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  • This is an index of bridge topics covered in my Bridge Columns (Column
    Number), Workshops (WS) and Lessons (L or any other Letter).



    Watson's Tips:
  • WT
  • CF


  • Ronemus' Tips:
  • RT




  • 0.5 Point for a Ten:
  • 196


  • 1 Level Overcall:
  • O/C


  • 1 Diamond Overcall:
  • 172


  • 1 Major to 4 Major:
  • WS 2 #32
  • WS 10 #2
  • WS 11 #9


  • 1NT:

    1NT:
  • 1NT
  • 1NT Int
  • Int Over 1NT
  • NT-D
  • Minor Invitational Over 1NT


  • 1NT with two doubletons:
  • L
  • WS 8 #2


  • 1NT with a 5-card suit:
  • 157
  • 169


  • 1NT with a 5-card major:
  • WS 8 #3


  • 1NT with 18 points:
  • 171


  • 1NT with a singleton ace:
  • 166


  • 1NT to 3NT:
  • WS 2 #29


  • 1NT behind 1NT Opener:
  • WS 6 #2


  • 1NT Overcall:
  • L
  • 159
  • 347


  • 1NT Pigeon Holes:
  • 314


  • 123, Rule of:
  • 110
  • 115
  • 130


  • 2 Club Opening:
  • L


  • 2 Level Overcall:
  • O/C


  • 2, Rule of:
  • 96


  • 2 suited:
  • WS 6 #5
  • WS 7 #7, #8, #9


  • 2 Diamond Openings:

    Flannery:
  • 177
  • 206


  • Intermediate:
  • 176


  • Mexican:
  • L
  • 173
  • 174
  • 175
  • 180
  • 209


  • Roman:
  • 178


  • Transfer Weak Two's:
  • The System
  • 179


  • Weak:
  • 209


  • 2NT Opening:
  • WS 2 #34
  • WS 8 #7


  • 2NT Opening over Weak Two:
  • WS 6 #4
  • WS 8 #5
  • 3 Suits-Bidding Three Suits:
  • 325




  • 3NT Opening-Solid Major:
  • SM


  • 3NT Over Partner's Preempt:
  • WS 3 #34


  • 3NT Over Opponent's Preempt:
  • WS 12 #34


  • 3-Level Misfit:
  • 202


  • 3NT not 4H:
  • 205


  • 3 Tip Series (Chalk Talks):
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10


  • 4 Opening:
  • WS 7 #4


  • 4321 Point System:
  • 121
  • 159


  • 4333:
  • WS 8 #4
  • WS 9 #3
  • WS 11 #4
  • 161


  • 4-4 Fit Not 5-3 Fit:
  • L
  • WS 2 #35
  • 320


  • 4NT:
    4NT, When it is NOT Blackwood (Quantitative):
  • 21
  • 167


  • 4NT, Roman Keycard:
  • RKCBW
  • 5
  • 19
  • 110
  • 111
  • 118


  • 4NT, Regular Blackwood:
  • 5
  • 58


  • 4NT, When Blackwood is Not Useful
  • 157


  • 4NT, Three-Suited Takeout:
  • 130


  • 5-Card Major Openings:
  • 126
  • 136
  • 316
  • 317


  • 5NT, King Ask Showing all keycards:
  • 125
  • 158
  • 163


  • 5-4 in majors over 1NT:
  • WS 1 #3
  • WS 3 #36
  • WS 4 #32


  • 5-5 Hands:
  • 321


  • 5-5 in majors over 1NT:
  • W
  • WS 4 #36
  • WS 6 #9
  • WS 12 #36


  • 5 Clubs 4 Diamond Openings:
  • L
  • 154
  • 248


  • 6-4 in majors over 1NT:
  • WS 5 #29


  • 6-4 Hands:
  • 322


  • 6-5 Come Alive:
  • 280


  • 7NT stops opening lead ruff:
  • 218


  • 8-card suit:
  • 111


  • 7-card suit:
  • 323


  • 8-card suit:
  • 111


  • 8 Ever, Nine Never:
  • L
  • 284


  • 9, Rule of:
  • L


  • 11-Point Opening:
  • 188


  • 11, Rule of:
  • 55
  • 96


  • 13: Count to 13, 7NT
  • 218


  • 14+ to 17: One Notrump
  • 208


  • 17, Rule of:
  • 162


  • 18 to 19 Notrump:
  • WS 5 #28


  • 20, Rule of:
  • 106
  • 127


  • 22, Rule of:
  • L
  • 8
  • 103


  • 27 Points for Slam:
  • 217


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    A
    Advancing Player Signs:
  • L


  • Advoidances (Keeping the danger hand off lead):
  • 1
  • 122


  • AntiMichaels
  • L


  • Asking Bids:

    Ace Ask:
  • 20
  • 111
  • 118


  • Five-Card Major Ask:
  • 181
  • 182


  • Four-Card Major Ask:
  • S


  • Keycard Ask:
  • 111
  • 118


  • King Ask:
  • 125
  • 145
  • 154


  • Queen Ask:
  • 118


  • Specific King Ask:
  • 218


  • Third Round Control Ask:
  • 212
  • 219


  • Assumptions in Card Placement:
  • CPBA


  • Astro:
  • NT-D


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    B
    B-Bridge:
  • BB


  • Bad Trump Split:
  • 182


  • Balancing (Keeping the Bidding Open):
  • 60
  • 68
  • 95
  • 96
  • 126
  • 149


