Bidding Basics: Hand Type - Balanced and Unbalanced Hands

Bidding Basics: Which Suit to Open

Bidding Basics: Defining Hand Strength - Buckets

1-Level Simple Overcalls

Competitive Auctions: Bidding over 3-Level and 4-Level Preempts

Fundamentals of Trick Taking - Ruffing Losers

Fundamentals of Trick Taking - Finesses

Defensive Carding: Attitude Signals

Middle of the Hand Defense: Which Honor to Cover or Capture

Middle of the Hand Defense: Getting Our Ruffs

Bidding Basics: Bridge Philosophy - The Cardinal Sins of Bridge

Around the Table: Vulnerability and Position

Around the Table: Opener

Around the Table: Responder

Hand Evaluation II: Size of Trump Fits

Responding to 1NT with a Game Forcing Hand

Responding to 1NT with a Slam Invitational Hand

Balanced Opening Hands

Unbalanced 1-Suited Opening Hands

Unbalanced 2-Suited Opening Hand

Negative Doubles

2 over 1 Game Forcing Responses

Slam Bidding: 1430 Keycard Blackwood

Slam Bidding: Jacoby 2NT

Modern 2-Level Preemptive Openings

Higher Level Preemptive Openings

2♣ Opening Bids

Competitive Bidding: Simple Overcalls by Level

Thinking and Responding: Walsh and Extended Walsh

Thinking and Responding: Jump Shifts After 1-Level Openings - Weak and Invitational

Notrump Auctions: Modern 2NT Opening Bids

Declarer Play - Notrump: Winners - Making a Plan

Declarer Play - Notrump: Unblocking - Taking Our Winners

Declarer Play - Suits: Counting Losers

Declarer Play - Suits: Trump Fits

Declarer Play - Suits: Ruffing Values

Notrump Play: Taking Tricks - Unblocking and Overtaking

Notrump Play: Developing Winners

Notrump Play: Finesses of Many Kinds

Suit Contracts: Trump Fits

Suit Contracts: Ruffing Values

Playing to a Trick – Seat-Based Thinking as Declarer

Fundamentals of Trick Taking: Quick Tricks, Promotion, Ruffs

Fundamentals of Trick Taking: Establishing Length

Fundamentals of Trick Taking – Drawing Trump

Fundamentals of Trick Taking – Developing a Suit

Fundamentals of Trick Taking - FInesse or Drop

Notrump Play: Developing Winners – Types of Winners

Notrump Play: Developing Winners – Choice of Techniques

Suit Play: Types of Losers

Card Play: Goals with Your Cards – Seat Based

Defensive Carding: Discards

Fundamentals of Trick Taking – Quick Tricks & Promotion Leads

Fundamentals of Trick Taking - Length Leads

Fundamentals of Trick Taking – 4th Best Leads (Attitude)

Responding to 1NT with a Weak Hand

Responding to 1NT with an Invitational Hand

Responding to 1NT with a 2-Suiter: Both Majors

Doubles: Advancing Partner's Takeout Double

Doubles: Dealing with the Opponent's Takeout Double

Fits: Finding Fits

More Notrump: Responding with Unbalanced Hands

Overcalls: Interferer's Options

Notrump Fundamentals: Responding to 2NT with Majors

Competitive Bidding: Weak Jump Overcalls

Modern 1NT Opening Bids

Simple Overcalls at the 1-Level

Simple Overcalls at the 2-Level

Jump Overcalls at the 2-Level

Sandwich Seat Overcalls

Balancing Seat Overcalls

Notrump Overcalls

High Level Jump Overcalls

Supporting Partner's Suit - Bid Early!

