The 2026 Flying PIG Regional is Sunday June 7 through Saturday June 13.

THERE ARE NO NKBC GAMES DURING THE PIG. Please plan to play in Cincinnati at the PIG. See the linked flyer for details.

Chairs photo by jurek d

Last Thursday, we played another of our 4-Is-Enough, Mentor/Mentee, duplicate games. As with all duplicate games, there were a number of interesting (read that as frustrating) hands.

The linked article, A Second Look, is a reflection on just a few of those hands. It highlights how we might have thought about them differently, so that next time, maybe, we can get it right. 

Even if you didn't play these hands, the article is worth the read.

Confetti photo by ADoseOfShipBoy

We might be growing! 7.5 tables at our 3rd Thursday session. Our next Thursday game is June 18. Please plan to join us. If you can, please let Howard or Cordell know you'd like to play.

We have scheduled 8 Thursday games. Please give us your feedback. If you'd like to continue the game into the fall, we would too. Here are the dates for the remaining scheduled Thursday games:

We play a slower game than at our other 'open' games. We start at 11:00 and finish before 3:00, about 18-22 hands. We have a lot of fun, talk about the hands as we play them, allow for 'corrections', etc.

Our Thursday games come at a cost of just $2. They're perfect for beginning players and mentoring pairs.

These Thursday games award ACBL masterpoints and are configured as a "4-Is-Enough" game. Anyone may play, but there are restrictions on partnership composition. Specifically, players with over 1000 masterpoints may only partner only with players who have under 500 masterpoints. Players with between 500-1000 masterpoints may partner with other players under 1000 masterpoints. Players with under 500 masterpoints may partner with anyone.

Please join us.