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Master Bridge with Patty Tucker’s fun, informative, quick learn videos.

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1. Opening Bids
  • What are the basics?
  • When do you open 1D vs. 1C?
  • When do you open 1NT vs. a major suit?
  • When can you open 1NT with 2 doubletons?
2. Forcing & Non-Forcing Bids
  • What does “forcing” mean?
  • Opener’s only forcing bids.
  • Responder’s only forcing bids.
  • Forcing rebids settings.

 

3. Responding to Opener
  • What’s your message?
  • Minor openings
  • Major openings
  • There’s more to the story
4. Opener rebids after a major suit raise
  • Do the Math
  • Help Suit Game Tries
  • More Help Suit Game Tries
  • Why play a 4/4 fit vs. a 5/3 fit?
5. Opener rebids after a minor suit raise
  • What’s your message?
  • Is your hand balanced?
  • If unbalanced is NT possible?
  • How to find a NT game
6. Opener rebids after a NT response
  • What’s your message?
  • Rebidding a suit
  • Jump shifts
  • Reverses
7. Opener rebids after a new suit response
  • What’s your message?
  • Do you have a major fit?
  • If responder bid a minor
  • Is NT possible?
8. Overcalling
  • Why?
  • What you show
  • Responding to an overcall
  • Cuebidding–The next step
9. The Takeout Double
  • What is it? Why?
  • Responding to the Takeout Double
  • Overcaller’s rebid
  • Cuebidding by Responder—The next step
10. Negative Double
  • What is it? Why?
  • Opener’s rebid
  • Responder’s rebid
  • Some ramifications
11. Weak Two Bids
  • Why do them?
  • What do they show?
  • New suit and Feature Ask
  • OGUST
12. Preempts
  • Why do them?
  • What do they show?
  • Envisioning opener’s hand
  • Tricks not points
13. Opening 1NT
  • When should you open Notrump?
  • 1NT and 2NT Opening Bids
  • Opening Notrump with a semi-balanced hand
  • Raising partner’s notrump opening bid
14. The Stayman Convention
  • When do you bid Stayman?
  • What are you asking and telling opener?
  • Opener’s Rebid after a Stayman bid by Responder
  • Responder’s Rebid
15. Jacoby Transfers
  • When do you bid a Jacoby Transfer?
  • Opener’s Rebid after a Jacoby Transfer
  • Responder’s Rebid
  • Opener’s third bid
16. Gerber & Blackwood
  • What are they and when should you bid them?
  • Gerber – The mechanics
  • Blackwood – The mechanics
  • How do you stop if you’re too high?
17. The Strong 2♣ Bid
  • What is the Strong 2♣ Bid?
  • How strong is an 2♣ opening bid?
  • What are ‘playing tricks’?
  • When should you open one of a suit instead of 2♣?
18. The Strong 2♣ Bid
  • What is the Strong 2♣ Bid?
  • How strong is an 2♣ opening bid?
  • What are ‘playing tricks’?
  • When should you open one of a suit instead of 2♣?
19. The 2♦ Waiting Response to a 2♣ Opening bid
  • When do you bid 2♦?
  • Opener’s Rebid
  • What do you bid with a bad hand?
  • What do you bid with a trick?
20. Playing a Hand Basics – Creating A Line of Play
  • How do you think about a hand?
  • Leading towards your high cards
  • The percentages
  • Counting Winners & Losers
  • Transportation & Timing
21. Playing a Hand Basics – Creating Tricks in A Long Suit
  • Playing the High Card from the Hand with the Shortest Number
  • The Finesse
  • Driving out a High Card
  • Ducking a Trick
22. Playing a Hand Basics – Trumping Losers
  • When to pull trumps
  • Trumping in the hand with the fewest number of trumps
  • Creating extra tricks in a 4/4 trump fit
  • Cross-trumping
23. Basic Defense – Opening Leads
  • Which suit should you lead against notrump contracts?
  • Which card should you lead in notrump contracts?
  • Which suit should you lead against suit contracts?
  • Which card should you lead in suit contracts?
24. Basic Defense – Attitude
  • What is Attitude and how do you show it?
  • When do you show Attitude?
  • More about showing Attitude?
  • Are there exceptions?
25. Basic Defense – Suit Preference
  • What is Suit Preference and how do you show it?
  • When do you show Suit Preference?
  • More about showing Suit Preference
  • Are there exceptions?
26. Basic Defense – Count
  • What is Count and how do you show it?
  • When do you show Count?
  • More about showing Count
  • Are there exceptions?