BJ Bridge vs Shark Bridge

Learn bridge as a novice or improve your bridge as a seasoned player. Connect up with other duplicate bridge players. In-app purchases let you upgrade to the Pro version with a full choice of advanced bidding features. Optionally subscribe to remove ads. Use the "Upgrade" button in the HELP panel to access these subscriptions. Unlimited random deals are free. Download hands and double dummy results from your club’s BridgeWebs website. [Use option "Load"; then "Web search to find deals"; find your your club site; go to your results page; touch the "Hands" tab, then touch "Download as Pbn"]. Or use the preloaded CLUB-SESSION-SAMPLES to compare you play with actual results of a club session. Create your own deals [Use option "Load"; then "New Manual Deal" or "Amend Manual Deal"]. This app offers a choice of Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC), simplified Acol (EBU) system for beginners or Benji Acol. For any Pro bidding style, choose optional conventions: 5-card majors, Benji weak and strong twos, ELH two-suited overcall, ASPTRO 1NT defence or Landy 1NT defence, Roman Key Card Blackwood, standard Blackwood, Gerber, Quantitative 4NT, Baron 3C ‘Normal’ Stayman or Puppet, Stayman, Jacoby 2NT 1-suit support, Truscott 2NT 1-suit doubled support, Ogust responses, Inverted minors, Unassuming Cue Bid, Splinter, Strong jump overcall, Weak take-out choices. There is also a choice of weak or strong 2-level opening bids for each suit, selection of preferred high card point ranges for weak or strong 1NT and 2NT bids and control of ‘bidding aggression level’ during contested auctions. **Note for BEGINNERS and improvers: turn off any convention you do not recognise and set "aggression" to low. You will find the bidding easier to follow! Experienced players can make full use of the Convention Card wizard. If you find any problem or have queries / suggestions, please email Helen at bjsoftware42@gmail.com

Shark's 5th generation robot can be adjusted from an excellent beginner to a full-scale AI expert player. Shark Bridge offers unlimited hands, duplicate bridge games, and Daily Tournament with MP (%) scoring. Play bridge with friends or practice on your own. Study the hands of your bridge teacher. Play deals online from your library, classroom hands, and generator You can play and review boards with the complete auction and play details from International, North American, and European competitions. Internet is not required, except for Daily Tournaments and the Online Bridge Club. Shark Bridge won the 2014 and 2011 World Bridge Computer Championships. You can email hands to your partner or other bridge friends for discussion if they have Shark or another bridge app capable of opening PBN/LIN files. Share the fun! You can also import bridge deals from your computer disk or the Internet. Shark Bridge features: - Bidding systems: Standard American 5 card major( SAYC or Shark flavor), 2/1 Game Force, Std English Acol (in development) bidding systems. - Duplicate bridge game. - Bridge tournament boards. - Play bridge offline ( no Internet ) or live on the Internet with your friends and foes. - Never wait for a bridge table to fill in; our high-quality robot will play bridge when needed. - Hints and auction analysis are available at any time. Ask the Shark Bridge, and it will help. - Get suggestions when the declarer is on the lead to a trick; Shark will recommend a play strategy. - Open PBN (Portable Bridge Notation) and LIN ( VU-Graph) files from your email. - Choose from regular and 4-color card decks. Bridge Enthusiast In-App purchase ($29.99) upgrade offers: - Play an unlimited number of random deals. - 9 WBF, ACBL, and European bridge tournaments from 2014,2013,2011. - Email bridge hands from your Personal Deal Library. - Basic Online Bridge Play: create, join, and kibitz at any table. - Deal Analysis. - One year free VIP subscription. VIP subscription ($34.99/year) unlocks additional features and services: - Daily tournament with 16 boards; compare your skill with the rest of our VIP members. Study the deals from past competitions. - 32 WBF, ACBL, and European bridge tournaments in recent years, including 2016. More are in the works. - VIP online play: create, join, and kibitz at any table, manage friends, block players, invite players. - Par Contract Calculator. - Personal Deal Library: all saved deals are instantly available to all of your devices. - Advanced Deal Generator. - Classroom hands - Access to The CommonGame hands, via the Classroom hands module - Highest priority for feature requests. Bridge Bidding Systems: Standard American 5-card major( SAYC or Shark flavor), 2/1 Game Force, Acol, and Swedish 5-card major bidding systems, and more are in the works. Each bridge system includes the most popular conventions, and you can further customize it with : 1NT / 2NT range and hand distribution options Gambling 3NT or strong 25+ HCP 3NT Stayman Jacoby and Texas Transfers Weak two Spades, Hearts, Diamonds Strong 2 Clubs Blackwood: 4 Aces / 5 Aces, RKCB, RKC 1430, Exclusion Blackwood Jacoby 2NT Sandwich 2NT Two-way new minor forcing (XY-NT) Leaping Michaels Michaels Cue Bid Maximum Overcall Double Negative Doubles Takeout Doubles Responsive Doubles Support Double Splinter Bids Lebensohl Unusual 2NT Drury DONT Landy Multi Landi BPH The Shark Play bridge engine was designed and programmed by John Norris, an international bridge master and Danish Bridge Champion. Shark robot is the most human-like playing bot; it has been tested against professional players and proved a worthy opponent.