Brain Game Cards

 Bridge is a superb card game that unfortunately has its experts attempting to turn all players into winners. How they do it, is by instructing them in how to perform certain machinations so that their opponents cannot fail but to lose. I don't understand how that's making the game enjoyable. Maybe it's first because I am not a machine, and second that I am not fixed on getting a big end score. My feeling of triumph is when I don't necessarily play by the book or make long drawnout delays planning every play before I lay down a card. No. My feelings of game victory, is in the play. Very often I lose by a point or two but feel most satisfied that I exacted a certain move because I read it well. Bridge players who regard the game as an ego builder in plying the entire convention roster or agonizing over every hand to hopefully beat their opponents, make me sad. It's not what I love about Bridge. I love that it is a game much like poker, only far more subtly so. At the poker table, if brain waves could be seen and emotions fly in colour, what a gorgeous display it would be. The ability to read every nuance of the other player's faces seems to be what poker players work at. If they do this, they are often awarded much respect if not money. Or matchsticks or pennies, whatever their pots are. My favorite sort of play in Bridge is online. I am told that it is legitimate in that the players are actual people, but something tells me that's not quite true. If so, why is it that the Ace or the King is always placed with an opponent to my disadvantage and is usually on my right. When you are sitting fourth player in a round, it's a dream if you are holding what you hope is a strong hand and being in that position, can triumphantly slap down the winning card at the end. But in all card games unless there is a very good cheat on hand, it is the cards that win almost every time. A bad hand is impossible. Not always, but usually. When you are dealt a low hand for rounds at a time, one look and you know it's over before it has begun. But with half-a-chance-hand and really good instincts, one has a chanceto win it. But you'd better pay attention. My game is hand by hand. I am not keen on worrying about the end score but rather, the pleasure of seeing a well played hand. Mine or theirs.