Software - Jack 5.0

Jack 5.0 Computer Bridge Software
Available in Australia from EBA for $110.95 (postage included). For overseas buyers, add postage of AU$10.

Jack is a computer bridge program developed by bridge players for bridge players. One of the developers is former world champion Berry Westra (Bermuda Bowl, Chile 1993). Jack uses state of the art computer algorithms. Jack's possibilities exceed those of all other bridge playing programs. Besides its exceptional bidding and playing strength, Jack offers a very user friendly interface with many interesting features.

Jack is the reigning five times World Champion Computer Bridge of 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2009. Bridge players from all over the world welcomed it's exceptional bidding and playing strength. Praised for it's user friendliness and extensive possibilities.Here is a list of the most significant ways in which Jack 5.0 has improved upon Jack 4.01.
  • Interactive Professor Jack. The Professor will look over your shoulder as you play, making helpful comments about your bidding and card play on the spot. He is flexible. At your command, he will comment about whatever aspects of your play you specify.

  • Bidding contests. Jack provides about a hundred bidding contests that you can enter to improve your bidding and compare your contracts to those of many pairs that have bid the deals previously.

  • Expanded levels of playing strength: Now there are 100 different levels, ranging from weak to expert, with sophisticated options for detailed tuning.

  • More versatile deal profiles: Now you can specify almost any kind of deals that you may want to examine or practice, e.g. deals with 1NT openings, deals with wild distribution, and so forth.

  • Built-in provision for updating: Now you can download improvements to Jack and new tournaments as they become available on our website ... free of charge until we create Jack 6.0.

  • Jack 5.0 is now usable on "notebook" computers (laptops without a CD drive) and with Windows 7.

  • Improved and fully printable help, along with other interesting documentation, is easily accessible.

  • Jack can now be linked directly to the Jannersten Duplimate software.

Jack 5.0 provides dozens of other improvements and enhancements, of course, including more tournaments, more deals in competition, new bidding conventions, reviews of played deals in the game-viewer, and changes in Jack's partnership approaches.

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