when you’re ready. Three…

  • BFYB Lesson Hands ~ November 24, 2023

    BAND: Bridge For Your Brain (“BFYB”) Games are at 10:30am Monday through Friday located in the BBO Virtual Clubs. Thanks for playing in the Bridge For Your Brain Game today! I look forward to your questions as you work through today’s lesson hands! Post questions at the bottom of this post. If you have a…

  • BFYB Lesson Hands ~ November 22, 2023

    BAND: Bridge For Your Brain (“BFYB”) Games are at 10:30am Monday through Friday located in the BBO Virtual Clubs. Thanks for playing in the Bridge For Your Brain Game today! I look forward to your questions as you work through today’s lesson hands! Post questions at the bottom of this post. If you have a…

  • BFYB Lesson Hands ~ November 21, 2023

    BAND: Bridge For Your Brain (“BFYB”) Games are at 10:30am Monday through Friday located in the BBO Virtual Clubs. Thanks for playing in the Bridge For Your Brain Game today! I look forward to your questions as you work through today’s lesson hands! Post questions at the bottom of this post. If you have a…

  • BFYB Lesson Hands ~ November 20, 2023

    BAND: Bridge For Your Brain (“BFYB”) Games are at 10:30am Monday through Friday located in the BBO Virtual Clubs. Thanks for playing in the Bridge For Your Brain Game today! I look forward to your questions as you work through today’s lesson hands! Post questions at the bottom of this post. If you have a…

  • BFYB Lesson Hands ~ November 17, 2023

    BAND: Bridge For Your Brain (“BFYB”) Games are at 10:30am Monday through Friday located in the BBO Virtual Clubs. Thanks for playing in the Bridge For Your Brain Game today! I look forward to your questions as you work through today’s lesson hands! Post questions at the bottom of this post. If you have a…

  • BFYB Lesson Hands ~ November 16, 2023

    BAND: Bridge For Your Brain (“BFYB”) Games are at 10:30am Monday through Friday located in the BBO Virtual Clubs. Thanks for playing in the Bridge For Your Brain Game today! I look forward to your questions as you work through today’s lesson hands! Post questions at the bottom of this post. If you have a…

  • BFYB Lesson Hands ~ November 15, 2023

    BAND: Bridge For Your Brain (“BFYB”) Games are at 10:30am Monday through Friday located in the BBO Virtual Clubs. Thanks for playing in the Bridge For Your Brain Game today! I look forward to your questions as you work through today’s lesson hands! Post questions at the bottom of this post. If you have a…

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