Support Doubles & Redoubles ♠
Making a takeout double is a very useful tool for dealing with competitive bidding from the opponents. Support doubles and redoubles are a special variant of the takeout double that show a specific type of hand, as described in this video.
Hand of the Week #41 (Solution) ♦
NESW1♥P3♥P4♥PPP East starts of with the ♠K as their lead and we need to analyse our potential losers. We have 1 in spades, which has been imeedaitely threatened by West's lead, none in hearts, 1 in diamonds and potentially 3 in clubs. This would suggest that the club
Hand of the Week #41 ♦
N E S W 1♥ P 3♥ P 4♥ P P P North kicks off the bidding with 1♥, East passes and South jump supports to 3♥, which shows either 10-12 points or an 8 loser hand, depending on if South has a balanced or an unbalanced
Blackwood vs RKCB ♥
Bidding 4NT to look for a slam is something we learn about fairly early on, but the original version of this called 'Blackwood' is not 100% accurate. This video lesson takes a look at why Roman Key Card Blackwood (RKCB for short) is a better, more accurate variant of
Hand of the Week #40 (Solution) ♠
N E S W 1♣ 1♥ P 2♣* P 4♥ P P P The problem we have with setting our own hand up as a 'master hand' is that our losers in the minor suits are essentially inevitable. We could attempt to ruff our 4th club on
Hand of the Week #40 ♠
N E S W 1♣ 1♥ P 2♣* P 4♥ P P P West kicks off the bidding with 1♣, but unfortunately for East-West that is their last involvement in the bidding! North overcalls 1♥ and South bids 2♣* which is the 'unassuming cue bid'. By bidding
2C* Openers ♦
Opening the bidding at the 1 level traditionally suggests you have between 12 and 19 points, and this is something that is integral to our bidding strategy and as such is introduced to you very early in your bridge education. Later on you learn that you can open on
Forcing or non-forcing? ♦
The bidding is a language, and as such we need to know when our partner is going to respond to us or not. This video lesson takes a look at the crucial agreement around when a bid is forcing or non-forcing, ie is your partner allowed to pass your
Hand of the Week #39 (Solution) ♣
N E S W P P 1♦ P 1♥ P 3♦ P 3NT P P P The club lead is the best lead the defence could find, as we have the fewest cards in that suit. We are forced into playing a club honour from the dummy
Hand of the Week #39 ♣
N E S W P P 1♦ P 1♥ P 3♦ P 3NT P P P The bidding starts with 2 passes round to North who opens 1♦, East's hearts are definitely not of overcalling quality so they pass, and it is instead South that bids 1♥