Play A Game Of Bridge
Thursday May 14
New to bridge? I'll walk you through your very first hand — no experience needed. In a few minutes you'll learn the four key things every bridge player needs to know: how tricks work, what trumps are, how the auction decides the trump suit, and how to play out a hand as declarer. By the end, you'll know enough to play your first real hand of bridge.
Playing each suit the optimum way will win you a lot of extra tricks in bridge. Today we're looking at AJ9x opposite xxxx.
If you're happy playing in a 4-3 trump fit sometimes then you can use Stayman with weak hands.
When you pick up a hand with slam potential, how do you and your partner find out whether it's safe to bid it?
What is North doing, passing twice and then doubling? It's a balancing double. North has worked out that the points must be evenly spread and he'd rather not defend at the 2 level!
