NEW! Jack - Version 5.01

Jack is by far the strongest and most versatile bridge program available. Jack is developed for bridge players by bridge players, paying special attention to ease of use.

Jack offers a friendly user interface, with settings to vary almost anything, from different colours on the screen to large-print playing cards. It's up to you to determine Jack's looks.

Top players from all over the world consider Jack their ultimate sparring partner, but beginners also enjoy, and benefit from, Jack. Professor Jack's analyses and tips after a deal can help learners improve. Jack's possibilities are almost endless. Jack can generate deals that fit your criteria, enabling you to practice favourite conventions or the play of specified contracts.

A unique new feature is the virtual Jackbridge club. Start in a 'ladder' competition choosing your own level and vie for the championship. Jack provides endless hours of fun at bridge!

The Top 10 Improvements Incorporated in Jack 5.0

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.
• Jack's Washington 2009 bidding and play engine: In Computer World Bridge Championship of 2009 at Washington DC, Jack played better and faster to regain his title. Now you can use the same methods with and against Jack.
• 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.
• On-screen playing cards are digitally enhanced and now available for even the highest resolutions.
• Jack can now be linked directly to the Jannersten Duplimate software.

System Requirements
Jack will run on Windows 7 and Windows Vista but will also run fine on earlier versions of Windows (Windows 98 - 2nd edition, Windows XP). Memory: 256 Mb, Hard Disk: 80 Mb, Video: 1Mb SVGA. Pentium or AMD system, minimum: 400 MHz, recommended: 1GHz. Jack's installation will only be complete after you activated Jack.

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