Tuesday At Carleton Bridge Club By Peg Kaplan

Source: Minnesota Bridge November 11, 2017 Recently, your intrepid webmaster headed south to Carleton College to kibitz and chat with members of the Carleton Bridge Club. ...

Brain Health & Wellness by Jon Saraceno

Source: https://www.aarp.org A Bridge to Brainpower? Playing your cards right can help keep you sharp long after retirement l On the cusp of his 90th birthday, Leonard Melander...

Playing in a 4-3 Fit By Jim Diebel

Source: wimpy-bridge by Jim Diebel          In past articles, I have been promoting the advantages of raising Partner’s 1st response of 1 in a major with only...

Raising Responder’s Major with 3 Card Support

Source: wimpy-bridge by Jim Diebel           When most of us were taught the basics of bidding, we learned that the magic number of combined cards...

Easy tips on how to cuebid your way to slam contracts

Source: Ginny & Jeff Schuett for Cuebidding without interference is an attempt to get to slam without using Blackwood, or before using Blackwood. Usually the...

Negative Free Bid

Source: Wikipedia Negative free bid is a contract bridge treatment whereby a free bid by responder over an opponent's overcall shows a long suit in a weak hand and is not...

Bridge Tips — Playing

Source: Richmond Bridge Association PLAY TIPS 1- When a trump is led on the get go, assume the opening leader does NOT have the queen and play accordingly.   North...

Muiderberg Convention

Source: Wikipedia Muiderberg is a bidding convention in the card game bridge. It is a two-level preemptive opening based on a two-suiter with precisely a five-card major and a minor...

Dummy Reversal

Source: Wikipedia Dummy reversal (also known as reverse dummy) is a technique in contract bridge whereby declarer uses trump cards to ruff from the hand with more (longer) trumps, and retains the trumps...

Opener’s Reverse By David Lindop

Source: http://www.betterbridge.com/ One standard bidding concept that often leads to confusion is the ‘reverse.’ So let’s see what this term is all about. What Is a Reverse? The most common type...

Opening Leads By The Bridge World

Source: The Bridge World The Opening Lead Much more could be said about declarer play; many volumes have been written on this topic. An introductory bridge...

When Should I lead an Ace against a Slam?

Source: Mr. Bridge  I never know whether to lead an ace against a small slam. While I hate doing so in case the king is on my...

Underruff Principle

Source: BridgeGuys This is a designation to describe a ruff with a trump smaller than one already played to the same trick. This principle is also...

Trump uppercut

Source: https://sites.math.washington.edu In this article, we’ll take a break from the deceptive, selfish practices of declarer play, and focus on the finer points of cooperative defensive...

Losing-Trick Count

Source: Wikipedia In the card game contract bridge, the Losing-Trick Count (LTC) is a method of hand evaluation used in situations where a trump suit has been established and shape and fit are...

Loser on Loser

Source: Wikipedia Loser on loser play is a type of declarer's play in contract bridge, usually in trump contracts, where the declarer discards a loser card (the one that...

Law of Total Tricks

Source: Wikipedia In contract bridge, the Law of total tricks (abbreviated here as LoTT) is a guideline used to help determine how high to bid in a competitive...

Avoiding an End Play By William E. McKenney

The Pittsburgh Press – 11 Feb 1939 Dangerous End-Plays Are Avoided by Careful Defense Early in Game By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY Secretary of American Contract Bridge League Harry...

The philosophical approach By Steve Becker

Reading Eagle – 16 Dic 2008 North dealer. North-South vulnerable. Opening lead — K It is often said that the mark of a good player is his ability to...

Tips for No Trumps by B. Magee

Source: Mr Bridge The best advice I can give is: keep it simple and concentrate on the following first steps: 1. Count your top tricks 2. Make a...