  • Basics Quiz-Do You Have the Basics:
  • 171
  • 172
  • 173
  • 174
  • 175
  • 176
  • 177
  • 178
  • 179
  • 180


  • Bath Coup:
  • 190


  • Battleground:
  • 284


  • Becker:
  • NT-D


  • Bergen Raises:
  • L
  • 194
  • 202
  • 305
  • 306
  • 307
  • 308


  • Better Minor Openings:
  • L
  • WS 1
  • 35
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 72
  • 318


  • Better Than the Points
  • 321
  • 322
  • 323


  • Bidding:

  • Bidding Quiz
  • Problem Hands
  • 318
  • 324
  • 327
  • 329
  • 330


  • Bidding Ladder:
  • 124
  • 143


  • Bidding The Limit of One's Hand:
  • 282
  • 284


  • Bidding Three Suits:
  • 325


  • Right-Side The Contract:
  • RSTC


  • Blackwood:
  • 19
  • 111
  • 118


  • Blackwood-Not Used:
  • 175
  • 200


  • Blackwood-Keycard:
  • RKCBW
  • RKCBW-Adv
  • 5
  • 19
  • 110
  • 111
  • 118


  • Bonuses in Scoring:
  • S


  • Book:
  • 121


  • Books I read:
  • B


  • Breaks:
  • Chances 1
  • Chances 2
  • Chances 3
  • Chances 4
  • Rainy Day
  • 138
  • 139


  • Breaking 3-2:
  • 139


  • Breaking 3-3:
  • 138


  • Breaking 5-2:
  • 138


  • Bridge Online Solver:
  • BOS


  • Broken Sequence:
  • 127


  • Bust:
  • 16
  • 18
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 57
  • 70


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    C
    Cappelletti:
  • NT-D
  • Capp


  • Card Combinations:
  • Combos
  • 8 Ever 9 Never


  • Card Placing by Assumption:
  • CPBA
  • L


  • Chalk Talks-Three Tip Series:
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10


  • Chances:
  • Chances 1
  • Chances 2
  • Chances 3
  • Chances 4
  • Rainy Day
  • 138
  • 139


  • Check Back Stayman:
  • L


  • Claiming:
  • 123
  • 158


  • Clubs Not Lead Directive:
  • 133


  • Combinations:
  • Combos
  • 8 Ever 9 Never


  • Compete over 1NT:
  • L


  • Competition:
  • EG
  • WS 5 #30
  • 149
  • 222
  • 223
  • 224
  • 225
  • 226
  • 227
  • 228
  • 229
  • 230
  • 231
  • 232


  • 233
  • 234
  • 235
  • 236
  • 237
  • 238
  • 239
  • 240
  • 241
  • 242
  • 310


  • Computer Dealt Hands:
  • 154


  • Control Cuebidding:
  • L


  • Conversion:
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 92


  • Count:
  • L
  • 141


  • Cover Cards:
  • 110
  • 111
  • 130


  • Covering:
  • When to Cover


  • The Covid File:
  • CF


  • CRaSh:
  • NT-D


  • Crashing Honours:
  • 54
  • 120


  • Cross Ruff:
  • 109
  • 129
  • 186


  • Cuebids:
  • L


  • Cuebids: Control Showing (1st and 2nd round controls):
  • L
  • 9
  • 64


  • Cuebids: Direct Cuebid:
  • L
  • 116
  • 117
  • 342


  • Cuebids: Overcall Cuebid:
  • 93
  • 345


  • Cuebidding to Find Slam:
  • 119
  • 213
  • 273
  • 345


  • Cuebids: Stayman:
  • 25
  • 100
  • 101
  • 160


  • Cuebids: Strength Showing:
  • 77


  • Cuebids: Support Showing:
  • 85
  • 94
  • 344


  • Cuebids: After Partner's Takeout Double:
  • 75


  • Cuebids: Tell me More Partner:
  • 72


  • Cuebids: Western:
  • 72
  • 343


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    D
    Danger Hand:
  • 1
  • 122


  • Declarer:
  • 122
  • Notrump Declarer Play
  • Suit Declarer Play
  • Advanced Declarer Play
  • Misc. Declarer Play


  • Combos
  • 8 Ever 9 Never
  • Discovery Play
  • Safety Play
  • Chances 1
  • Chances 2
  • Chances 3


  • Chances 4
  • Rainy Day
  • WS 6 #3


  • Declarer Play:

    Short Hand Ruffs:
  • SHR


  • Card Placing By Assumption:
  • CPBA


  • Procrastination:
  • P


  • See Finesse Take Finesse:
  • SFTF


  • End Play:
  • EP


  • Looking:
  • L


  • Discovery Play:
  • DP


  • Declaring to protect Kings:
  • 134


  • Moysean Play:
  • MP
  • 326
  • 328


  • Restricted Choice:
  • RC


  • Ruff Imminent:
  • RI


  • Defending Wisely:

