Defence Against 1NT ♥
Below is a bidding quiz on defending against the opponents' opening 1NT. This is when your one of your opponents opens 1NT and you have an option to play conventional agreements in this situation. For the purposes of this quiz I am going to assume that you are playing
Defence Against 1NT – Astpro vs Landy vs Natural ♥
This lesson is on the subject of defending against an opening bid of 1NT from the opponents. We learn about the various conventions you can play in this scenario and the advantages and disadvantages of doing so. In particular we look at the three most common defences to 1NT
Hand of the Week #22 (Solution) ♣
N E S W 1♦ P 1♥ P 1NT P 3NT P P P If we 'tee off' (see this lesson for more) we can see that we have 6 top tricks with 3 extra tricks to come from our diamonds, once we dislodge the opponents' ♦A.
Hand of the Week #22 ♣
N E S W 1♦ P 1♥ P 1NT P 3NT P P P The bidding from East-West is fairly straight-forward to get to their game in NTs. East starts with 1♦, West replies with 1♥ and East rebids 1NT which shows their 15-17 points with a
Fourth Suit Forcing ♥
This intermediates lesson sees us learn about the convention known as 'fourth suit forcing', sometimes simply referred to as 'fourth suit'. This convention is for the opening side to use and as the name suggests it forces the bidding when you have bid all 4 suits between you and
Suit Preference Signals in Defence ♥
This video lesson is on the topic of suit preference signals, which are used as a signalling method to ask for a different, specific suit rather than give attitude or count on the suit you are playing. There are a few certain scenarios where suit preference signalling is more
Hand of the Week #21 (Solution) ♦
N E S W 1♥ P 1♠ P 2♣ P 2♥ P P P The 'short holding' is a name we use to denote the hand between dummy and declarer with the fewest trumps, which is often, but not always, the dummy. Whenever it is
Hand of the Week #21 ♦
N E S W 1♥ P 1♠ P 2♣ P 2♥ P P P North starts off the bidding with 1♥, to which South responds 1♠. North rebids 2♣ representing their 5:4 shape, and South bids 2♥ to show preference but no interest in game
Multi 2D ♠
In this video lesson we come across the conventional opening bid known as the 'Multi 2D'. This opening bid, as the name suggests, has mutiple hand types that it could be opened on. We focus on the 2-way multi, which is either a weak 2 in a major or
Checkback Stayman ♥
This video is on the subject of a special version of Stayman known as 'Checkback'. This conventional bid is used to looked for 5-3 major fits as opposed to the 4-4 fits that regular Stayman looks for.