I teach a lot of beginner classes. One of the first tips I give for defensive card play is, “Second hand low (unless covering an honor with an honor) , third hand high (unless partner is going to win the trick)” “Covering an honor with an honor,” sounds simple but it is quite a complex [...]
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3 May 10
Game Tries
This week, my Junior coaching is going to focus on game tries. When partner raises your major suit, a game try is a bid made in an attempt to get to game. You are asking partner if he is minimum or maximum for his raise. When a game try is a suit, you are asking [...]
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27 Mar 10
Junior Coaching: Overcall style.
This week we looked at partnership style on overcalls. The Juniors were asked whether they would overcall with the following hands Your RHO opens the bidding with 1 do you overcall 1 with these hands. 3 answers per question, a) you are vulnerable b) you are nonvulnerable c) you are nonvulnerable, Partner is a Passed [...]
16 Mar 10
4NT always asks for Aces?
Last night I continued with my Junior coaching. I started with a partnership quiz that I passed out: After each auction mark whether you think 4NT is B (Blackwood) R (Roman Key Card Blackwood) N (Natural) T (Takeout) 1) 1 P 4NT
8 Mar 10
Juniors
This evening I will be adding a very special class to my weekly schedule. I have volunteered to help coach the Atlanta juniors who will be competing in the Junior Trials in Chicago this June. The Trials will select two teams of under 21 bridge players to compete for the Damiani Cup at the World [...]
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