    Looking:
  • L


  • Exit Cards:
  • EC


  • Forcing Defense:
  • FD
  • 313


  • Leading Trump:
  • LT


  • Defense:
  • Defensive Tips
  • Defense Example
  • The Defensive Hold-up
  • 311


  • Defense against EHAA:
  • L
  • 234
  • 235
  • 236


  • Defense against Notrump:
  • NT-D


  • Defensive Footprint:
  • DF
  • 176
  • 336


  • Defensive Holdups:
  • The Defensive Hold-up


  • Delayed Raise:
  • 218


  • DIDD-Delicate interpretation of delicate data:
  • L


  • Cuebids: Direct Cuebid:
  • L
  • 116
  • 117
  • 342


  • Discards & Signals:
  • L


  • Directionality:
  • D


  • Director:
  • Common Director Calls


  • Discovery Play:
  • DP
  • L


  • Distribution:
  • 122


  • Distributional Echoes:
  • 163


  • Distributional Points:
  • P


  • DONT (Disturbing Opponent's Notrump):
  • L
  • NT-D
  • 98
  • 189
  • 190


  • D0P1:
  • 277


  • Double Fit:
  • 125
  • 225


  • Double Flaw:
  • 285
  • 300


  • Doubles:

  • L
  • Blog002
  • WS 10 #1, #2
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105


  • 106


  • Double: Lead Direction:
  • 164


  • Lightner Double:
  • L


  • Double: Negative:
  • 192


  • Doubled Contracts in Scoring:
  • S


  • Drury:
  • DC
  • PHB
  • 167
  • 197


  • Ducking (Holding Up):
  • 122
  • 127
  • 1
  • 59
  • 62
  • 63
  • 112
  • 113


  • Dummy, The:
  • 122


  • Dummy Reversal:
  • 138
  • 139
  • 137
  • 187


  • Dummy Whist:
  • 121


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    E
    Echo:
  • 197


  • EHAA:
  • L
  • 234
  • 235
  • 236


  • Eight Ever Nine Never:
  • L
  • 123


  • Elevator Game
  • EG


  • Elimination (Stripping the Hand):
  • EP
  • 55
  • 171


  • End Play:

  • EP
  • 55
  • 96
  • 155
  • 171
  • 189


  • End Play-Discarding Type:
  • 194


  • End Play-Finessing Type:
  • 200


  • Entry:
  • L
  • 142
  • 151


  • Equal Level Correction:
  • 130


  • Evaluation:
  • Hand Eval 1
  • Hand Eval 2


  • Exit Cards:
  • EC
  • 55


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    F
    False Cards:
  • FC


  • Fast Arrival:
  • 57
  • 144


  • Favourable Placement of Points:
  • 159
  • 166


  • Finesses:

  • 122
  • 6
  • 19
  • 20
  • 31
  • 41
  • 45
  • 47
  • 55
  • 59
  • 70


  • See Finesse Take Finesse:
  • SFTF


  • Intrafinesse:
  • 128
  • 155


  • Ruffing Finesse:
  • 129
  • 20
  • 47


  • Fits Not Misfits:
  • 210


  • Five-Card Major Openings:
  • 126
  • 136
  • 316
  • 317


  • Five Clubs and Four Diamonds Openings:
  • L
  • 154
  • 248


  • Five-five Hands:
  • 321


  • Fixed:
  • 199


  • Flannery Hand:
  • F
  • 177
  • 262


  • Flat Hand, Stayman
  • 281


  • Flip Flop:
  • 191


  • Forces:

    Small Slam Force:
  • 217
  • 272


  • Grand Slam Force:
  • 216


  • Footprint:
  • DF
  • 176
  • 336


  • Forcing:
  • Forcing?


  • Forcing Game or Defense:
  • FD
  • 126
  • 163
  • 185
  • 201


  • Forcing Notrump:
  • FNT


  • Forcing Pass:
  • 85
  • 107


  • Four-Four Major Fit:
  • L
  • WS 2 #35
  • 131
  • 320




  • Fourth Best:
  • L


  • Fourth Suit Forcing:
  • L
  • 291
  • 292


  • Frozen:
  • 151


  • Future of a lead:
  • 127


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    G
    Game:

  • 127
  • 152


  • Game Both Ways:
  • WS 4 #29
  • WS 9 #8


  • Game Bonuses in Scoring:
  • S


  • Game Forcing Bids:
  • GF Bids


  • Game Points:
  • 152


  • Game Points (Opponents Bid):
  • 133


  • Game Tries-Kokish:
  • KGT


  • Gerber:
  • WS 3 #32
  • WS 4 #37
  • WS 12 #32
  • 19
  • 20
  • 120


  • Glossary:
  • G


  • Golden Fit:
  • 121
  • 134
  • 136


  • Grand Slam:
  • 120
  • 125
  • 145
  • 154
  • 319
  • 334
  • 335
  • 338


  • Grand Slam Force or Josephine:
  • L
  • GSF
  • 216


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    H
    Hello:
  • NT-D


  • Helping Declarer:
  • 156


  • HSGT:
  • L


  • High Card Points, HCP's:
  • 121


  • Higher Preempts:
  • WS 7 #4
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115


