Protective doubling is when someone has bid and the next two players have passed, ie 1♥ - pass – pass - ?. The bidding is about to end if you pass in 4th position, so you should do everything possible to keep the bidding open.
In this lesson, you will learn about how to give information to your opponents about your bidding and carding agreements. How can we make our explanations as clear as possible?
After two passes, our right hand opponent opens with a whopping 4♥ bid! Oh boy, this is already exciting. Partner then passes... is that a Takeout or a Penalty Double? You must decide: What do you do?
After two passes, our right hand opponent opens with a whopping 4♥ bid! Oh boy, this is already exciting. Partner then passes... is that a Takeout or a Penalty Double? You must decide: What do you do?
“The bidding is about to die at the one or two level and rather than pass, bid on less values than normal to get partner into the bidding. This winning strategy also ups the ante for the opponents.”
“The bidding is about to die at the one or two level and rather than pass, bid on less values than normal to get partner into the bidding. This winning strategy also ups the ante for the opponents.”
An introduction to the wonderful game of bridge. We will play some Whist first and then move onto Bridge, concentrating on the second part of the game where all four players play out their cards.