We are very passionate about bridge and fear that it’s dying of old age. We believe that playing bridge needs to always be exciting, and that every match should count, kind of like it was in the glory days when bridge was played for money. We believe that bridge is already the best card game in the world. But what’s missing is the poker element, i.e. the rush of winning substantial prizes and the cool and glamorous image this brings to the game.
With the future of bridge in mind, we’re introducing a modern platform that enables you to play in exciting bridge events and win significant money prizes as in online poker. An important difference with poker is that the duplicate bridge played on our site is a game of skill, not gambling, and therefore legal in all but a few countries and states. The platform we’re designing will run in the browser of any internet device, ranging from desktop computers to smart phones and tablets.
Zia:
Poker succeeded to attract millions of players. Small investments with huge rewards. We can do the same in bridge, especially when you take into consideration that bridge is much more fun to play than poker.
In the coming months we will need your help with beta testing the platform in anticipation of the official launch this fall. Right now the product is still pretty bare bones, but this will change a lot during the beta while we release all sorts of exciting features. To read more about the envisioned features and how we will deal with security click here.
Right now our beta is under way. If you love this game and share our vision then start playing today and let us know what you think. In the coming weeks we’ll be running a weekly competition that you can enter for free anytime and anywhere. When everything is working smoothly we’ll even start giving away prizes to each week’s best contestants, so all the more reasons to join. If you want to read more about playing on Bridge Big during the beta testing phase click here.
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Nira - Co-founder and CEO. Originally from Israel, in 2001 she met Rene during a junior world
bridge
championship and followed him to The Netherlands. Nira holds a MSc. degree in business administration,
specializing
in marketing and entrepreneurship. Nira is in charge of virtually everything that is “business”
within
Bridge Big. If you have any non-technical questions,
suggestions or remarks, she’d
love to hear it.
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René - Co-founder and CTO. Rene holds a PhD degree in physics. He deserted the academic
world in
favor of combining his two true passions: bridge and programming. Rene is the brain behind the Bridge
Big platform.
He is tech-savvy and has many opinions about everything happing in the tech-world today,
just ask (we dare you)!
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Olaf - Part of the development team. Olaf started programming when the computer screen was
black and green
and the floppy disc was still in. He had a blog before the blog was even invented. Olaf also obtained
a PhD in physics, but luckily for us, got back to
his senses
and joined Bridge Big. Olaf is very quick with learning new stuff. It would probably only take him
a week to master entry shifting squeezes (and he’s new to bridge).
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Jeroen - Part of the development team, Jeroen has a MSc degree in chemistry and spend the last
5 years
working in the biotech industry. However, his passion for technology was stronger than his formal
education. He is a
self-taught programmer and in charge of the infrastructure of the Bridge Big platform. Jeroen is a true
innovator:
if it’s new and online he’ll be using it.
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Zia - Needs little introduction. Zia is one of the best-known bridge players in the world. With
his endless
charm, charisma and elegance he’s the perfect spokesman for Bridge Big. Zia: “Bridge Big’s
formula will combine both the excitement of duplicate bridge and large money prizes of poker that will
be
irresistible to all lovers of the game.”
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