  • Holdups:
  • The Defensive Hold-up
  • 1
  • 59
  • 62
  • 63
  • 112
  • 113
  • 122
  • 127
  • 210


  • Honour:
  • 122


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    I
    Improvement:
  • How to Improve


  • Interference:
  • 25
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103


  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115


  • Interference over Notrump:
  • L
  • Int Over 1NT
  • DONT
  • Capp


  • Interior Sequence Leads:
  • 128
  • 131


  • Intermediate Two Diamond Opening:
  • 176


  • Intrafinesse:
  • 128
  • 155


  • Inverted Minors:
  • IM
  • WS 1
  • 30
  • 38
  • 40
  • 41
  • 141
  • 142
  • 143
  • 144


  • Game Forcing:
  • 144


  • Invitational:
  • WS 3 #33
  • WS 4 #33, #34
  • WS 5 #35
  • WS 6 #7
  • WS 9 #7
  • WS 12 #33
  • 147


  • Weak:
  • WS 4 #35
  • WS 5 #35
  • 149
  • 299
  • 300


  • In Competition:
  • WS 7 #6


  • Showing Stoppers:
  • 295
  • 296
  • 297
  • 298


  • Inviting When Partner Opens 1NT:
  • 6


  • Invitational Cuebid:
  • WS 10 #7, #8, #9
  • 94


  • Invitational in a Minor Over 1NT:
  • WS 4 #30
  • WS 5 #31
  • WS 12 #30
  • 17
  • 165


  • Invitational Jumps:
  • 303


  • Italian Style of Cuebidding:
  • 211


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    J
    Jacoby Two Notrump:
  • L
  • WS 11 #3
  • 137
  • 219
  • 217


  • Jacoby Transfers:
  • Transfers
  • Stayman & Transfer Quiz
  • WS 1
  • 157


  • Josephine:
  • L


  • Jump Shifts:
  • L


  • Strong Jump Shift:
  • 47


  • Weak Jump Shift: (WJS)
  • 48
  • 303


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    K
    Keycards:
  • 5
  • 111


  • Keycard Blackwood:
  • RKCBW
  • RKCBW-Adv
  • 5
  • 19
  • 110
  • 111
  • 118


  • KickBack Blackwood:
  • Adams
  • KB


  • KJBC (kootenay Jewel Bridge Club):
  • 125


  • Kokish Game Tries:
  • KGT


  • Kokish Relays over Two-Club Openings:
  • KR


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    L
    Ladder:
  • 124
  • 143


  • Landy:
  • NT-D
  • 99


  • Last Guess:
  • 282


  • Last Train:
  • 221
  • 222


  • Law of Restricted Choice:
  • L


  • Law of Total Tricks:
  • L
  • RONF L
  • 223
  • 274


  • Leads:

  • Lead Reference
  • 4th Best
  • Top of Nothing
  • WS 10 #4, #5
  • 1
  • 2
  • 37
  • 56
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 63
  • 65


  • 66
  • 67
  • 71
  • 72
  • 76
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 100
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105


  • Leads Against 3NT:
  • 165
  • 168


  • Leads Against NT Holding the Ace:
  • L


  • Leads Against NT Holding KQxxx:
  • L


  • Lead Direction:
  • 1
  • 2
  • 25
  • 52
  • 78
  • 92
  • 133
  • 164


  • Lead Direction Double:
  • WS 12 #31
  • 156
  • 164


  • Lead Don'ts:
  • 133


  • Lead with no Entries:
  • WS 10 #6


  • Lead Protection:
  • 12


  • Lead of a Small Card:
  • 67


  • Lead of the Top of Nothing:
  • 67
  • 120


  • Lead's Future:
  • 127
  • 183


  • MUD Leads:
  • 291


  • Lead: Singleton:
  • 163
  • 219
  • 282


  • Lead: Doubleton:
  • 162


  • Lead: Opponent's Short Suit:
  • 157


  • Lead with few points:
  • 159


  • Lead Weaker Major:
  • 134


  • Lead of Partner's Suit:
  • LPS
  • 171


  • Lead: Passive:
  • 218


  • Lead: When not to lead Partner's Suit:
  • 166
  • 172


  • Lead: Which of Partner's Suits to lead:
  • 207


  • Leads of Aces in Partner's Suit:
  • 133
  • 283


  • Leading Trump:
  • LT


  • Leads Against a Slam:
  • 158


  • Leads Against a Grand:
  • 169
  • 218


  • Leaping Michaels:
  • LM


  • Lebensohl:
  • Leb
  • Concise1
  • Concise2
  • 281


  • Length Points:
  • L
  • P
  • WS 12 #30
  • 134


  • Lightner Double:
  • L


  • Limit of One's Hand:
  • 282
  • 284


  • Limit Raise:
  • L
  • 33
  • 37
  • 132
  • 134
  • WS 2 #36
  • WS 11 #5, #7
  • 267
  • 268
  • 269
  • 270


  • Long Trump Hand Ruffs:
  • SHR
  • 132
  • 186
  • 187
  • 188


  • Looking in Opponent's Hand:
  • L


  • Loser on Loser:
  • 32
  • 76


  • Losers:
  • 130


  • Losers-Slow Ones:
  • 210


  • Lying:

