Notrump Play: Finesses
There are a variety of ways to produce tricks by leading up to honors. Here we look at a large number of ways we can produce tricks by finessing. You (and your partners) can sign up for Robert Todd's This Week in Bridge (TWiB) lesson emails for free at https://www.advinbridge.com/twib-signup This set accompanies TWiB 388.
Notrump Play: Making a Plan
One of the most important parts of playing a hand is stopping to make a plan at trick 1. Here we look at hands where we need to make a plan early and reconsider it throughout the play. You (and your partners) can sign up for Robert Todd's This Week in Bridge (TWiB) lesson emails for free at https://www.advinbridge.com/twib-signup This set accompanies TWiB 389.
Notrump Play: Holdup Plays
Taking your winner in a suit is usually a good thing to do. But when we have control of when to take it then "holding up" on our trick can help us cut communicate between the opponent's hands. Let's see how we can do this. You (and your partners) can sign up for Robert Todd's This Week in Bridge (TWiB) lesson emails for free at https://www.advinbridge.com/twib-signup This set accompanies TWiB 390.
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Notrump Play: Control of the Hand
In NT, having control of each suit makes it safe to give up the lead. Lack of control creates danger. Here we look at how to balance control of the hand with our declarer play options. You (and your partners) can sign up for Robert Todd's This Week in Bridge (TWiB) lesson emails for free at https://www.advinbridge.com/twib-signup This set accompanies TWiB 391.
Notrump Play: Transportation
Being able to move back and forth between your hand and the dummy is a key part of good declarer play. Here we look at how to manage our transportation in NT contracts. You (and your partners) can sign up for Robert Todd's This Week in Bridge (TWiB) lesson emails for free at https://www.advinbridge.com/twib-signup This set accompanies TWiB 392.
Notrump Play: Timing
Timing a hand correctly is about getting our actions in the proper order. Here we look at how to develop our hands in the order that allows us to take the most tricks. You (and your partners) can sign up for Robert Todd's This Week in Bridge (TWiB) lesson emails for free at https://www.advinbridge.com/twib-signup This set accompanies TWiB 393.
Raising Partner’s Suit: Majors
When partner Opens a Major suit and we have a fit for them then we have accomplished our primary goal as a partnership, finding a major suit fit. Let's see how we communicate this to partner. You (and your partners) can sign up for Robert Todd's This Week in Bridge (TWiB) lesson emails for free at https://www.advinbridge.com/twib-signup This set accompanies TWiB 378.
Raising Partner’s Suit: Minors
When we have a fit for partner's minor suit opening and no Major suit length then we need to raise partner. The modern structure for doing so is to use inverted minors! Let's make sure we have these agreement down.You (and your partners) can sign up for Robert Todd's This Week in Bridge (TWiB) lesson emails for free at https://www.advinbridge.com/twib-signup This set accompanies TWiB 378.
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Raising Partner’s Suit: Direct Overcall
When partner makes an overcall then we have a variety of ways to raise partner's suit. Let's look at our options so we are on the same page with partner in these competitive auctions. You (and your partners) can sign up for Robert Todd's This Week in Bridge (TWiB) lesson emails for free at https://www.advinbridge.com/twib-signup This set accompanies TWiB 378.
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Raising Partner’s Suit: Sandwich Overcall
When partner makes an overcall in the sandwich seat, we often have a variety of ways to raise. It's important to make sure that you are and partner have clear agreements about how to bid in these auctions. You (and your partners) can sign up for Robert Todd's This Week in Bridge (TWiB) lesson emails for free at https://www.advinbridge.com/twib-signup This set accompanies TWiB 381.
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Raising Partner’s Suit: Balancing Overcall
Raising partner when they balance back into the bidding is a bit of an art form. Let’s make sure that we have good agreements about when and how to do so. You (and your partners) can sign up for Robert Todd's This Week in Bridge (TWiB) lesson emails for free at https://www.advinbridge.com/twib-signup This set accompanies TWiB 382.
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Raising Partner’s Suit: Raising Responder
As the Opener, if we have a fit for partner's suit, then we need to raise them. Here we look at our variety of options for raising Responder's suit in different auctions. You (and your partners) can sign up for Robert Todd's This Week in Bridge (TWiB) lesson emails for free at https://www.advinbridge.com/twib-signup This set accompanies TWiB 383.
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Raising Partner’s Suit: Raising Advancer
When you are the Interferer and your partner (the Advancer) bids a new suit you may want to support them. Here we look at your options for how to do so. You (and your partners) can sign up for Robert Todd's This Week in Bridge (TWiB) lesson emails for free at https://www.advinbridge.com/twib-signup This set accompanies TWiB 384.
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Raising Partner’s Suit: Opener’s Second Suit
When Opener bids two different suits, then Responder has a variety of different options for ways to raise the second suit. Here we look at our options as Responder. You (and your partners) can sign up for Robert Todd's This Week in Bridge (TWiB) lesson emails for free at https://www.advinbridge.com/twib-signup This set accompanies TWiB 385.
2/1 GF Responses
When you choose to play your 2-level responses to a 1-level opening (non-jumps) as game forcing then you are playing 2/1 GF system. Let’s make sure you and partner have clear agreements about what each response shows.You (and your partners) can sign up for Robert Todd's This Week in Bridge (TWiB) lesson emails for free at https://www.advinbridge.com/twib-signup This set accompanies TWiB 369.
1D - 2C
One of the most confusing auctions in 2/1 GF is 1D - 2C. Here we take a look at it in detail to make sure that we are on the same page with partner about how to deal with these hands.You (and your partners) can sign up for Robert Todd's This Week in Bridge (TWiB) lesson emails for free at https://www.advinbridge.com/twib-signup This set accompanies TWiB 370.
Opener’s Rebids
Here we look at the meaning of Opener's rebids after opening 1-Major and hearing partner make a 2/1 GF bid. We look at the modern approach of using "2-Major Waiting" and "3-Level Extra Values". You (and your partners) can sign up for Robert Todd's This Week in Bridge (TWiB) lesson emails for free at https://www.advinbridge.com/twib-signup This set accompanies TWiB 371.
Responder’s Rebids
Responder's second bid is an important one for getting our side to the right final contract. Let's look at how we use our rebid and concepts like fast arrival to continue the auction and lead to the best final destination. You (and your partners) can sign up for Robert Todd's This Week in Bridge (TWiB) lesson emails for free at https://www.advinbridge.com/twib-signup This set accompanies TWiB 372.
Responder’s Non-GF Bids
When we are responding to our partner's 1-Major opening and we do not have enough vales to force to game, we have a different set of tools for describing our hand. Here we look at how to use those tools. You (and your partners) can sign up for Robert Todd's This Week in Bridge (TWiB) lesson emails for free at https://www.advinbridge.com/twib-signup This set accompanies TWiB 373.
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Opener’s Rebids Over 1NT Semi-Forcing
When partner responds using 1NT Semi-Forcing we need to know how to describe our hand. Here we look at Opener's rebids after a 1NT SF response. You (and your partners) can sign up for Robert Todd's This Week in Bridge (TWiB) lesson emails for free at https://www.advinbridge.com/twib-signup This set accompanies TWiB 374.