Negative Doubles

Positive Freebid versus. Negative Double

2-Level Simple Overcalls

2-Level Jump Overcalls

Sandwich Seat Overcalls

Balancing Seat Overcalls

Notrump Overcalls

Higher Level Jump Overcalls

Strong Unbalanced 2-Suited Opening Hands

Opener's Rebids After a Negative Double

Opener's Rebids After Right Hand Opponent Overcalls

Opener's Rebids After Partner Raises

Takeout Doubles

Responder's Rebids After Making a Redouble

2 over 1 Game Forcing: 1♦ - 2♣ Auctions

2 over 1 Game Forcing: Responding to 1 of a Major with Non-Game-Forcing Values

2 over 1 Game Forcing: Responder's Rebids after 1NT Semi-Forcing Response

Competitive Bidding: Hand Evaluation and the Law of Total Tricks

Competitive Bidding: Balancing Notrump Bids

Competitive Bidding: Balancing with Distributional Hands

Competitive Bidding: Michaels Cuebid

Competitive Bidding: Unusual 2NT

Competitive Bidding: Dealing with 4-Major Jump Overcalls

Thinking and Responding: Problem Opening Bids

Thinking and Responding: Western Cuebids

Thinking and Responding: 1-minor - 1NT Auctions and Follow-Ups

Thinking and Responding: 1-minor - 2NT (or 3NT) Auctions and Follow-Ups

Notrump Auctions: Responding to 2NT Opening Bids with the Majors

Fits and More: Advancing Partner's Overcall without a Fit

Notrump and Balancing Auctions: Other Balancing Actions

Stayman Auctions After a 2NT Opening

Smolen and 5/5 Majors After a 2NT Opening

Declarer Play - Notrump: Finesses and Double Finesses

Declarer Play - Notrump: Length versus. Strength

Developing Winners - Promotion, Length, and Finesse

Notrump Play: Hold Up Plays

Suit Contracts: Counting Losers Basics

Suit Contracts: Support Points

Suit Contracts: Losers When Dummy Has Shortness

Suit Contracts: Losers with Equal Length in Dummy

Suit Play: Getting Rid of Potential Loser

Opening Leads into Preemptive Opening Bids

Opening Leads into Minimum Openers

Opening Leads: Card Combinations

Opening Leads: Rule of 11

Opening Leads: Interpreting Partner's Lead

Suit Contracts: Discarding Losers on Dummy's Length

Defense Basics: Types of Defense - Active versus. Passive

Defensive Carding: Count Signals

Middle of the Hand Defense: Splitting Honors on Defense

Fits: Finding Fits in Competition

Around the Table: Interferer

Around the Table: Advancer

More Doubles: Competitive Doubles

More Doubles: Double After Notrump

More Doubles: Support Doubles in Depth

Hand Evaluation I: Counting Points 3 - When the Opponents Bid

Hand Evaluation II: Fitting Cards and Wasted Values

What to Expect: Captaincy

What to Expect: Planning Rebids - What to Expect from Responder

What to Expect: Planning as Responder

What to Expect: When Responder is a Passed Hand

Competitive Bidding: Responding to 3- and 4-level Preempts

More Competitive Bidding: Overcalls by Level

More Competitive Bidding: After Partner's Negative Double

More Competitive Bidding: After Partner's Responsive Double

Balancing: Balancing with Distributional Hands

Balancing: More Balancing

Constructive Bidding: 1 of a Major - 3NT

Competitive Bidding: Bidding over Short Opening Bids

Competitive Bidding: Sandwich Notrump

New Minor Forcing Fundamentals

They Overcall After Partner's Stayman

They Overcall After Partner's Transfer

They Double Our Control-Showing Cuebid

Dealing with Interference over a Conventional 2NT Response

Responding to 1-minor with Both Majors

Passing with Good Hands

Hand Evaluation Opposite Preemptive Openings

Responding to 3-Level Preempts

