LEARN TO PLAY BRIDGE

Alerts , Announcements, Reviews, Explanations, Conventions, the Convention Card, the Opening Lead,
The Stop Card and Passed-Out Hands, with references to the Laws of Bridge affecting them.       view      print view


Protocol at the Table. A 3 part description of the proper and ethical way to behave at the duplicate bridge table.

Part I - Preparing to Play      view    print view
Part II - During the Auction   view    print view
Part III - During the Play       view    print view


 

MINI- LESSONS   One page overviews of popular duplicate conventions and defensive agreements.

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Signals:
Suit Preference
  
Count and Attitude

Leads:
Standard Leads

Opening Leads

Conventions:
1 NoTrump Forcing
Drury (Reverse Drury)
Flannery
Help Suit Game Trys
Michaels (Michaels Cue Bid)
Mini-Roman 
Negative Double  
Lebensohl Over Weak Two Openers  
Roman Key Card Blackwood: 1430 and 1340
Interference Over 1NT - a Survey 

Listening to the Bidding:
   One
   Two 

Declarer Play
Card Reading: Precise Counting
Card Reading: Rectifying the Count
Card Reading: When Defenders Have Bid
Types of Contracts: Normal, Ideal, Poor
Ducking
Dummy Reversal
The Smother Play
The Dangerous Opponent
Declarer Play Techniques -- Deception I
Declarer Play Techniques -- Deception II

Declarer Play Techniques - Entry Management I Declarer Play Techniques - Entry Management II Declarer Play Techniques - Advance the Play
Declarer Play Techniques - Side Suit Management  I
Declarer Play Techniques - Side Suit Management  II
Declarer Play Techniques - Finesse Avoidance II

 

Competitive Bidding:
MS Raises After Interference  a quiz
Weak Jump Shifts and Weak Jump Overcalls 
Dynamite Doubles

Western Cue
   
Responses:
      To One Level Overcalls      
      To Two Level Overcalls  
      To Takeout Doubles

Inverted Minors
Transfers Over No-Trump Openers
Strong Responses to One NoTrump Openers
Two Clubs Opening
Reverses and Preferences
1 NT Opening

Defense:
Five Lines of Defense: Forcing Game and Active Defense
Five Lines of Defense: Passive and Trump Leads
Five Lines of Defense: Trump Tricks
Defensive Agreements
Types of Dummys Influence Defense
Five Phases of Defense
Leading Partner's Bid Suit
Defending Against the Bath Coup and Leading Singletons
Play the Card You're Known to Hold
When to Lead Trump
Defense Techniques - Estimating Shape
Defense Techniques - Estimating Points

Other:
SAYC - Standard American Yellow Card

Scorekeeping at Duplicate

To NoTrump?
Bidding Agreements

Common Director Calls

. . .many more to come . . . keep tuned . . .

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