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Handouts

These are handouts that Linda and Richard have developed for the Intermediate classes on Sunday afternoons at 1:30 and Tuesday evenings at 6:00.

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NOW AVAILABLE: Friendly Bridge Book by Ed Kinlaw and Linda MacCleave (Aug 2011)

Linda's Handouts (Each opens to a new window.)
Contact Linda at linda@richmondbridge.net.

  2 Over 1 Basics: Forcing NT   The Law of Total Tricks (Walker)
  2 Over 1 Basics: Part 1   Lead Tips (Kantar)
  2 Over 1 Basics: Part 2   Lebensohl Chart
  2 Over 1 Basics: Part 3   Lebensohl Example Hands
  2 Over 1: Review and Conventions   Lebensohl over NT Interference
  12 Habits of Effective Bidders (1)   Lebensohl over Reverses 1
  12 Habits of Effective Bidders (2)   Lebensohl over Artificial or 2-suit Bids
  12 Habits of Effective Bidders (3a)   Lebensohl over Reverses 2
  12 Habits of Effective Bidders (3b)   Linda's List: Tips from Kibbitzing You
  12 Habits of Effective Bidders (4a)   Losing Trick Count
  12 Habits of Effective Bidders (4b)   Major Suit Openings-Part 1
  12 Habits of Effective Bidders (4c)   Minor Suit Jacoby
  12 Habits of Effective Bidders (4d)   More on Doubles
new 4-way Transfers   Myths, Misconceptions, and Mistakes
  52 Facts of Bridge Life (Kantar)   Negative Doubles
  Assault on 1NT   Negative Doubles (Bergen)
  Back to Basics Quiz   Negative Double Point Count (Bergen)
  Back to Basics Quiz-Answers
  Negative Doubles (Quiz)
  Balancing   New Minor Forcing
  Balancing Over One Bids   No-trump: Bidding 3 of a Suit
  Beginner Convention Card   No-trump Review
  Beginner Convention Card Translation   Partnership Game
  Bergen Drury
  Play Advice
  Bergen Raises   Puppet Stayman
  Bergen Secrets   Puppet Stayman (ACBL Bidding Toolkit)
  Bidding Sheet
  Rebids by Opener
  Bridge Tips
  Redouble and Jordan 2NT
  Cappelletti
  Reopening Double
  Convention Card
  Requirements for Opening 2C
  Defense Advice   Responses
  Defense Problems   Responsive Double
  D.O.N.T.   Reversing
  Don't Depend on Probabilities   Roman Keycard 1
  Drury   Roman Keycard 2
  Fake Moves   Smolen
  Flannery   Splinters
  Forcing/Non-forcing   Splinters by Kitty Cooper
  Foundation of the House   Splinters in ACBL Bulletin
  Fourth-suit Forcing
  Stayman
  Fourth-suit Forcing Example
  Super-Accept
  Fourth-suit Forcing Example
  Support Double
  Golden Rule of Bridge   Takeout Double
  Happened at the Table 8-10-08   Ten Common Errors
  Help Suit Game Try
  Trouble with Doubles
  Jacoby 2NT
  Trouble with Doubles Quiz
  Jacoby Transfer Example
  Two Over One Overview
  Jacoby Transfer for Minors
  Uppercut
  Inverted Minors   Using Your Judgment for 1NT Opening
  Inverted Minors 2
  Weak Twos Revisited
  Inverted Minors: More   When Is 4C Gerber?
  Laws Quiz   When you are a defender
  Laws Quiz Answers    
 
Richard's Handouts (Each opens to a new window.)
Contact Richard at rickdey_49@hotmail.com.
  Handout   Handout
  12 Days of Bridge Tips   Law of Total Tricks 2
  21 Rules for Being a Good Partner   LAWful Preemption
  A Little Bit of Fun   Lawrence: Double Dummy
  Baa Baa Black Sheep   Leading Against Blind No Trumps
 

Balancing

  Lebesohl: All Versions
  Balancing-Larry Cohen   Lebensohl over Reverses
  Basic Bidding: Competition   Lebensohl Over Weak 2
  Basic Defense Quiz   Let's Think About It
  Basic Tips Cheat Sheet   Major Suit Raises I Teacher's Manual
  Bergen Raises   Major Suit Raises II Teacher's Manual
  Bergen Raises 2   Mathe
  Bidding Over Partner's 2C Opening   Michaels Cuebids
  Bidding Practice--Pavlicek   Modified 4-way Transfers
  Bridge Basics--Pavlicek   Negative Freebids
  Bridge Chess Moves   New Minor Forcing
  Bridge Jeopardy   Opening Leads 1
  Bridge Properties (website)   Opening Leads 2
  Bridge Quiz   Opening Leads 3
  Bridge Tips--Playing   Opening Three Bids
  Cappelletti   Overcalls
  Card Sense Development   Patterns and Freakness
  Cool Conventions   Plan Your Play
  Coming Alive   Planning the Play
  Competitive Bidding   Play Inferences
  Counting Play of the Hand: Lessons 1 and 2
  Cue Bid Play of the Hand: Lesson 3
  Cue Bids for Slam Play of the Hand: Lessons 4 and 5
  Defense 1 Play of the Hand: Lesson 6
  Defense 2 Play of the Hand: Lessons 7, 8, 9
  Defense: Trump Leads Play of the Hand: Lesson 10
  Defensive Signals 1   Play Too Fast Series--Mike Lawrence
  Defensive Signals 2   Puppet Stayman
  DONT   Puppet Stayman by Richard
  Double Dummy   Quick Tips for Improving
  Doubles and Redoubles   Responding to 1H or 1S--Larry Cohen
  Disclosure vs Concealment   Responding to Weak 2 Bids--Cohen
  Dummy Reversal   Reverse by Opener
  Ecstasy   Roman Key Card
  Finesse   Rule of Nine
  Flannery   Rule of Twenty
  Flannery 2   Signals - Pick Some
  Free Bid   Simple Overcalls
  Global Warming   Smolen Convention
  Hand Evaluation   Squeeze
  Hand Evaluation 2   Stealing
  A Hand from the Bridge Center   Swiss Team Strategies
  Handling Small Hands   Title Would Give It Away
  Here Yee   Thinking at the Bridge Table
  How to Use the Enemy   Tips to Improve Your Bridge Game
  Imp Strategy   Toby Strite
  Initial Thoughts of Defenders   Transfer Lebensohl
  Interesting Hand   Trump Suit Contracts
  Jacoby or Texas with a 6-card Major   Two Over One: Review & Application
  Jeopardy 8-28-07 Two-Way New Minor Forcing
  Jacoby 2NT   Unusual NT
new Kokish Relay   Unusual Suit Combination
  The Law of Total Tricks (Turner)   Unusual vs Unusual/1-2-3 Stop
  Jump Cue Mixed Raise   Using Bidding Space
  Law of Total Tricks 1   Value of Fourth Trump
      Value of Fourth Trump 2
      Weak Major Suit Raises

Excellent Lessons by David Lindop :

Doubles by David Lindop
Minor Suit Openings by David Lindop
Major Suit Openings by David Lindop
No Trump Openings by David Lindop
Overcalls 1 by David Lindop
Overcalls 2 by David Lindop
Slam Bidding by David Lindop
Leads and Signals by David Lindop

 


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