Bridge Buff 19 and Visual Deal 7.0

by Bridgeware

Product Features

• Includes a Convention Card Editor and the new Matchpoint Results Analyzer
• Includes a System Builder to build your own systems and conventions
• Will run on Windows 98/NT/XP/Vista/7 minimum: Pentium 200 or equivalent and 16 Megs Ram
• CD-ROM (Limited help files w/Vista & 7)

Product Description

New Version is faster and stronger with more conventions. For the first time includes Matchpoint Results Analyzer * Bridge Buff has tutors for beginners and a huge range of conventions for advanced players * Optional aggressive matchpoint-style bidding mode uses fast double-dummy artificial intelligence deal simulations instead of bidding rules. In Practice mode, you can redeal, rebid, replay, take back cards, and peek. In Match mode, you play a series of hands against a 'closed room' opponent and can play Teams, Pairs or Individual matches. Match mode has matchpoint estimates so you can compare yourself against Strong and Weak fields. You can save/retrieve deals, make your own, and deal specific conventions or auctions.* The Deal Generator is versatile with an integrated double dummy analyzer. You can design hands in many ways, using common constraints like hand strengths and suit lengths, or conventions or auctions. View deal by deal, or collect data for thousands of deals. It will show you the deals, auctions, and the optimum double dummy lead and result. Use it to build or improve bidding techniques, solve disputes, work on specific problem areas, or deal hundreds of hands to practice any convention or test any bridge position. Match Points results Analyzer - New program with a mathpoint database that will help you analyze your ACBL matchpoint results. The Analyzer will reveal elements of your real-life game. Includes: Bid Buddy is a bidder that pops up a hand to bid on your desktop. Bid Sequencer generates bidding sequences in an Excel spreadsheet. Convention Card Editor is an editor-printer in authentic ACBL format. System Builder lets you add special conventions and tweak the system that Buff uses. PIP Converter for Word*.DOC files.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0007NC7EM
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #215,915 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bridge Buff Review, February 6, 2010

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Raymond Vaccari (Toms River, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bridge Buff 19 and Visual Deal 7.0 (Misc.)

This is a great product for playing bridge alone on your computer - exactly what I was looking for. I am able to generate many different types of hands. I can automate the bidding and play or manually step through them. For each bid, opponents and partners, there is a description of what it means. I really like Bridge Buff, it is helping me become a better bridge player.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sad but wiser, June 21, 2011

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ro - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bridge Buff 19 and Visual Deal 7.0 (Misc.)

I just purchased "Bridge Buff 19 and Visual Deal 7.0. While visually it is pretty, I did not find it worth the money.

I am getting back into playing bridge and would be considered an average/above average player but wanted to practice playing to improve my skills. Unfortunately, I found this program made fundamental playing errors and incorrect bids.

The postmortem (option that shows the possible bids a set of hands can make)to be wrong also. A laydown slam bid did not show as even possible. The bidding Kibitzer (shows what a bid means)was wrong many times.

My advice is do not buy this program.