
The Setting Trick: Conversations with World Class Bridge Players
Hosted by John McAllister · John McAllister
4.3from 46 ratings
- 117
- Episodes
- 8
- Transcribed
- 46
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 24K
- YouTube views
About The Setting Trick: Conversations with World Class Bridge Players
The Setting Trick features conversations with world class bridge players, and lovers of the card game bridge from all over the world.
- Publisher
- John McAllister
- Category
- leisure
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 18 Jan 2018
- Latest episode
- 26 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
8 of 117 episodes have a transcript.

26 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 112: Emma Kolesnik on Winning the World Mixed Teams

12 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Alessandro Calmanovici Built Bridge Tricks to Make Bridge as Popular as Chess

25 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 110: Nabil Edgtton Taught AJ Antonios Bridge in Three Months and They Won the Gold Coast Teams
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Ep. 112: Emma Kolesnik on Winning the World Mixed Teams
Published 26 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So that was less good. But he found some amazing leads as well. Yeah, obviously a great player. They both are. So it was a good feeling to beat that team. You talked about you were interviewed on Sorry Partner podcast a couple of years ago, and I listened to that earlier and you were talking about pressure in in like these big events. Yeah, it's definitely always there. I think that's something that actually Adam, my husband, has helped. a lot with is my mindset when I'm playing and the mentality of the game of you know if you have a bad result moving on and not getting you know trying to kind of detach emotions especially when you're at the table and the you know kind of philosophy of basically bridge at the table is just a grind you know you're just working every hand just have to keep grinding out every single hand um and so really just focusing on that rather than, you know, getting caught up in kind of the stress or are we going to win? […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on The Setting Trick: Conversations with World Class Bridge Players
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- Emma Kolesnik
- Alessandro Calmanovici
- Nabil Edgtton
- AJ Antonios
- Tim Verbeek
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 23,523
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.2 / 5
- 40 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 6 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100
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- Quality
- 47
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 89
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