Responding to 1NT in Competition

2-Suited Overcalls

Counting Points - Before the Auction Begins

Counting Points - After Partner Bids

Counting Points - When the Opponents Bid

Evaluate and Keep Re-Evaluating

Size of Trump Fit - Law of Total Tricks

Double Fits and Misfits

Fitting Cards and Wasted Values

Losers and Covers - Losing Trick Count

Opener's Rebids After Responder's Freebid

Responsive Doubles

Balancing and Reopening Doubles

Responder's Rebids Opposite Opener's Notrump Rebids

Responder's Rebids After Opener's 2-Suited Rebids

Responder's Rebids After Making a Negative Double

Responder's Rebids After Making a Freebid

Responder's Rebids After Left Hand Opponent's Overcall

2 over 1 Game Forcing: Opener's Rebids

2 over 1 Game Forcing: Responder's Rebids

2 over 1 Game Forcing: Opener's Rebids after a 1NT Semi-Forcing Response

2 over 1 Game Forcing: Slam Tries

Raising Partner's Suit: Balancing Overcalls

Raising Advancer's Suit

Slam Bidding: Specific Kings

Slam Bidding: Control-Showing Bids

Slam Bidding: Splinter Bids by Responder

Responding to Higher-Level Preempts

Off-Shape 1NT Opening Bids

Competitive Bidding: Cuebidding the Opponent's Suit - First Round

Competitive Bidding: More Balancing

Partnership Bidding: Our Notrump Auctions

Partnership Bidding: Our Minor Suit Auctions

Partnership Bidding: Our Major Suit Auctions

Partnership Bidding: Our Preemptive Opening Auctions

Partnership Bidding: Our Strong Opening Auctions

Partnership Bidding: Their Notrump Opening Auctions

Partnership Bidding: Their Minor Opening Auctions

Partnership Bidding: Their Major Suit Openings

Partnership Bidding: Their Preemptive Opening Auctions

3rd Seat Opening Bids

Help Suit Game Tries

Corrective versus. Forward-Going Bids

Competitive Bidding: Bidding Over the Opponent's 3+Level Preempts

Thinking and Responding: 3rd Seat Opening Bids

Thinking and Responding: 4th Seat Openings

Fits and More: Raising Partner in Competition

Notrump and Balancing Auctions: Range Stayman

Freebids by a Passed Hand

More Competitive Bidding: Two Places to Play Notrump Bid

Suit Play: Using Suits in Dummy Equal in Length to Declarer

Suit Play: Using Dummy's Shortness

Suit Play: Establishing Length in Dummy

Suit Play: Using Powerful Length in Dummy

Hold Up Plays

Optimistic and Pessimistic Play

Combine Your Chances

Trump Suit Management

Trump Suit Management - Transportation

The Two-Way Finesse

Notrump Play: Making a Plan

Notrump Play: Giving Up Control

Notrump Play: Transportation

Suit Contracts: Dummy Reversal

Advanced Card Play: Combining Chances

Advanced Card Play: Optimistic and Pessimistic Declarer Play

Advanced Card Play: The King-Jack Guess

Advanced Card Play: Misfits and Moysians

Advanced Card Play: The Idle Fifth

Advanced Card Play: Threat Cards

Improve Your Card Play: Making Use of an Ace

Improve Your Card Play: Establishing Length

Improve Your Card Play: Guarding a Suit

Safety Plays

My Favorite Card Combination

The Power of the Crossruff

Defensive Concepts: Middle of the Hand Defense

Defensive Concepts: Partnership Defense Philosophies

Opening Leads: Leads in Partner's Suit

Defensive Details: Ace or Queen for Attitude; King for Count (Unblock)

Defense: Planning the Defense

Defense: Figuring Out Declarer's Hand - Asking Questions

Defense: Assumptions on Defense

Defense: Getting Your Ruffs

Defense: Always Return Partner's Lead?

Recognizing Danger on Defense

Which Suit to Attack on Defense?