  • L
  • 237
  • 238
  • 239
  • 240
  • 241
  • 242
  • 243
  • 244
  • 245
  • 246
  • 247
  • 248
  • 249
  • 250
  • 251
  • 252


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    M
    Majors:

  • 124
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34


  • Major Limit Raise:
  • 132
  • 267
  • 268
  • 269


  • Major Raise- Simple:
  • WS 11 #9


  • Major Raise- Strong:
  • WS 10 #1


  • Major Raise- Weak:
  • WS 2 #32
  • WS 10 #2


  • McCabe:
  • M


  • Meckwell or Modified DONT
  • NT-D
  • 208


  • Mexican 2 Diamond Opening:
  • L
  • 173
  • 174
  • 175
  • 180
  • 209


  • Michaels Cuebid:
  • L
  • 116
  • 117
  • 153
  • 342


  • Michaels Cuebid: AntiMichaels
  • L


  • Michaels Cuebid: Leaping Michaels:
  • LM


  • Mild Slam Try:
  • 206


  • Minisplinters:
  • L
  • 140
  • 203
  • 204


  • Minors:
  • 124
  • 4
  • 5
  • 9
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 28
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41


  • Minor Limit Raise:
  • 134


  • Minor Suit Transfer:
  • WS 2 #30
  • WS 3 #30
  • 164


  • Misfits:
  • WS 7 #5
  • 48
  • 61
  • 87
  • 90
  • 107
  • 113
  • 224


  • Misfits:Got Their Suit:
  • 339
  • 340
  • 341


  • Misfit at 3-level:
  • 185


  • Modified DONT or Meckwell:
  • NT-D


  • Moose:
  • 218


  • Moysean Play:
  • MP
  • 297


  • MUD Leads:
  • 291


  • Multi 2D:
  • L


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    N
    Natural Lead:
  • 122
  • 184


  • Negative Doubles:
  • L
  • 127
  • 78
  • 79
  • 170
  • 192


  • Nelson Bridge Club:
  • 141


  • New Minor Forcing:
  • L
  • NMF
  • 287
  • 288
  • 289


  • New Suit:

    New Suit at the Two-Level forcing:
  • 136


  • New Suit at the Two-Level Nonforcing:
  • 49
  • 128
  • 159
  • 160
  • 170


  • New Suit at the Three-Level game forcing:
  • 218


  • Non-Advancing Player Signs:
  • L


  • Notrump:

  • 1 NT
  • Better Minor L
  • Stayman
  • Transfers
  • Stayman & Transfer Quiz
  • 1NT Interference
  • Int Over 1NT


  • 3C or 3D over 1NT
  • 3NT or 4H
  • WS 1
  • WS 14
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13


  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 40
  • 41
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100


  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 265


  • Notrump with two doubletons:
  • WS 8-#2
  • 164
  • 169


  • Notrump with a 5-card suit:
  • 157
  • 169


  • Notrump with 5 card major:
  • WS 8-#3


  • Notrump with a singleton ace:
  • 166


  • Notrump: Defense:
  • NT-D


  • Notrump: Interference:
  • L
  • Int Over 1NT


  • Notrump: Invitational in a Minor:
  • 3C or 3D over 1NT
  • 165


  • Notrump: Minor Suit Transfer:
  • 164


  • Notrump Declarer Play:
  • Notrump Declarer Play


  • Notrump Responding Ranges-Pigeon Holes:
  • 124
  • 156
  • 165
  • 314


  • Notrump With a Void:
  • 134


  • Notrump With an unstopped Doubleton:
  • 164


  • Notrump: Singleton in Partner's Suit:
  • 153


  • Notrump: Smolen:
  • L


  • Nuisance Bids:
  • 286


  • Numbers:
  • Rules: By The Numbers


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    O
    Odds:
  • Chances 1
  • Chances 2
  • Chances 3
  • Chances 4
  • Rainy Day
  • 138
  • 139


  • Ogust:
  • WS 7 #3


  • One Diamond Overcall:
  • 172


  • One-Level Overcall:
  • O/C


  • One Notrump Interference:
  • 1NT Interference
  • Int Over 1NT


  • One Notrump Overcall:
  • 160
  • 347




  • One Notrump Response:
  • 150


  • Opener's Ranges:
  • 152


  • Opening Hand:
  • 127
  • 152
  • 153


  • Opening Leads:
  • Lead Reference


  • Opening with Five Clubs and Four Diamonds:
  • 154


  • Overcalls:

  • O/C


  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 170
  • 171
  • 172
  • 283


  • Both Opponents Bid:
  • 229


  • 1NT Overcall:
  • 159
  • 347


  • Overcall Cuebid:
  • 93
  • 171
  • 345


  • Overcall Nuisance:
  • 286


  • With a Four-Card Suit:
  • 271


  • Weaker Overcall of a Preempt:
  • 279
  • 280


  • Overtricks in Scoring:
  • S


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    P
    Partner's Suit-Leading it:
  • LPS
  • 171


