Count Your Tricks Not Your Points

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Signals

Source: Wikipedia In the card game of contract bridge, partners defending against a contract may play particular cards in a manner which gives a coded meaning or signal to...

Rusinow Leads

Source: Wikipedia Rusinow leads is a bridge convention used as part of defensive carding. Rusinow leads are commonly used only on the opening lead against a suit contract; nevertheless, some experts use...

Fourth Suit Forcing

Source: Wikipedia Fourth suit forcing (also referred to as fourth suit artificial; abbreviated as FSF or 4SF) is a contract bridge convention that allows responder to create, at his second turn to bid,...

Multi Coloured Two Diamonds

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Confidence by Andrew Robson

Source: https://www.andrewrobson.co.uk “Fortune favours the bold” is especially true at the bridge table, where confident-sounding bids on slender values reap dividends. Dealer: South N/S Vul K Q J...

Escape the endplay By Mike Lawrence

Source: February  2015 ACBL Bridge Bulletin    The following deal is interesting in that it offers all manner of things to think about. It’s a deal in...

Quantitative slam bidding by Josh Donn

Source: webutil.bridgebase.com    On Sundays, you can enjoy a free teaching session on BBO, hosted by different star players. This one was held, On Sunday, June 14 2015,...

Listen the Bidding

Source: 121 Tips for Better Bridge By Paul Mendelson 51 / LISTEN TO WHAT YOUR OPPONENTS HAVE BID AND COUNT THE HAND When dummy hits baize. do as...

Suit combinations we should know by heart By Sartaj Hans

Source: The Imp Chimp By Sartaj Hans 1. A3 ………… J10542 Cash the Ace and duck on the way back. 2. A4 ………… Q10985 Run the queen. Counter-intuitive. Compare #4 3 32...

The Plan XVII by Tim Bourke

Source. IBPA Column Service IMPs:  Dealer South;  E/O Vulnerable 9 7 5 4 3 9 4 A 8 5 10 8 2 --- A K 8 5 3 9 7 A K Q...

Video: Frozen Suits…MUST KNOW explanation

A silent PowerPoint presentation based on teaching notes by Bernie Hunt at the First Class Bridge Academy in Essex.

Improve your Defence with Andrew Kambites

Source: for Mr. Bridge By Andrew Kambites Active and Pasive Defence Against NT  Throughout my new series on defence, I aim to look at what you are...

EBU: Uppingham School and Bourne Academy visit House of Lords

Source:  Pupils from Uppingham School and Bourne Academy, who have been learning as part of Stamford Youth Bridge Academy (SYBA), visited the House of Lords...

The Art of False Carding and Deceptive Play in Bridge

Source: The Art of False Carding and Deceptive Play in Bridge By Paul Tobias False Cards are Used By Defenders to 1) Give declarer a choice of how to...

The Dos and Don’ts of bidding By George Cuppaidge

Source: The Dos and Don’ts of bidding;  George Cuppaidge June 2013   Like everything else in bridge, there is no “never.” The best you can do is...

A Misfit? Quit! …A Fit? It’s a Hit

Source: www.barbaraseagram.com/ Un Misfit? Quit! Less experienced players sometimes pick up their hand, count their points, find they have 13 points and no matter what happens during...

Who’s got the Queen? by Barbara Seagram

Source: www.barbaraseagram.com Here we are in 6NT. After the king of diamonds is led, declarer, with only one diamond stopper, is feeling somewhat nervous. She counts her...

Probabilities by John Brown

The percentages given below have been taken from Mr. Ely Culbertson’s : The Red Book on Play 7 cards in opponents’ hands are divided:  4-3...

The Plan XVI by Tim Bourke

Source: IBPA Column Service IMPs Dealer South Neither Vul A 10 8 7 6 3 8 3 2 K 4 K 4 K 9 5 2 K 7 4 A 9 8...