Giving Declarer an Ace-Queen Guess

Splitting Honors on Defense

Opening Leads - Jack Denies, Coded 10s and 9s

Opening Leads from AQTx+

Leading a New Suit in the Middle of the Defense

Opening Leads: Leading Partner's Suit

Opening Leads: Always Lead Partner's Suit?

Opening Leads: Rule of 10/12

Suit Contracts: Discarding Losers on Dummy's Strength

Defense Basics: When to Get Active

Defense Basics: Leads - Visualizing Suits

Defensive Carding: Suit Preference Signals

Defensive Carding: Dummy has Qxx+

Defensive Carding: Partnership Defense Philosophy

Middle of the Hand Defense: Return Partner's Lead? If Shift, Then How?

Improve Your Card Play: Passive Opening Leads in Depth

Responding to 1NT with a 5-card Major and a 4+card Minor

Responding to 1NT with Other 2-Suited Hands

Raising Partner's Suit: Majors

Raising Partner's Suit: Minors

Raising Responder's Suit

Raising Opener's 2nd Suit

Two Over One Game Forcing: Modern Bridge Standard

More on Fits: Raising Responder's Suit

More on Fits: Raising Responder in Competition

More on Fits: Responder's Rebid

More on Fits: New Minor Forcing in Depth

More on Fits: 4th Suit Forcing in Depth

More Competitive Bidding: Dealing with 4 of a Major Interference

More Competitive Bidding: Balancing by Responder

Constructive Bidding Opposite 3rd Hand Openings: Pass - 1 Major - 2 Notrump

Constructive Bidding Opposite 3rd Hand Openings: Cuebid as Limit Raise+ by a Passed Hand

More Advanced Bidding: 1 of a Major - 3N as a Good 1 of a Major - 4 of a Major Raise

Bidding Philosophy: Steps versus. Specific Bids

Bidding Philosophy: Cuebidding the Opponent's Suit

Bidding Philosophy: Transfers in Competition

Constructive Low-Level Bidding: 1♣ - 1♦ - 1♥ - 1♠*

Constructive Low-Level Bidding: Bidding After Partner's Redouble

More Competitive Bidding: What is a Stopper?

Bridge Philosophy: Listening to the Opponents' Auction

Bridge Philosophy: Visualizing Opener's Hand as a Defender

Bridge Philosophy: Visualizing Responder's Hand as a Defender

Notrump Interference: Bidding Over Weak Notrump

Advanced Bidding: Transfer Rebids After 1♥ - 1♠

Partnership Discussions - Understanding Partner's Style

Corrective versus. Forward-Going Bids

Modern System Vs. Weak 1NT Opening Bids

Making Use of the 3-Level

Second-Round Doubles

Passed Hand Bidding Concepts

Second Round Doubles

Responder's Rebids Opposite Opener's 1-Suited Rebids

Responder's Rebids After a Support Double

2 over 1 Game Forcing: Opener's 3rd Bid with 2-Suited Hands

Raising Partner's Suit: DIrect Overcalls

Raising Partner's Suit: Sandwich Seat Overcalls

Slam Bidding: Splinters by Opener

Two Over One: In Competition

Competitive Bidding: Is It Forcing by Responder?

Competitive Bidding: Is It Forcing by Advancer?