  • Passed Hand Bidding:
  • L
  • PHB
  • Passes:
  • 85
  • 86


  • Passive Lead:
  • 204
  • 218


  • Penalty Conversion:
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 92


  • Penalty Doubles:
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90


  • Percentages:
  • Chances 1
  • Chances 2
  • Chances 3
  • Chances 4
  • Rainy Day
  • 138
  • 139


  • Pigeon Holes:
  • 198
  • 314


  • Placement by Assumption:
  • CPBA


  • Plan Ahead:
  • 170


  • Playable Suit:
  • 106
  • 107
  • 113
  • 116
  • 117
  • 119


  • Points, High Cards:
  • 121
  • 159


  • Points, Distributional:
  • P


  • Points, Length:
  • 134
  • P


  • Points for Game:
  • 152


  • Points for Game (Opponents Bid):
  • 133


  • Positive Response to two clubs:
  • WS 1
  • 57
  • 58
  • 163


  • Precision:
  • P


  • Preempts:
  • L
  • WS 1
  • WS 12 #34


  • Weak Two's:
  • L
  • WS 1 #9, #14
  • WS 7 #1, #2 #3
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 162
  • 209


  • Higher:
  • WS 7 #4
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115


  • Overcall of a Preempt, Weaker:
  • 279
  • 280


  • Preempt a Preempt:
  • 206
  • 348


  • Raise One's Own:
  • 199
  • 274
  • 275
  • 276
  • 277
  • 278


  • Rule of Thumb:
  • 130


  • Too Strong to Preempt:
  • WS 5 #32
  • 142
  • 163


  • Principles:

    Principle of Fast Arrival:
  • 57
  • 144


  • Principle of the Forcing Pass:
  • 85


  • Principle of the Fourth Suit:
  • 73


  • Principle of Restricted Choice:
  • L


  • Probabilities:
  • Chances 1
  • Chances 2
  • Chances 3
  • Chances 4
  • Rainy Day
  • 138
  • 139


  • Problem hands:
  • Problem Hands


  • Procrastination:
  • P
  • L


  • Protection:
  • 185


  • Pseudo Squeeze Play:
  • PSP
  • SP


  • Pulling 3NT for 4m:
  • 332


  • Puppet Stayman:
  • 181
  • 182


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    Q
    Quackish:
  • WS 9 #3


  • Quantitative:
  • 21
  • 161


  • Queen Ask (with Keycard Blackwood):
  • RKCBW
  • 118
  • 125
  • 169


  • Quiz-Do You Have the Basics:
  • 171
  • 172
  • 173
  • 174
  • 175
  • 176
  • 177
  • 178
  • 179
  • 180


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    R
    Raise One's Own Preempt:
  • 199
  • 274
  • 275
  • 276
  • 277
  • 278


  • Ranges:
  • 152


  • Rebids:
  • 125
  • 155
  • 160
  • 324


  • Rectify the Count:
  • SP
  • 58
  • 161
  • 190


  • Redoubles:

  • 128
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 90
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108


  • Redouble a Lead-Direct Double:
  • 156


  • SOS Redoubles:
  • 278


  • Re-evaluation:
  • 125
  • 127


  • References:
  • R


  • Responding Ranges:
  • 152


  • Response:
  • L
  • 131
  • 136
  • 150


  • Responses to One Notrump:
  • 165


  • Restricted Choice:
  • L


  • Reverse:
  • L
  • Better Minor L
  • WS 1 #16,#17
  • WS 9 #2
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 150
  • 158
  • 169


  • Reverse Bergen Raises:
  • 202
  • 309


  • Reverse Drury:
  • DC
  • PHB
  • 167
  • 197


  • Reverse Flannery:
  • RF
  • 293
  • 294


  • Right-Side The Contract:
  • RSTC


  • Ripstra:
  • NT-D


  • Roman Hand (4441):
  • 106
  • 178


  • Roman Keycard Blackwood:
  • RKCBW
  • RKCBW-Adv
  • 5
  • 19
  • 110
  • 111
  • 118


  • RONF:
  • L
  • WS 7 #2


  • Ruff Imminent:
  • RI


  • Ruffing Finesse:
  • 129
  • 20
  • 47


  • Ruffing in the Short or Long Trump Hand:
  • 132
  • 136


  • Ruffing Suit Preference:
  • 153


  • Ruffing When 4-3:
  • 170


  • Rules:

  • Rules: By The Numbers


  • Rules of Thumb:
  • 21
  • 62
  • 69
  • 110


  • Rule of 123:
  • 110
  • 115
  • 130


  • Rule of Two:
  • L
  • 96


  • Rule of Eight:
  • L


  • Rule of 8 Ever, Nine Never:
  • L


  • Rule of 9:
  • L


  • Rule of Eleven:
  • 55
  • 96


  • Rule of Seventeen:
  • RONF L
  • 162


  • Rule of Twenty:
  • 106
  • 127


  • Rule of Twenty-Two:
  • L
  • 8
  • 103


  • Runout:
  • 304


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    S
    Sacrifice or Save:
  • 61
  • 71
  • 81
  • 82
  • 85
  • 107
  • 110
  • 115
  • 199
  • 207


