Tuesday, July 16, 2024

“So they doubled Stayman: What do I do?” By Billy Miller

April 2010 ACBL BRIDGE BULLETIN   When you open the bidding with 1NT, you usually feel confident that your side is going to be in control of...

Conventions: The Leaping Michaels

Source: THE VILLAGES DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB A convention commonly used over preempts is the Leaping Michaels convention. It is a conventional overcall made in defense to...

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...

Redoubles By Jim Diebel

Source: wimpy-bridge by Jim Diebel           One of the places I most often see confusion at the bridge table is in the use of the...

Conventions: Puppet Stayman

Source: bridge.ustc.edu.cn I feel all flat hands with the appropriate HCP range should be opened NT regardless of the fact that you have a 5 card...

Stayman with Weak Hands

Source: bridge.rfrick.info Using Stayman often promises enough strength to invite to game. But even if that is your understanding with your partner, you can play "Garbage...

4 Way Transfers with Range Ask By Gavin Wolpert

Four-way transfers have been pretty standard among experts for quite a long time. In recent years, experts have found a small tweak which makes...

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...

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...

Transfers after we overcall By Gerben Dirksen

Source: BridgeWinners Some time ago, there has been a request for a description of transfer advances. In this article I have described my preferred method...

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