Open the bidding safely
Start with five-card majors, prepared minors, 15-17 balanced 1NT, and weak-two basics before adding conventions.
Brian source: SAYC opening fundamentalsBrian by Bridgetastic
Ask Brian one thing
Type a bridge question, paste an auction, or paste a hand. No setup required.
More optionsPractice paths, setup, hand review, and plans
Optional paths
Pick one only when it matches today's goal.
Practice controls
One-click practice, tuned when you need it
Leave this on Auto + Warm-up for the usual quick start, or choose a topic and difficulty when you want a focused drill.
Current drill: Auto focus · Warm-up.
Topics stay bridge-real: opener, responder, competitive, and slam decisions all depend on partnership agreements, vulnerability, scoring, and the exact auction.
Adjust learner setupSkill level, table context, methods, and partner checklist
Start with Bridgetastic defaults, then open these when your hand, partner, or table needs more context. Your choices still save locally.
First-run calibration
Help Brian tune the first answer
Pick a skill level and learning goal in under 30 seconds. No account required, and you can skip or change this anytime.
Current learner context: not set yet
Brian will adapt tone and starter prompts to this context, but bridge methods are partnership agreements, not universal rules.
Table context
Set vulnerability and scoring
Brian uses this for practice hands and bid explanations so risk, sacrifices, game decisions, and overtricks are judged in the right setting.
Current table context: Random vulnerability, Matchpoints / pairs
Matchpoints rewards overtricks and frequency; IMPs and rubber put more weight on making contracts, game swings, and avoiding large penalties.
Current assumptions
Brian will use your selected method, learner profile, and table context unless a hand or auction needs more detail: SAYC, 15-17 balanced, five-card majors, transfers over 1NT. Learner profile: not set yet. Table context: Random vulnerability, Matchpoints / pairs.
Default baseline remains Standard American/SAYC-oriented, five-card majors, balanced 15-17 1NT, with common treatments that can vary by partnership. Before a club game, BBO table, or partner discussion, use this as a starting point and confirm your actual agreements.
Review a pasted handBBO, PBN, or plain-English deal text when you have one
Hand review paste
Paste a BBO, PBN, or plain-English deal
No login needed. Brian will parse the board, dealer, vulnerability, hands, and auction when they are clear, then ask for missing facts instead of guessing.
Try an example handOptional complete sample deals, no account or paste needed
Each example uses the same parser, diagram, auction timeline, scoring, and follow-up handoff as a pasted hand.
waiting for pastePaste from BBO hand records, Bridge Base movie exports, a PBN [Deal] block, or four clear North/East/South/West text hands.
Works with partial pastes too. Brian sees the editable review text above and will ask before assuming missing facts.
Follow a first-week pathFour source-checked checkpoints when you want a plan
First week with Brian
A source-checked path from first bids to first hand review
Follow these four checkpoints in order, or jump into the step that matches today. Each step is grounded in Brian corpus material and keeps partnership agreements explicit.
Respond to partner with a plan
Practice 1NT response ranges, Stayman/transfer checks, and simple responder choices without treating agreements as universal.
Brian sources: 1NT response ranges, Stayman, Jacoby transfer continuationsTurn answers into table habits
Use Brian for one bidding decision, one declarer-play habit, and one defense habit so learning converts into play.
Brian sources: winner counting, opening leads, second-hand-low and third-hand-high exceptionsReview one real hand
Paste a BBO/PBN or remembered hand, then ask Brian for the key auction or play lesson before playing another table.
Brian source: hand-history review and auction decision cards