Bonding over bridge: Card players of all ages show their skill at regional bridge tournament

Hundreds of bridge players have descended on Kitchener this week for a tournament made up of all experience levels and all ages.

Hundreds of bridge players have descended on Kitchener this week for a tournament made up of all experience levels and all ages.

Ted Boyd, an organizer of the regional event, said there are players from across Ontario, Quebec and the United States for the six-day tournament taking place at Bingemans.

Bridge is a game played in partners, with two sets of partners playing against each other. Each pair attempts to score points by bidding or defeating the opposing duo’s bid. At the end of play, the pair with the most points wins.

“There are four levels of the game. They’re all playing duplicate bridge, which is different than kitchen bridge because they’re all playing the same hands,” he explained. “A lot of the luck disappears when you’re playing duplicate bridge.”

There are novice, intermediate, advanced and team games taking place.

No money changes hands in a bridge game. Instead, they play for masterpoints.