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A negative double (sometimes referred to as a 'sputnik double' as this convention was invented in 1957, around the
Missed part I? Find it here. Bidding your own suit It is a common misconception that bidding your own
Whenever your partner makes an overcall you have to treat it differently than if they have opened the bidding
There are many ways to score a game of bridge, but competitively speaking these have been narrowed down to
Missed part II? Find it here In part II we learned about attitude signals and how our small cards
Missed part I? Find it here. In part I we saw how you can give information to your partner
Defence is often seen as more difficult than being a declarer and this is because the information that every
Whenever you enter into the bidding you are primarily looking for your side to play in a major and
Opening the bidding at the 1 level traditionally suggests you have between 12 and 19 points, and this is
When your partner makes a takeout double you can often be in an awkward position as to how to
When you are first introduced to the scoring the main thing that you focus on is the game bonus.
When you first learn about the bidding, everything is structured around how may points you have. The high card
Splinters are an artificial convention used by the opening side to describe a particular hand that wants to support
Fourth Suit Forcing is an artificial convention that is used by the opening side to force their partner to
When your partner makes a takeout double you are expected to bid. A takeout double is quite opposite to
When responding to your partner’s overcall (or weak, pre-emptive opening) your focus is to continue their aggressive stance. The
Make sure you check out the article on 'the finesse', before reading this one! There are more ways to
A ‘finesse’ is a card play technique that increases the number of tricks you can make out of a
The principle of restricted choice is a card playing technique/theory that follows the laws of probability. Restricted choice is
A ‘pre-emptive bid’ is named as such because the intention is to pre-empt your opponents from opening the bidding.
When you open 1 of a major and your partner raises to 2 of that major, often you are
4441 hands are known as a teacher's nightmare. This is because it is the only shape you can have
The principle of vacant places is a technique used to calculate the odds of a particular card being in
Missed part I? Find it here The most losers any particular hand can have is 12; 3 in each
The losing trick count was devised as a method of evaluating your hand based on its shape as well
This is taught to us through various methods. The losing trick count is a popular way to analyse the
Sometimes you have a suit so good that you only need to play safely to make sure you make
Making a double (the one with an ‘X’ on it!) was introduced into the game of bridge as a
When you end up as declarer of a contract, quite often there will be a trump suit. Contracts with
