Previous Lectures

The following free lectures were presented prior to the current series:

Subject Presenter Supporting Material
Balancing (and card detecting) Frank Smoot Handout
Bergen Raises John Williams Handout
Bid Your Slams! Susan Johnston Handout
Bid Your Slams! (Cont'd.) Susan Johnston Handout
Bidding Over Opponent's Notrump Leuker Handout
Card Combinations Dave Bernstein Handout
Exercise
Card Combinations, continued Dave Bernstein Handout
Combining Chances to Play Frank Smoot Handout
Bridge Baron File
Counting The Hand: Distribution Leuker Handout
Counting The Hand: High Card Points Lueker Handout
Cue Bidding to More Slams John Williams Handout
Cue Bids Hamish Bennett

Handout

Defense Against Interference Bids Eric Mayefsky Handout
Defender Play Lueker Handout
Defensive Ruffing and Overruffing Lueker Handout
End Plays Susan Johnston Handout
How to Play the Odds as Declarer Ron Karr Handout
How to Select and Adopt New Conventions Dave Bernstein
Improve your Game - by not just playing club Games Geeske Joel Handout
Interference Bids - 1, 2, 3 Level Eric Mayefsky Handout
Inverted Minors Frank Smoot Handout
Bridge Baron File
Leads against NT and Suit Contracts Geeske Joel Quiz with Answers
Losing Trick Count. What is it? How does it work? Lueker Handout
Matchpoint Declarer Play Frank Smoot Handout
Bridge Baron File
More Topics on Counting Lueker Handout
Negative Doubles Frank Smoot Handout
Bridge Baron File
New Minor Forcing, 4th Suit Forcing Sherie Greenberg
No Trump Opening Bids Revisited: All Seats and Vulnerability Lueker Handout
On Your Mark - Get Set - Stop! Adventures at Trick One Sue Johnston Handout
Opening Leads Susan Johnston Handout
Partnership Checklist Gene Simpson Handout
Penalty Doubles (2009) Frank Smoot Handout
Bridge Baron File
Penalty Doubles (2011) Frank Smoot Handout
Preempts: Or, A Guide To Sticking Your Neck Out Eric Mayefsky Handout
Preempts: (Cont'd.) Eric Mayefsky Handout
Preempts at the 3 level Frank Smoot Handout
Principles of Declarer Play Ed Barlow Handout
Redouble Trouble Kathy Harper Handout
Responding to 2NT With Major Suit Holdings Hamish Bennett Handout
Reverses Hamish Bennett Handout
Splinter Bids Lori Spaeth Handout
Suit Opening Bids Revisited: All Seats and Vulnerability Lueker Handout
The ABC's of Defensive Signals Sue Johnston Handout
The Art of the Discard Sue Johnston Handout
Exercise solution
The ingredients of Take Out Doubles Ron Karr Handout
Third Hand Opening Bids and the Drury Convention Lori Spaeth Handout
Two Suits Are Better Than One: Michaels, Unusual NT and Other Two-Suited Hands Eric Mayefsky Handout
Weak Two Bids Frank Smoot Handout
You Need to Play Drury Frank Smoot Handout
Bridge Baron File

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This page last updated on Tuesday, April 17, 2012