HAROLD'S REVISED BRIDGE LESSONS
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BEGINNER'S LESSONS
BEGINNER'S PLAY OF THE HAND
- Beginner's Lesson # 1 - Mechanics of the Game
- Beginner's Lesson # 2 - Scoring and The Theory of Bidding
- Beginner's Lesson # 3 - Opener's Description
- Beginner's Lesson # 4 - Responder's Description
- Beginner's Lesson # 5 - No-Trump Bidding
- Beginner's Lesson # 6 - Competitive Bidding
- Beginner's Lesson # 7 & 8 - Responding To Overcalls and Take-Out Doubles
- Beginner's Lesson # 9 - Higher Level Opening Bids
- Beginner's Lesson # 10 - Opening Leads
- Beginner's Lesson # 11 - When is a Hand Good Enough to Open
- Beginner's Play of the Hand - Lesson # 1 - Making a Plan
- Beginner's Play of the Hand - Lesson # 2a - Development of Tricks
- Beginner's Play of the Hand - Lesson # 2b - Development of Tricks
- Beginner's Play of the Hand - Lesson # 3 - Eliminating Losers
- Beginner's Play of the Hand - Lesson # 4 - Entries
INTERMEDIATE LESSONS
INTERMEDIATE LESSONS
- Intermediate Lesson # 1 - The Captaincy Principle
- Intermediate Lesson # 2 - Exercising the Roles of the Captain and the Crew
- Intermediate Lesson # 2a - Practicing Using the captaincy Principle
- Intermediate Lesson # 3 - When is a Hand Good Enough to Open +
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Marty Bergen's Adjust-3 Method of Hand Evaluation
- Intermediate Lesson # 4 - Forcing, Non-Forcing, Invitational and Shutout Bids
- Intermediate Lesson # 4a - Practicing Determining the Forcing Nature of Bids
- Intermediate Lesson # 5 - The Preferred (Better) Minor Opening
- Intermediate Lesson # 6 - Describing the Count
- Intermediate Lesson # 6a - Practicing Describing the Count
- Intermediate Lesson # 7 - Describing the Distribution
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Intermediate Lesson # 8 - Responding to 1-NT
- Intermediate Lesson # 9 - Opener's Reverse
- Intermediate Lesson # 10 - All About Overcalls
- Intermediate Lesson # 11 - All About Take-Out Doubles
- Intermediate Lesson # 12 - Pre-emptive Opening Bids
- Intermediate Lesson # 13 - Bidding Over the Opponent's Pre-empt
- Intermediate Lesson # 14 - Opening Leads Based Upon the Bidding
- Intermediate Lesson # 15 - Opening Leads - Choosing the Card
- Intermediate Lesson # 16 - Planning Declarer Play in No-Trump Contracts
- Intermediate Lesson # 17 - Planning Declarer Play in Suit Contracts
- Intermediate Lesson # 18 - Managing the Trump Suit
PROBLEM BIDDING SCENARIOS
PROBLEM BIDDING SCENARIOS
- Problem Bidding Scenarios - Balancing Overcalls
- Problem Bidding Scenarios - Bidding Over Partner's Opening No-Trump
- Problem Bidding Scenarios - Double Troubles
- Problem Bidding Scenarios - General Bidding Problems
- Problem Bidding Scenarios - No Trump - No Confusion
- Problem Bidding Scenarios - Opening Bids and Re-Bids
- Problem Bidding Scenarios - Overcalls
- Problem Bidding Scenarios - Re-bids by the Opening Bidder
- Problem Bidding Scenarios - Responding to Partner's Opening Weak 2-Bid
- Problem Bidding Scenarios - Responses to Partner's Simple Overcall
- Problem Bidding Scenarios - Responses to Partner's Take-out Double
- Problem Bidding Scenarios - Standard Responses to Partner's Opening 2C Bid
- Problem Bidding Scenarios - Stayman or Jacoby Transfers
- Problem Bidding Scenarios - Supporting Partner's Opening Bid of One-of-a-Suit
- Problem Bidding Scenarios - Using Cue-bids
- Problem Bidding Scenarios - Using Michaels Cue-bids
- Problem Bidding Scenarios - Using New Minor Forcing
- Problem Bidding Scenarios - Using the DONT Convention
- Problem Bidding Scenarios - Using the Lebensohl Convention
REVISED LESSONS
REVISED LESSONS
4th Suit Forcing
4-Way Minor Suit Transfers
After Your Right-Hand Opponent Opens One-of-a-Suit
Balancing Bids
Bergen Raises
Bidding Over the Opponent's Pre-Empt
Bridge Tip Pearls
Brozel Convention
Cappelletti Convention
Cue-Bids
Defensive Play of the Hand
Defensive Play of the Hand - Maximizing Results
Development of Tricks
DONT Convention
DOPI Convention
Double and Its Many Meanings
Drury Convention
Endplay
Entries
Extended Michaels
Finesses
Fit Showing Jump Bids
Flannery 2D Convention
Forcing Auction Sequences
Forcing No-Trump
Forcing Pass
Forcing, Non-Forcing, & Invitational Bids
Gambling 3-NT
Garbage and Crawling Stayman
Gerber and Blackwood Conventions
Ingberman 2-NT Convention
Inverted Minor Raises
Jacoby 2NT Convention
Jordan 2-NT Convention
Kickback (Redwood) and Exclusion Blackwood Conventions
Lead-Directing Doubles
Leaping Michaels
Lebensohl Convention
Losing Trick Count
Michaels' Cue-Bids
Michaels Over Michaels and Unusual NT Over Unusual NT
Mini Roman 2D Convention
NAMYATS Convention
Negative Doubles
Negative Free Bids
New Minor Forcing
Non-Forcing Auction Sequences
Opener's Re-Bid
Penalty Double
Puppet Stayman Over Opening 2-NT
Responder's Jump Responses
Responder's Re-Bid
Responding to Partner's Balancing 1-NT - The Meckwell Convention
Responding to Partner's One-of-a-Suit Opening Without Support
Responding to Partner's Overcall and Take-Out Double
Responses to Partner's 1-NT Opening Following Interference
Responses to Partner's Opening 2C Bid
Responses to Partner's Opening Weak 2-Bids - Klinger Ogust
Responses to Partner's Simple Overcall
Responsive Doubles
Responsive vs Rosenkranz DoublesDoubles
Roman Keycard Blackwood
Rule of 11
Rule of 2-3-4
Rule of 7
Rules To Remember
Sandwich No-Trump vs. The Unusual No-Trump
Second-Hand Play
Signaling
Smolen Convention
Snapdragon Doubles
SOINX Convention
Splinter Bids
Squeeze Play
Stayman and Jacoby Transfer Conventions
Support Doubles and Re-Doubles
Supporting Partner's One of a Suit - With and Without Interference
The "CRASH" Convention
Third-Hand Play
Tips For Tops - 1
Tips For Tops - 2
Tips For Tops - 3
Tips For Tops - 4
Two Over One Forcing to Game Bidding System
Use of Alerts in the Game of Bridge
Uses For the Redouble
Using Cue-bids
Varied Meanings of 1-NT Bids
Varied Meanings of 2-NT Bids
Varied Meanings of 3-NT Bids
Varied Meanings of No-Trump Bids
Various Doubles in Bridge
Weak 2-Bids and Partner's Responses to Them
Weak Jump Bids
Western Cue-Bid
When is a Hand Strong Enough to Open 2C
When You Are a Passed Hand
When You Make a Negative Double
Last updated 1/30/2012