Competitive Bidding: More Cuebids

Competitive Bidding: Balancing by Responder

Thinking and Responding: Vulnerability Tactics

Notrump Auctions: Trick-Showing Notrump Bids - Gambling 3NT and More

Fits and More: 2-Way Reverse Drury

Fits and More: Raising Partner's Overcall

Fits and More: Systems for Describing Our 2-Level Preempts

Slam Bidding: Forcing Pass Auctions

Two Over One Game Forcing Discussion Template

1-Major – 3NT

1-Minor – 3NT

Bridge Philosophy: Play the Hand During the Auction

Notrump Play: Danger Hand

Counting a Suit Effectively

Counting and Putting It All Together

Bidding Philosophy: Lead Directing Doubles

Offensively- versus. Defensively-Oriented Hands

UDCA - Remainder Count

UDCA - Return Count

UDCA - Shift Count

Opening Leads versus. Notrump Opening Bids

Opening Leads versus. 3NT Contracts

Opening Leads versus. 4 of a Major Contracts

Opening Leads versus. 5-minor Contracts

Opening Leads versus. Slam Contracts

Opening Leads versus. Partscore Contracts

Opening Leads: Power Leads

Defense Basics: Assumptions on Defense

Defense Basics: Recognizing Danger

Defense Basics: The Forcing Defense

Lead-Directing Doubles

Middle of the Hand Defense

More Two Over One: Bidding the 4th Suit

More Two Over One: Solid Suits

More Two Over One: Pattern Out Auctions

Slam Bidding Philosophy: Optimistic Minimum

Slam Bidding Philosophy: Fast Arrival versus. Picture Bids

More Advanced Bidding: Internal Reverses

Advanced Competitive Bidding: 1-Major (Double) Transfers

Advanced Competitive Bidding: 1-minor (Double) Transfers

Competitive Bidding: Bidding Over Strong 2♣ (and 1♣) Openings - Mathe

Competitive Bidding: Dealing with Inference after a 2♣ Opening

Negative Doubles Overview

Responder's Unusual 2 of a Major Jump Shifts and Notrump Bids

The Impossible Spade Bid

Bidding Slam with a Void

Transfers over Transfers

Slam Bidding: Gerber and 1430 Gerber

Slam Bidding: Minorwood

Responding to 2-Level Preemptive Openings

Responder's Rebids After a Jump Shift

Two Over One: Opener's Pattern Out Auctions

Splinters in Two Over One Game Forcing Auctions

Two Over One: Solid Suits

Two Over One: Bypassing 4-card Suits

Two Over One: Delayed Splinters

Two Over One: Bidding the 4th Suit

Two Over One: Using Notrump Rebids in Two Over One Auctions

Passed Hand Bidding Concepts

Competitive Bidding: When to Overcall a 4-card Suit

Notrump Auctions: Superaccepting Jacoby Transfers

Notrump Auctions: Responder's 2♠ Rebid After Stayman

Slam Bidding: Minor Suit Slams After 1NT Openings

Slam Bidding: 5-Major Bids - "Obvious Question"

Notrump Bidding: Responding to 1NT in Competition - Lebensohl

Notrump Bidding: Responding to 1NT versus. 3-Level Interference

Competitive Auctions: Scrambling 2NT

Notrump and Balancing Auctions: Jump Overcalls in the Passout Seat

Cuebids of Many Kinds

2NT Response by a Passed Hand: P-1 of a Major-2NT

1 of a Major - 3NT (conventional) a Good 1 of a Major - 4 of a Major Bid

Trump Suit Management - Dummy Reversal

Trump Suit Management - Ruffing Finesse

Trump Suit Management - Strip and Endplay

End Plays in Notrump Contracts

Notrump Play: Timing

Advanced Card Play: Basic Squeezes

Rusinow Opening Leads

Non-Takeout Doubles: Card-Showing, Maximal, Penalty, Lead-Directing

Opening Leads: Unusual Honor Leads

Defense Basics: Opening Leads - Listen to the Auction

Defense Basics: Figuring Out Declarer's Hand - Asking Questions!

