You don't have to be a master pastry chef to make a delicious cake: you can buy a box of Duncan Hines and do what it says on the back of the box. All you need is the ability to follow instructions and some basic general knowledge. Squeezes are the same way. We don't need seven-tier wedding cake skills; we need to be able to buy a box of cake mix and follow the directions.
Scoring may not seem to be as fun or interesting as the card play and bidding, but it can be vitally important to our tactics. Knowing the scoring can help us decide whether it's worth bidding higher, may change how we play our contract, and can even help us decide whether it is worth bidding a contract we know will go down!
Bridge is one of the world's greatest games played by millions of people. It combines logic and numeracy skills with great sociability and enjoyment. No knowledge of card games is necessary to join this course and it really is for complete beginners although if you learnt in the distant past you are welcome to join too. I have been teaching bridge for 20 years and will guide you through the game of bridge at a gentle pace, as well as making the course fun and interactive. Once you have started playing bridge there will be no looking back!
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Continuing her popular series of Common Mistakes in Bridge, Tina McVeigh will guide you through the most common bidding mistakes she has seen her students make again and again over the years and teach you how to avoid making them yourself.
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New! Already included for members of Adam’s Monday class: Join the class to save. Knowing when to sacrifice is one of the trickier decisions in bridge. It’s also essential to know what to bid after your opponents have sacrificed. This includes the infamous Forcing Pass. Sacrifice contracts can present unique problems to both declarer and […]