Shark Bridge runs online bridge games sanctioned by the American Contract Bridge League and builds the Teacher's Console that bridge teachers use for lessons.
Play Shark Bridge games sanctioned by the American Contract Bridge League
Play 18 or 12 board robot games over the course of a day with three bots. Earn Masterpoints, badges, and free credits for more games. Results are available after midnight Eastern Time.
Play a 12-board game and get feedback instantly. After each board, you see your final score and what was possible. You can play an unlimited number of games at any time.
Play and Learn is a weekly game and lesson on Shark Bridge. After each round, your teacher reviews the hands just played.
Download and install Shark Bridge Game to play bridge on iPad, iPhone, Mac or Windows
iPad and iPhone
iPad Pro / Air / Mini / iPhone 6 or newerMinimum iOS 12
Apple Mac Computers
Apple Macs build late 2013 or newerMinimum macOS 10.15.7 (Catalina)
Windows 11
64 bit CPU or tabletMinimum RAM 4MB
Shark Bridge Teacher's Console
- Accommodate 1 to 500 students simultaneously for scalable learning.
- Place 1, 2, or 4 students at a table for targeted playing and bidding exercises.
- Communicate live with students using both video and voice options.
- Replay and demonstrate bidding sequences or hand plays directly from the console.
- Utilize robot players to ensure full tables and active participation.
- and a lot more .....
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We are the technology partner of the largest youth bridge program in North America
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What teachers say about Shark Bridge Teacher's Console
Teaching Bridge online has never been EASIER!
What Can the Shark Bridge Teacher's Console Do?
Imagine a Teaching Tool That Enhances Your Classroom Experience
- Create and save hands with ease.
- Generate hands on the fly using query options for each position.
- Create partial hands to demonstrate card combinations and playing techniques.
- Keep teaching notes on each hand and save them for future reference.
- Upload both .LIN and .PBN files seamlessly.
- Export hand files for storage or integration with Dealer 4.
- Communicate live with students using both video and voice options.
- Integrate with Zoom Meetings or Google Meet to present your lessons.
- Support phone conferencing for flexible communication.
- Invite students to their tables via one-click URL, no pre-registration or passwords required.
- Accommodate 1 to 500 students simultaneously for scalable learning.
- Assign students to multiple tables for simultaneous practice exercises.
- Place 1, 2, or 4 students at a table for targeted playing and bidding exercises.
- Show or hide hands and quickly adjust student views during lessons.
- Control and correct bidding directly from the teacher's console.
- Allow students to undo mistakes and try again.
- Enable students to replay deals to refine their skills.
- Replay and demonstrate bidding sequences or hand plays directly from the console.
- Host up to 500 students at one time across various table configurations (100, 250, or 500 tables).
- Utilize robot players to ensure full tables and active participation.
- Place students in kibitzing positions so they can observe other tables.
- Designed for every skill level, from complete novice to expert.
- Eliminate the bidding box so beginners can focus on goal-oriented play before learning bidding.
- Send homework hands to students for practice between classes.
- Use as a demonstration tool in face-to-face lessons in real classrooms.
- Benefit from a platform that is continuously evolving with new flexible features.
Teacher's Manuals
Teacher's Table allows a teacher to control and make changes on all students tables simultaneously. As long as Master Table is connected, ever...
Sep 9, 2026
Here you can find video tutorials from teachers using Shark Bridge Teacher's Console for online lessons.
Sep 4, 2026
How to have a fun Duplicate Game in your lesson or present your lesson as a Duplicate Game.Start your teaching session in Shark as usual and seat all your students. You are not limited to 4 students per table the duplicate game can be 2 students vs robots or even 1 student per table.
Jul 1, 2026
Teacher's Recipes
When 4 people are seated at a table, it's not an easy task to move them around if you want to show them what is happening with the East hand. The w...
Aug 4, 2026
Having partners type their nickname turned to be a challenge. Teacher's can now upload JSON text file with partnership information. To do so use t...
Jul 17, 2026
This is a common problem with existing online teaching tools, only one in four students can be declarer on a given hand. You can do better and give more students more value for their time and dollars. You can have them all play declarer on the same hand at the same time.
Jul 12, 2026
Player and Student Manuals
Teachers can share with their students, not only files with hands, but also sets from Deal Generator. Generator sets can be loaded from Classroom h...
Aug 4, 2026
In the Shark bridge app, students can now set the robot skill level of their games to “Classroom hands.” At this level, the robots will behave the ...
Jun 25, 2026
We strongly encourage you to practice this before your classes start if you have never used Zoom AND another program at the same time. What is an ...
Jun 19, 2026