Hart House Bridge Club Lessons
Handouts/Slides/Homework
Lecture Slides, Lessons 1-6
Lesson 1 Bidding Summary Charts
Summary of Main Concepts in Lessons 2-6
Bidding
Responding to 1NT Opening (chart)
Bidding Quiz Bidding Quiz Answers
Basic Bidding Quiz Basic Bidding Quiz Answers
Review of basic constructive bidding (can stop when you reach the part on hand evaluation).
Interactive review of No Trump auctions
Auctions starting with 1 of a Minor
Learn to Play Exercises Learn to Play Answers
Jacoby Transfers: the Superaccept
Partner opens 1NT and you have 5-5 or 5-4 in the Majors
Video on 2-suited overcalls (Michael's cuebid and Unusual 2NT)
Slam Bidding Notes, quizes, videos.
Control Bids On the way to slam.
Declarer Play
Cardplay Problems 1-5 Second book
Cardplay Problems 6-10 Second book
Andrew Robson's Beginner Corner
In particular:
Andrew Robson's Tips for Intermediates
In particular:
- Look for opportunities to ruff in Dummy
- How to set up a crossruff
- Establishing tricks by force
- Setting up a side suit
- Every time an opponent shows out, stop
- Look for extra tricks
Bridge Base Online Make a free account, click on 'Practice', then 'Bridgemaster'. Do as many Declarer Play problems as you can! And/or install a version with easier problems on your Windows computer.
Principle of Restricted Choice
Defense
Ratings of Different Leads Against Suit Contract
Leads Against NT (video)
Leads Against Suit ContractsNT (video)
Second and Third Hand Defensive Play (click on Next Page to step through the course). You can stop when you hit "nome:" as the second half is just the same concepts.
Andrew Robson Bridge Articles:
In particular:
- Which card should declarer play
- Andrew's favorite lead
- Which card to lead back for partner to trump
- When to accept an invitation
- A good time to lead trump
- Minor suit games
- With trump length, lead length
In particular:
- Opening Leads
- Opening Leads vs. Trump (1) and (2)
- Opening Leads vs. Notrump
- Opening and subsequent leads
- Lead low for like, lead high for hate
- When it's safe to lead a trump (on defense)
- Third hand play
- Third hand plays high but cheaperst of touching cards
- Second hand play
- Second and third hand play
- When to cover an honor with an honor
Read Chapters 1-5 of Defense book and do exercises.
Suit preference signals (video)
Deception and Psychology in Cardplay
Misc.
Laws Quiz Answers (note: while answers are correct, a few explanations may be different based on current Laws)
10 Common Errors And how to avoid them.