Tuesday 11/3/20 (70 min)
It's important to know how to take finesses of many kinds, but even more important to know how to make choices at the table.
12/5/22 (65 min)
The modern system for bidding when we have a fit for partner's minor, called inverted minors, works on improving our ability to look for game or slam in a minor suit -- which is the most common time we want to support a minor suit. Make sure you and partner have a good grasp of these methods, both for playing them and playing against them.
12/12/22 (66 min)
One of the most powerful tools we have in competitive bidding is the preemptive raise. When we have a minor suit fit the opponents will often have a major suit fit. We want to make it as difficult as possible for them to find that fit and using preemptive raises is one the best ways to make their life difficult.
12/19/22 (69 min)
There are certain minor suit hands that can play extremely well in NT contracts. If evaluated correctly these hands can be bid in a way that makes the auction relatively simple. Let's make sure that you do not torture your partner with these hands when you could keep it simple and get to the right contract.
12/27/22 (63 min)
When we have a good hand and a minor suit fit then we may want to explore a minor suit slam. Part of the art form of minor suit slam bidding is using tools to explore slam while keeping a NT contract in the picture. Here we look at how to use these tools and better judge our minor suit slam.
Tuesday 11/3/20 (70 min)
It's important to know how to take finesses of many kinds, but even more important to know how to make choices at the table.
Tuesday 11/10/20 (78 min)
We develop tricks through Promotion, Length, or Finesse. But how do we choose which one to try first? And how do we combine our chances.
Tuesday 11/17/20 (72 min)
The trump suit is the one suit we can not avoid. That means that we really need to make the most of our trump. Here we look at a variety of ways we can use our trump suit to help us take tricks.
Tuesday, 11/24/20 (80 min)
Making a hand often comes down to a guess. But these are rarely blind guesses. Here we look at different guesses we make and what we can use to help us get them right more than 50% of the time.
12/1/20 (82 min)
There are a variety of ways to count a suit. Evolve to the best way -- Patterns. We will also look at a variety of other things we can count -- an opponent's hand, HCP, and more..
12/8/20 (74 min)
As Declarer there are many ways you can make the defender's life difficult. Here we look at how we attack the opponents and produce tricks either forcing the opponents to make mistakes.