  • Safe Lead:
  • 42
  • 58


  • Safety Play:
  • L
  • 19
  • 35
  • 59
  • 67


  • Sandwich:
  • 347


  • Save or Sacrifice:
  • 61
  • 71
  • 81
  • 82
  • 85
  • 107
  • 110
  • 115
  • 207
  • 276
  • 279


  • Scoring:
  • S


  • Second Suit Limit Raise:
  • WS 11


  • Seven-card suit:
  • 323


  • Seven Notrump
  • 218


  • Shape of a Takeout Double:
  • L
  • Blog002
  • WS 10 #2


  • Short Hand Guard:
  • 185


  • Short Hand Ruffs:
  • SHR
  • 132
  • 136
  • 138
  • 184


  • Shortness Points:
  • L
  • 134


  • Signaling:
  • L
  • L
  • 141
  • 153


  • Signs of a Non-Advancing Player:
  • L


  • Simple Response:
  • L
  • 131
  • 136
  • 150


  • Singleton Proliferation:
  • 191


  • Six-four Hands:
  • 322


  • Six-Five Come Alive:
  • 280


  • Skipping Diamonds:
  • L


  • Skipping Four-Card Major:
  • 287


  • Slam Bidding:

  • S
  • 19


  • Both Ways:
  • 263
  • 312


  • Cuebidding to Find Slam:
  • 119
  • 213
  • 273


  • Exclusion:
  • 213
  • 215


  • Forces:

  • L


  • Small Slam Force:
  • 217
  • 272


  • Gerber:
  • 20


  • Grand Slam Force:
  • 216


  • Grand:
  • 120
  • 125
  • 145
  • 154
  • 319
  • 334
  • 335
  • 338


  • HSGT Finding Slam:
  • 331


  • Italian Style of Cuebidding:
  • 211


  • Jacoby Two Notrump:
  • 219


  • Key Card:
  • 213


  • King Ask:
  • 125
  • 145
  • 154


  • Last Train:
  • 221
  • 222


  • Missed SLam:
  • 337


  • Pick a Slam:
  • 214
  • 333


  • Pulling 3NT for 4m:
  • 332


  • Quantitative:
  • 21


  • Queen Ask:
  • 118


  • Serious Three Notrump:
  • 220


  • Small Slam:
  • 22
  • 111


  • Specific King Ask:
  • 218


  • Third Round Control Ask:
  • 212


  • Twenty-Seven Points and a Stiff:
  • L
  • 137
  • 140


  • Two Club Openings:
  • 211


  • Two-Suited Slams:
  • 193
  • 208


  • Sluff and a Ruff:
  • 43
  • 55


  • Smolen:
  • L


  • Solid Major-3NT:
  • SM


  • Soft Values:
  • 18
  • 19


  • Solver:
  • BOS


  • SOS Redoubles:
  • 108
  • 278


  • Specific King Ask:
  • 218


  • Splinters:

  • T
  • L
  • 54
  • 129
  • 137
  • 140


  • Splinters in a Two-Over-One Auction:
  • 301
  • Slam Bonuses in Scoring:
  • S




  • Squeeze Play:
  • PSP
  • SP
  • 58
  • 120
  • 161
  • 190


  • Standard American:
  • Std Am


  • Stay Low Range:
  • 198


  • Stayman:

  • S
  • Quiz
  • 1
  • 281


  • Minor Suit Stayman:
  • 18


  • Trash Stayman:
  • 8


  • Stayman with 4333:
  • 281
  • WS 11 #4


  • Puppet Stayman:
  • 181
  • 182


  • Steps:
  • L


  • Strive to Rebid One Notrump:
  • 289


  • Strive to Rebid Two Notrump:
  • 290


  • Strong Two:
  • L


  • Stopper:
  • WS 8 #2
  • 122


  • Stoppers to Set Up a Suit:
  • 168


  • Stripping the Hand (Elimination):
  • 55


  • Strong Raise:
  • 136
  • 137
  • 143


  • Suit Declarer Play:
  • L


  • Suit Length:
  • L


  • Suit Preference on a Ruff:
  • 153


  • Suit Preference for a Ruff:
  • 285


  • Superacceptance:
  • WS 3 #29
  • WS 12 #29
  • 22
  • 23


  • Suits:
  • 121


  • Surrounding Play:
  • SP


  • Swallowing Points:
  • 166


  • Swiss Teams:
  • L
  • 196


  • Switch:
  • 197


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    T
    Table Presence:
  • L


  • Takeout Doubles:
  • L
  • Blog002
  • WS 10 #1, #2
  • 128
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 114
  • 115


  • Takeout Bid of 4NT:
  • 130


  • Tapping or Forcing Declarer:
  • 126
  • 163
  • 185
  • 201


  • Team of Four:
  • L
  • 196


  • Temporizing:
  • 139


  • Texas Transfers:
  • WS 1
  • 14
  • 24
  • 27


  • Texas Transfers in Competition:
  • WS 8 #8


  • Third Round Control Asking Bid:
  • 219


  • Third Seat Opener:
  • L
  • PHB
  • 167
  • 197


  • Three-Level Misfit:
  • 202


  • Three Notrump-Solid Major:
  • SM


  • Three Notrump not Four Hearts:
  • 205


  • Three Suits, Bidding:
  • 325


  • Three Tip Series (Chalk Talks):
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10


