Opener’s Second Bid (or How to Have Your Cake and Eat it Too)
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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In this special 3-part lesson series, Graeme will help us make sense of notrump bidding, reverses, and showing our strength accurately.
Preview this course - (1 preview lessons)
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.
In this course, you will learn the basic structure of bidding in bridge: how to open, respond and rebid with the most common hand types; and what the aim of the whole thing is! You will also get the chance to learn a little bit of competitive bidding: basic overcalls.
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In this course, you will learn the basic structure of bidding in bridge: how to open, respond and rebid with the most common hand types; and what the aim of the whole thing is! You will also get the chance to learn a little bit of competitive bidding: basic overcalls.
Preview this course - (2 preview lessons)
In this popular course, Tina McVeigh will guide you through the most common mistakes she has seen her students make again and again over the years and teach you how to avoid making them yourself.
In half of all bridge hands your side is defending. There are great gains to be made by improving your defence and it is all about gathering information and putting together the pieces of the puzzle. Join Pam for this free introductory defence course and find out why defence is her favourite part of the […]
As declarer in bridge, it is so important to come up with a plan before playing a card from dummy. The first step after the opening lead comes down will be to count your winners & losers.
Thank you for joining us for these free lessons taught by Jack Stocken – access the lessons below. Jack teaches new weekly lessons for Intermediate players and Beginners & Improvers here at Learn Bridge Online – All are welcome! Register to access all four lesson videos and to play through the hands featured in the […]
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!