Hand of the Week #7 ♠
N E S W 2♦ X P 4♥ P P P South opens a weak 2 in diamonds (6 cards in length, 5-9 ish points), West doubles for takeout, North passes and East jumps to 4♥, which concludes the bidding. South leads the ♦K and it would
Count Signals in Defence ♠
In this advanced lesson we learn about a new method of signalling in defence. Here we look at how to show the amount of cards you hold in each suit (count signals) as opposed to whether you like that particular suit or not (attitude signals). The advantage with this
Opening Bids Answers ♣
The answers to the opening bids quiz are below. If you haven't yet taken the quiz then click here to go back to the version without the answers! With all of the below hands what do you think is the correct opening bid? You can also think about your
Opening Bids ♣
Below is a bidding quiz on opening bids. The opening bid is a pivotal part of the bidding as it shapes who are the opening side and therefore what constraints every player has on them during the bidding. With all of the below hands what do you think is
Hand of the Week #6 (Solution) ♦
N E S W 1NT P 3NT P P P With only 8 tops tricks, the ♦AK simply have to be driven out from the opponents if we are to make this contract. The spade lead however, should cause us some concern as the opponents are one
Hand of the Week #6 ♦
N E S W 1NT P 3NT P P P East has 8 top tricks in this routine 3NT, they are in the shape of 2 spades, 3 hearts and 3 clubs. There are no more to be had in those suits so the extra trick(s) therefore
Supporting Partner’s Overcall ♥
In this lesson we take a look at the various different ways that you can support your partner's overcall. We learn about raising their suit directly, bidding the opponent's suit (!) as a cue bid, bidding your own suit and bidding NTs.
Long Suit Trial Bids ♥
When you open 1 of a major and your partner raises to 2 of that major, often you are in a position where you would like to invite to a possible game. In classic ACOL, a simple raise to 3 of the major would be invitational to 4, this
Weak Jump Shifts ♠
We learn about jumping as a responder in this video. Specifically, we take a look at what it means to jump in your partner's suit (to support them) and jump in your own suit. Jumping in your own suit is known as a 'jump shift' and here we look
Hand of the Week #5 (Solution) ♣
N E S W 1♥ P 2♣ P 3♥ P 4♥ P P P At least 1 trump loser is inevitable when missing the QJ10 and 5 trumps in total, thankfully the trumps do break 3-2 so you only have 1 loser there. The losers in spades