  • Top and Other Cuebid:
  • L
  • 153


  • Top of Nothing:
  • L
  • WS 7 #8


  • Total Tricks, Law of:
  • L
  • RONF L


  • Trail Duplicate Bridge Club (TDBC):
  • 166


  • Trail Standard:
  • TS


  • Transfer Notrump Defense:
  • NT-D


  • Transfers:

  • T
  • Stayman & Transfer Quiz
  • WS 1 #4
  • WS 5 #33, #34, #36
  • WS 6 #1, #6
  • 124
  • 10
  • 11


  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 157
  • 315


  • Transfer Hand grows:
  • WS 5 #36
  • WS 8 #6


  • Transfer Then New Suit:
  • WS 8 #9


  • Transfer Then Two Notrump:
  • WS 6 #8


  • Transfer Over Opponent's Notrump:
  • 97


  • Transfer Weak Two's:
  • The System
  • 179


  • Transportation:
  • 123


  • Trap Pass:ing
  • 86
  • 283


  • Trash Stayman:
  • WS 1 #6
  • 8


  • Trick:
  • 121


  • Trick One Play:
  • L


  • Trick's Value:
  • 127


  • Tricks Not Points:
  • L
  • 141


  • Trump:
  • 121


  • Trump Coup:
  • 188


  • Trump Leads:
  • LT


  • Trump Split-Bad:
  • 182


  • Two Clubs:
  • 2C
  • L
  • WS 1 #13,#15
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61


  • Two Clubs-Kokish Relays:
  • KR


  • Two Clubs-Trail Standard:
  • TS


  • Two Diamond Openings:

    Flannery:
  • 177
  • 206


  • Intermediate:
  • 176


  • Mexican:
  • L
  • 173
  • 174
  • 175
  • 180
  • 209


  • Roman:
  • 178


  • Transfer Weak Two's:
  • The System
  • 179


  • Weak:
  • 209


  • Two Level, New Suit response does not show 10+ points:
  • 49
  • 128
  • 159
  • 160
  • 170
  • 192


  • Two-Level Overcall:
  • O/C


  • Two Notrump:
  • WS 1 #18
  • 129
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29


  • Two Suited Hands:
  • L


  • Two-Over-One:
  • 195
  • 259


  • GF Bids:
  • 253
  • 254
  • 255
  • 256


  • In Competition:
  • 257


  • By a Passed Hand:
  • 258


  • Forcing Notrump Over Major Only:
  • FNT
  • 261
  • 262
  • 266
  • 268
  • 269


  • One Notrump Over a Minor:
  • 260


  • Major Limit Raise:
  • 267


  • Two-Suited Bids:
  • C&U
  • LM
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 116
  • 117
  • 346


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    U
    Unblock:
  • 126


  • Undertricks in Scoring:
  • S


  • Unstopped Doubleton:
  • WS 1
  • 164


  • Unusual:
  • L
  • WS 7 #7
  • 346


  • Unusual Preempt:
  • 230


  • Unusual versus Unusual:
  • L


  • Uppercut:
  • 25
  • 279


  • Up the line:
  • 141
  • 143


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    V
    Void-No Blackwood:
  • 175


  • Vulnerability, Favourable:
  • 144


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    W
    Waiting 2D (Goes with a 2C opening):
  • 55
  • 56
  • 58
  • 59


  • Warfield Duplicate Bridge Club (See KJBC)

    Wasted Points:
  • 133
  • 140
  • 157


  • Watson Notrump Defense:
  • NT-D


  • Weak Hands:
  • 8
  • 14
  • 24
  • 43
  • 44
  • 48
  • 50
  • 57


  • Weak Notrump:
  • 239
  • 240


  • Weak Jump Shift:
  • 48
  • 302


  • Weak Three's:

    Weak Three's: Action Over:
  • 237
  • 238


  • Weak Two's:

  • L
  • WS 1 #9, #14
  • WS 7 #1, #2 #3
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 162
  • 209


  • Weak Two's: Do Not Open:
  • 163
  • 165


  • Weak Two's: Rule of Seventeen:
  • 162


  • Weak Two's: Action Over:
  • 231
  • 232
  • 233


  • Weak Two with Five Cards:
  • 252
  • 271


  • Weissberger:
  • W


  • Western Cuebid:
  • L
  • 72
  • 242


  • Whist:
  • 121
  • 124


  • White Lies:

  • L
  • 237
  • 238
  • 239
  • 240
  • 241
  • 242
  • 243
  • 244
  • 245
  • 246
  • 247
  • 248
  • 249
  • 250
  • 251
  • 252


  • Woolsey, Kit:
  • 277
  • 282
  • 283
  • 284
  • 285
  • 286


  • Workshops:

  • WS 1
  • WS 2
  • WS 3
  • WS 4
  • WS 5
  • WS 6
  • WS 7
  • WS 8
  • WS 9
  • WS 10
  • WS 11
  • WS 12


  • WS 13
  • WS 14
  • WS 15


  • Series 1.Suit Declarer Play
  • Series 2. Notrump Declarer Play


  • Series 3. Defensive Techniques
  • Series 4. Competitive Bidding


  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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    XYZ:
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