Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Bergen Responses to Gambling 3NT

From the book by Marty Bergen (1985), Better Bidding with Bergen — Volume One, Uncontested Auctions. 4 says let’s play in a Part Score 4...

Have You Discussed? When 4NT is not Blackwood by Barry Rigal

Source: Gold Coast Congress Bulletin 4 These days experts get very sniffy (in fact when do they not?) about using 4/Gerber. While it is true that...

What makes a good convention? by Justin Lall

What makes a good convention? There are 4 factors: Frequency – The more it comes up, the better. Simplicity – The easier it is to remember,...

Support Double

Source: Wikipedia For example, after 1- (Pass) - 1 - (1)The support double is a bridge convention used to distinguish between three-card and four-card support for partner's suit response to one's...

I love Flannery (I’m serious) by Steve Weinstein

Source: BridgeWinners Flannery is defined as an opening bid of 2 to show  a mininum opening(11-16 HCP) with 4 spades and 5 hearts. We play it...

Conventions: Leaping & Non-Leaping Michaels

Source: web.MIT.edu Leaping Michaels is a bridge convention used to show a strong two-suited hand, after opponents have opened the bidding, and partner has no more...

Tips for playing with BBO’s Robots – the basics by Peter...

Source: BBO Youtube Channel Peter Hollands is a very talented young bridge player who was a grand master at 23 and has represented Australia and Victoria...

Rubensohl Convention

Source: Wikipedia Rubensohl (also referred to as Rubinsohl) is a bridge convention that can be used to counter an opponent's intervention over a 1NT opening bid. After opponent's two-level overcall,...

Gazzilli by Frederick Staelens

Source: Free at the Bridge Table I haven’t posted anything on Gazzilli before. It’s one of my favorite conventions which occurs when the auction starts 1M-1NT...

The Drury Convention

Source: kwbridge.com The Drury Convention is an artificial 2 response that's used by a passed hand after partner opens 1 or 1 in third or fourth...

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