Best software for pair against computer opponents?

[bobade]

Greetings!

 

I am teaching my wife how to play bridge, and would like us to play against computer opponents, using separate computers, either over our home network or by connecting our computers directly. What would be the best software product for this? Or can you think of another way we can play hands in a setting conducive to teaching?

 

We have Bridge Baron 18 which allows us to play this way, but the program is buggy. In online mode it will not pause after each trick, for example, making it really hard for her to remember what has been played. It also does not allow hands to be replayed, and it crashes frequently.

 

I can see that Jack has the capability of network play, but not on the demo version I downloaded so I can't test it. Any of you have experience with network play using Jack?

 

Perhaps there are more programs that do the same, or other strategies for my teaching her during actual play. Your thoughts?

 

Thanks a lot for the assistance!

 

Bob

[pdmunro]

I haven't tried playing this way, but I am interested in reading your experience about how things develop.

 

A couple of options occur to me:

 

1) Both play as South, say, at the same computer and discuss the bidding and play.

2) Play as a pair on BBO against GIB.

[shintaro]

:P

 

Duno how to put this answer without advertising;

 

But here goes

 

Q Plus Bridge appears to be ok as far as ACOL is concerned

[ovoss]

I'm using Jack for this, works fine except for network trouble, but for that my unreliable wlan connection is to be blamed, not Jack.

 

Some options you have when playing alone seem not to exist in network play. Although the possibility of me being too stupid to find them should be taken into account.

[Ant590]

I do this renting GiB from BBO and setting up a room with a GiB partnership in defence.

 

As far as I am aware this needs the PC download version, however.

[bobade]

Shintaro, are you using Qbridge for network play?

[chicken]

i often use jack for my groups and it works fine with non w-lan.