[straube]

I'd like to be practicing declarer play. I know there are good pre-analyzed hand sets out there, but I'm looking more for just a good bridge program where I can bid and play against the robots. What's a good program/value out there? Bridge Baron? Some other?

[inquiry]

jack... see www,jackbridge.com

note: I don;t own any bridge playing software, but Jack has been recommended to me by people whose opinion I trust. I just prefer to play online when I am at a computer to playing against robots.

[PhilKing]

I have over 3000 partially analysed hands in my database that I play against Jack ...

The auctions are pre-loaded and sometimes the first trick or two. Then it is man against machine.

[straube]

Thanks. Well, I do have a PC that I keep in the basement, but it would be nice if Jack ran with my Mac.

[kgr]

PhilKing, on 2012-November-27, 10:32, said:

I have over 3000 partially analysed hands in my database that I play against Jack ...

The auctions are pre-loaded and sometimes the first trick or two. Then it is man against machine.

Are you sharing this database?

[PhilKing]

kgr, on 2012-November-27, 11:50, said:

Are you sharing this database?

I can't really, because it contains many hands from books and magazines that I own, so can use for my own purposes, but would not feel comfortable distributing in the current format (even though legally I could, since hands are not subject to copyright).

[SimonFa]

I bought iBridge for the iPad about a month ago and have been very impressed so far. I mainly play when I can't get online and its good for trams. I intend to do a review when I get more time but at £14 so far it's been a good buy.

[CarlRitner]

Bridge Baron 23 has 10,000+ actual tournament hands so you can compare how you played against the field.

[heyrocky]

Bridge Baron also has a Mac version.

[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

I only have Jack 4, quite good, espesially the competion mode.

My wife has a Bridge Baron App for her Smart Phone,quite good, she likes it,
and I like it too being on a train.
The level of play is not the same as Jacks level, which may be due to it is
just an App, but it has a Quick Score mode (Jack as well, seems to be standard now)
to get a result from a 2nd table, which I really like. Bridge Baron was one of the
first program to have it (it was part of BB6), GIB did not have it and I did not see
this functionality in other program of those times.

An alternative is wbridge5, which finished in the top 3 of world championships since
1999, and it is free, see

http://www.wbridge5.com/

The minimal resources should make it possible to run the program on a Mac in a Windows
emulation (which should also work for Jack).
Being used to the more professional UI of Jack, I did not play to much with wbridge5,
and it is also possible that configuration of the program is limited to French standard.

With kind regards
Marlowe