Next we look at the enigma that is the double. This bid (rather confusingly) can be used to mean two different things - both of which are completely opposite! The takeout variant of the double is a very useful bid that is absolutely critical to competitive bidding.

Here we look at the delicate subject of deciding whether or not to draw trumps as declarer. This decision is influenced by whether you can make tricks out of your trumps in the short holding, if you can't, then drawing trumps should be your plan.

This video sees us tackle the scoring modifier know as the 'vulnerability'. This is an extra layer to the scoring that increases your game and above bonuses but also increase the amount of points you lose if you go down.

This time is the topic of being an overcaller. Overcalling is the name for bidding when you are on the opposite team to the opener, as you 'call over' their bid. The nature of being an overcaller is to be disruptive to the opening side in an attempt to

In this lesson we look at responding to our partner's opening of 1NT. This is very different to responding to 1 of a suit as your partner has defined their hand much more with their opening bid (12-14 balanced). The same priorities run through the methods here though -

Here we look at responding to partner's opening bid, specifically when they open 1 of a suit as this is quite a wide-ranging bid at its inception. Responding only requires a few points and is more about allowing the opener to make their second bid to fulfil their '2

This video lesson sees us look at opening the bidding with unbalanced hands. These are hands with any singleton or void, or 2 or more doubletons. With these hands you look to bid suits as your shape suggests that you want a trump suit!

In this lesson we take our first look into the bidding; the first part of the game that decides the trump suit and the number of tricks required (the contract). Specifically this lesson looks at how to bid balanced hands as the opener.