RULES OF BRIDGE
These “rules” are not absolutes; rather, they are tried and true techniques and procedures recommended by bridge experts for use in particular situations.
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- 2/1 Bidding System
- 2/1 BRIDGE BIDDING SYSTEM
- ACBL ARTICLES AND INFORMATION
- ASKING FOR ACES, KINGS, OR KEYCARDS
- BASIC BEGINNER INFORMATION
- Better Bridge: Class 2
- BIDDING STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES
- ~Balancing Bids
- ~Bergen Raises
- ~Bidding Over Preempts
- ~Competitive Bidding
- ~Cue-Bid Limit Raise (or better) #1
- ~Cue-Bid Limit Raise (or better) #2
- ~Cue-bid Limit Raise Basics
- ~Grand Slam Force
- ~Jump Shift Bids by Responder
- ~Major Suit Opening in 3rd Seat
- ~Open 1C or 1D?
- ~Overcalls #2
- ~Responding to Partner’s Overcall
- ~Responding to Partner’s Weak Two Bid
- ~The Danger of a 5-3 Trump Fit
- ~Voluntary Bid of 5 of a Major
- Constructive Raise
- DOUBLES FOR FUN AND PROFIT
- Hand Analyses, 2/1 and Intermediate Bridge
- HAND ANALYSES–Intermediate and 2/1 Classes
- LEADS, DEFENSE, AND SIGNALS
- ~A 3NT Defensive Problem
- ~A Defensive Lead Problem
- ~A Leads Overview
- ~A Question of Leads
- ~Another 3NT Defensive Problem
- ~Card Signals
- ~Defense: Surrounding Play
- ~Defensive Leads #1
- ~Defensive Leads #2
- ~Lead Signals on the First Discard
- ~Leading a Trump to Prevent a Ruff in Dummy
- ~Odd/Even Discards
- ~Smith Echo, Foster Echo, and Trump Echo
- ~Surrounding Play
- ~Two Specialized Leads Against NT
- OTHER BIDDING SYSTEMS
- PLAYING CARD COMBINATIONS
- PLAYING STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES
- ~2NT Opener #1
- ~3NT Cannot Be Beaten
- ~A Dutcher Hand #1
- ~A NT Opener #1
- ~A NT Opener #2
- ~Another Weak Two-Bid
- ~Hand #3
- ~Jacoby 2NT # 1
- ~Planning the PLay
- ~Play of the Hand #1
- ~Play the 4-3 Split Correctly
- ~Playing Technique
- ~Smolen and Dutcher Hands
- ~Takeout Double (Playing Hand)
- ~The Strategy of the Holdup Play
- ~To Take or To Duck?
- ~Two Playing Hands
- RESPONDING TO A NT OPENER
- ~Bidding Long Minors Over Partner’s 1NT
- ~Four Suit Transfers
- ~Garage Stayman and Drop Dead Stayman
- ~Jacoby Transfers
- ~Opening and Responding to 2NT
- ~Puppet Stayman After a 2NT Opener
- ~Responding to 1NT with 5-4 or 5-5 in the Majors
- ~Responses to 1NT Openers
- ~Responses to 1NT Openers #2
- ~Stayman
- ~Texas Transfers
- ~Transferring to 3C or 3D over Partner’s 1NT Opener
- RULES OF BRIDGE
- SOME DEFENSIVE BIDS
- STRONG OPENING BIDS
- USEFUL BRIDGE CONVENTIONS
- ~Flannery
- ~Fourth Suit Forcing
- ~Fourth Suit Forcing
- ~Fourth Suit Forcing (FSF)
- ~Grand Slam Force (TRY)
- ~Inverted Minors
- ~Jordan Cue-Bid Limit Raise
- ~Lebensohl after an overcall of your 1NT opener
- ~Match These Terms and Definitions
- ~Michaels Cuebid
- ~Mini-Roman 2D Opener
- ~Minorwood (Keycard Gerber)
- ~Odd-Even Discards
- ~Splinter Bids
- WEAK TWO BIDS AND PREEMPTS
- ~2/1 Bidding Matrix
- ~2/1 Bidding Options
- ~2/1 Principles & Associated Conventions
- ~2/1 The Forcing 1NT
- ~2/1: What does 1C-2D Mean?
- ~2/1: What does 1H-1NT, 2NT Mean?
- ~2/1: What Does 1H-4H Mean?
- ~2/1: What Does 1S-3D Mean?
- ~4-4 or 5-3 Trump Fit?
- ~A 2C Opener
- ~A Comparison of Systems
- ~A Weak Two Bid
- ~Another 2C Opener (Playing Hand)
- ~Another Forcing 1NT Call
- ~Another Weak Two Bid
- ~Asking for Keycards
- ~Bidding Using Loser Count Principles
- ~Bridge Quiz
- ~Bridge Terms, Definitions, and Techniques
- ~Bridge Weblog
- ~Card Evaluation
- ~Counting Points
- ~Hand #2
- ~Help Suit Game Try (HSGT)
- ~Inverted Minors
- ~Inverted Minors and Minorwood Paper
- ~Jacoby 2NT, 2/1, and Splinter Bid Slam Tries
- ~Jacoby 2NT, Splinter Bid, or 2/1?
- ~Journalist-type Leads
- ~Keycard Gerber/Minorwood
- ~Learn Bridge–Session 1
- ~Learn Bridge–Session 2
- ~Learn Bridge–Session 3
- ~Learn Bridge–Session 4
- ~Learn Bridge–Session 5
- ~Learn Bridge–Session 6
- ~Learn Bridge–Session 7
- ~Learn Bridge–Session 8
- ~Losing Trick Count
- ~New Minor Forcing
- ~Opening 1NT
- ~Opening 1NT (Stayman Example)
- ~Opening in Third Seat
- ~Opening Leads
- ~Opening the Bidding
- ~Opening Weak Twos and Preempts
- ~Overcalls
- ~Overcalls
- ~Play This Hand
- ~Preemptive Opening Bids
- ~Preferred Leads
- ~Preferred Leads
- ~Responding to Partner’s Weak Two Bid Opener
- ~RKC Blackwood–Who Has the Trump Queen?
- ~Rule of 17
- ~Rule of 8
- ~Rules of Br*dge
- ~Some 2/1 Bidding Sequences
- ~Some Bridge Publications
- ~Specific Kings or Total Number?
- ~The Gerber Convention
- ~Trump Suit Preference
- ~Unusual Notrump
- ~Weak or Strong Jump Shifts
- ~Weak Two Bid and Rule of 17
- ~Weak Twos and Preemptive Bids
- ~What Constitutes a Game
- ~Why Play 1NT as Forcing?
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Links
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- BridgeDepot.net
- My Basic Bridge Site Bridge Articles for the beginning bridge player including 8 Beginning Bridge Lessons at BridgeBasics.net
- My Intermediate Bridge Site Bridge Articles for the experienced Bridge Player including a 2/1 tutorial at BetterBridge.net
- ~American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) One of the world’s great bridge organizations.
- ~North County Bridge Center Games Schedule Click on “calendar” to view the monthly schedule for NCBC and the Unit 549 monthly game. Click on “locations” to view the game schedule for other Unit 549 clubs.
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