The Rule of 1 ♦
In this lesson we learn about the declarer card play technique known as 'the rule of 1'. This technique refers to a situation when you are playing in a trump contract and you are missing exactly 1 trump that is a definite winner, ie a master trump.
The Rule of 20 ♦
When you first learn about the bidding, everything is structured around how may points you have. The high card points system is the first guideline you learn but that is exactly what it is – a guideline. As you play more and more, you realise that your distribution or
Hand of the Week #17 (Solution) ♦
N E S W 1NT P P P With 3 top tricks (the ♥Q was given on the lead) we have a lot of work to do in this hand! The suit that our tricks are coming from must be the clubs, as that is the only
Hand of the Week #17 ♦
N E S W 1NT P P P North opens 1NT (12-14) and that ends the auction! South could have tried some kind of minor suit rescue, but 3♣ won't necessarily be better than 1NT (remember that 2♣* would be Stayman). This 1NT looks to be a
Think About Your Defence ♥
In this lesson we learn about defence, and more specifically what you should be thinking about as a defender. The main point is to think about how declarer is likely to play the contract and then formulating a plan to stop them!
Takeout Doubles Answers ♦
The answers to the takeout doubles quiz are below. If you haven't yet taken the quiz then click here to go back to the version without the answers! If you want more on takeout doubles there in an article here or a video here for you to have a
Takeout Doubles ♦
Below is a bidding quiz on takeout doubles. A takeout double is a vital bidding tool that allows you to get into the bidding after the opponents have opened, without committing your side to a potentially dangerous contact by guessing which suit to bid. Here is a video and
Hand of the Week #16 (Solution) ♥
N E S W 1♦ P 1♥ P 3♦ P 3♥ P 4♥ P P P With the opening lead of a diamond, the defence have inadvertently started us off along the correct line of play. Given the sheer amount of black suit losers in our hand
Hand of the Week #16 ♥
N E S W 1♦ P 1♥ P 3♦ P 3♥ P 4♥ P P P West kicks off the bidding with 1♦ and East replies with 1♥. West rebids 3♦ showing their 16+ points and at least 6 diamonds and East rebids hearts to show their
Lebensohl ♠
This video lesson sees us learn about the convention 'Lebensohl'. Lebensohl looks to deal with 2 level intervention over our opening 1NT and also when the opponents open a weak 2. The general idea is to use 2NT as an artificial bid to allow responder to further describe their