Course Category: Improvers

• Understanding 2-over-1 & the BBO Robots

  by India Natt

  4 Lessonsin 2-over-1, Acol, Bidding, Improvers, Standard

  • Understanding 2-over-1 & the BBO Robots - $40

  

  This course is suitable for players of any system, whether you already tend to play 2/1 and would like to understand GiB’s particular style, or whether you play Acol and have never even encountered a strong-and-five system before. I shall be demystifying weird robot-y explanations, providing a grounding in how the system is structured and identifying the conventions you will need to watch out for. By the end of this course, you will feel much more comfortable when you are playing with and against GiB: another tool to help you practise your bridge!

• Etiquette & Communication in Bridge: Online & in Real Life

  by India Natt

  4 Lessonsin 2-over-1, Acol, Bidding, Improvers, Standard

  • Etiquette & Communication in Bridge: Online & in Real Life - $40

  

  This course is suitable for players of any system, whether you already tend to play 2/1 and would like to understand GiB’s particular style, or whether you play Acol and have never even encountered a strong-and-five system before. I shall be demystifying weird robot-y explanations, providing a grounding in how the system is structured and identifying the conventions you will need to watch out for. By the end of this course, you will feel much more comfortable when you are playing with and against GiB: another tool to help you practise your bridge!

• Exceptions to the Rules in Bridge

  by Adam Parrish

  2 Lessonsin Acol, Bidding, Cardplay, Declarer, Defending, Improvers, Standard

  • Exceptions to the Rules with Adam Parrish - $30
  • The Expert Thought Process with Adam Parrish - $40 every 4 weeks

  

  We’ve all learned lots of bridge “rules”: third-hand high, fourth from your longest and strongest, new suit by responder is forcing, etc. Unfortunately, there are no hard-and-fast rules in bridge, and each of these rules has exceptions. We’re going to look at some of the most common “rules” and their exceptions.

• Opener’s Second Bid (or How to Have Your Cake and Eat it Too)

  by LBO presents

  3 Lessonsin Acol, Bidding, Improvers, Standard

  

  In this special 3-part lesson series, Graeme will help us make sense of notrump bidding, reverses, and showing our strength accurately.

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• Bidding the Monster Hands – with Curt Soloff

  by Curt Soloff

  4 Lessonsin Bidding, Improvers

  • Bidding the Monster Hands - with Curt Soloff - $40

  

  We like it when we are able to open the bidding, but don't we all like having a little more? Extra strength? Wild distribution? Yet, some of those powerhouse hands can be challenging to bid. Learn Bridge Online and Curt Soloff are here to help! In the spirit of Halloween, LBO brings you MONSTER HANDS, a four-week series on bidding the various

• Free Bridge Lessons: Jacoby Transfers & Stayman in Bridge

  by Marla Lawson

  4 Lessonsin 2-over-1, Beginner, Bidding, Improvers, Standard

  

  A lot of us have learned the conventions "Stayman" and "Jacoby Transfers" after Partner opens 1NT. Do we fully understand when and how to use them, and what Responder's second bid should mean after starting with one of these conventions? Check out these free videos to learn some of the subtler aspects of these two widely used and very handy conventions.

• Winning Strategies at Duplicate Bridge

  by Jack Stocken

  4 Lessonsin Acol, Bidding, Declarer, Improvers

  • Intermediate Lessons (Acol) with Jack Stocken - $40 every 4 weeks
  • Improver Lessons (Acol) with Jack Stocken - $40 every 4 weeks

  

  Whether playing at the club or online, you'll notice some players who consistently do a bit better than everyone else in the results. What do these players know that is helping them excel so consistently? When we play duplicate bridge, a better understanding of how our results will be compared to others' can give us clarity while bidding.

• 2-over-1 Bidding in Bridge

  by Marla Lawson

  5 Lessonsin 2-over-1, Bidding, Improvers, Standard

  • The Fundamentals of Modern Bridge with Marla Lawson - $40 every 4 weeks

  

  A look at the modern American system of bidding

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• Communication: Let's Talk!

  by LBO presents

  4 Lessonsin 2-over-1, Acol, Cardplay, Declarer, Improvers, Intermediate, Standard

  • Build Your Bridge Confidence with Bridget Rampton - $40 every 4 weeks

  

  Bridge is all about communication. It's one of the things that makes it such a great game. Communication comes into every aspect of bridge. The bidding, the play and the defence.

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• Confident Cuebids - with Curt Soloff

  by LBO presents

  4 Lessonsin 2-over-1, Bidding, Improvers, Intermediate, Standard

  • Confident Cuebids - with Curt Soloff - $40

  

  “The defining factor in the progress of a bridge player is the ability to use and grasp one tool: the cuebid.” While we establish fundamental bidding competency through common conventions like Stayman and Jacoby Transfers, the biggest leap you will take as a growing player is through the cuebid.