Middle of the Hand Defense: Card Combinations in the Middle of the Hand

Middle of the Hand Defense: Discards Late in the Hand

Constructive Bidding Tools: Kokish Over 2♣ Opening

Advanced Competitive Bidding: Transfer McCabe

Advanced Bidding: Transfer Wolff Over 2NT Rebids

5NT Grand Slam Tries

Responder's Rebids After Opener's Strong 2-Suited Hand

Slam Bidding: Other Slam Bidding Tools

Lebensohl over Reverses

Competitive Bidding: Competing Over 2-Level Preempts - Lebensohl

Competitive Bidding: Leaping Michaels

Notrump Auctions: Opponents' Doubles of Our Stayman and Transfers

Notrump Auctions: 2♠ Size Ask Response

Notrump Auctions: Puppet Stayman and 5-Card Stayman

Fits and More: 2NT Trump Suit Game Try - Spiral

Slam Bidding: 5NT Choice of Slams

Slam Bidding: Dealing with Interference Over Ace-Asking Bids

Notrump Bidding: DONT and Meckwell

Competitive Auctions: Leaping Michaels

Competitive Auctions: 4NT in Competition

Bergen Raises

2NT Raises in Competition

Kokish Over Strong 2♣

More Queen Asks

More Specific Kings

2-Way New Minor Forcing and Wolff Signoff

Two Over One Game Forcing Responses – Alternative Approach

Opener’s Rebids After Two Over One Game Forcing Alternative Responses

Options for 1♦ - 2♣ Two Over One Game Forcing Auctions

Threat Cards

Squeezes - The Basics

Advanced Card Play: Endplays

Advanced Card Play: Smother Play

The Entry Finesse

Defensive Carding: Smith Echo (Reverse)

Middle of the Hand Defense: Surround Plays and Power Shifts

Support Doubles

McCabe Responses to Preempts

Meckstroth Advances

Unusual versus. Unusual and Unusual versus. Michaels

Notrump Auctions: 3♠ Minor Suit Slam Try After a 2NT Opening Bid

Fits and More: More Mixed Raises in Competition

Slam Bidding: Non-Serious 3NT

Competitive Auctions: More Bidding over 3-Level Preempts

Competitive Auctions: I Want to Bid Doubles

Notrump and Balancing Auctions: 14-16 1NT Opening

Notrump and Balancing Auctions: Balancing Notrump Bids

Support Doubles at Many Levels

Snapdragon Doubles

Rosenkrantz Redoubles

Fit-Showing Jumps

Preempt Keycard

Responder's Systems After a 1NT Overcall

Reverse Flannery

Todd Busts over 2♣ Opening Bids

Smother Plays

Defensive Carding: Upside-Down Count and Attitude (UDCA)

XYZ

Kokish Game Tries

Other Types of Doubles

Two Over One: Special 2 of a Major and 2NT Rebids

Constructive Bidding: Modern Gazzilli

Fits and More: Over-Splinters

Slam Bidding: Responding to 4NT Keycard with a Void

Slam Bidding: Q-Minorwood

Slam Bidding: Last Train Slam Try

Notrump Bidding: Woolsey

Notrump Bidding: Penalty Double Systems versus. Notrump Openings

Notrump Bidding: Transfer Landy+ versus. Weak 1NT Openings

Notrump Bidding: Responding after a Penalty Double of a 1NT Opening

Notrump Bidding: Modern, Transfer, and Modern Transfer Lebensohl

Notrump Bidding: Slam Tries After Stayman

Competitive Auctions: Good/Bad 2NT in Competition

Spear

Jump Shift Structure

Upgrade to Jacoby 2NT

Kickback Keycard Ask

Problems with Kickback Keycard

Exclusion Keycard

Modified 2-Way Reverse Drury

Inverted Minors and 1♦-2♣ Auctions with Structure

Responder's Unusual 2-Major Jump Shifts and Notrump Bids

Transfer Landy

Transfer Wolff Over 2NT Rebids

Transfers Over Transfers

Transfer Advances Over Negative Double

1-Major (Double) Transfers

1-minor (Double) Transfers

1-minor Overcall Transfer Responses

Transfer Lebensohl versus. Weak Jump Overcalls

Two Over One Game Forcing – 2NT Rebid Showing a 6+card Suit

Transfer McCabe Responses to Preempts

Upgrade to Jacoby 2NT

Defensive Carding: More Suit Preference

Competitive Auctions: Anti-Lead Directing Doubles