From APL Pipelines to AI Commentary: Scaling Bridge Analysis Across Hundreds of Tables

In contact bridge, every session produces decision data worth analysing, such as bidding sequences, card play, outcomes, and player choices. At club level, AI is already used for post-game teaching, tournament recaps, and participation trend analysis. The hardest problem is analysing hands before they are played. Through TheCommonGame.com, identical deals are played simultaneously across clubs in North America and worldwide. This creates a global comparison field, but analysis has historically relied on volunteers, leaving many sessions with no commentary at all.