BBO – Bridge Base Online

Mobile version has been updated recently correcting previous errors. Much appreciated. This app is perfect for playing bridge and entering tournaments and learning skills. The app and platform are excellent. Sometimes the people who use the app are annoying. there are some changes I would like to see. 1. Make auto play singletons the default. It would really speed up play. 2. Disable the Remove player button until they have received a notice about your turn to play. Too often some players rudely remove a player in the middle of a game, based upon their thought that the player is messing up, but they cannot even see your hand. Other times the host is looking at the players profile and hits the remove player button by mistake.

Ever since I changed to iPad Pro 2nd generation, I couldn’t enjoy the game as well as I used to. No sounds— however i try, it stays mute. Also the ads so very often strikes me so long that it logs me off during the game. Many a time I couldn’t finish my good games! So frustrating! Otherwise, BBO is the best bridge site.

This was a pretty good app, but now the ads take over and can’t be stopped without quitting and starting a new log in. Very frustrating and spoils the enjoyment. Also seems to be an increase in cheating by some pairs in some regions.

Please limit or eliminate ads on BBO Thank you.

Is there an address version to purchase. Not interested in annoying ads every time I walk away.

This game use to let you use the iPad app with a table layout that was easy to use looked like a functional table, to play bridge online with friends and family. That was taken away and the online game is now a very crude web like interface. Extremely difficult for seniors play. It is very difficult to control bots from interfering with your play.

Every time I Login I can only play for 10 minutes max. The all of a sudden I’m Logged out in the middle of play! This happened to me about 8 times. I called Apple Support and gave me some suggestions if it’s with Apple. But it’s in your App.

Initially, I thought this app was the greatest way for me to learn more than the basics of Bridge. I could play, at my own speed, against robots. But as I gained experience, I realized that the basic robots make VERY foolish bids. For example, bidding 1 spade with 13 points and only 3 mediocre spades in it’s hand. This has led to a very frustrating learning experience for me. The interface is excellent and I love see the explanations of bids. So if the « robots » followed even the most basic of bidding rules, I would give the app a five.

Basically a good app but logging on requires exposure to mind numbing ads apparently focused on seniors who have reached their sell buy date. I am using it far less than before and looking for an alternative

I won’t argue that this is a decent place to play bridge online. But if you’re a long way from finding a dedicated bridge partner, the platform doesn’t do enough to teach you key concepts so you can be in a place where you can confidently go partner searching. The Community Games bear this out. I’m not comfortable being paired with a random player, and I also learn differently so the lessons associated with the sessions are better presented to me 1-to-1 so I can ask questions about the underlying logic. Neither is available here, and my interest in the game quickly went down the drain as a result. Experienced players will find plenty to do here, but if you’re a beginner like I am/was, you’ll quickly find you’re not welcome.