Bridge Lessons - Bidding And Card Play

Welcome to our library of free online bridge lessons, designed to help players of all skill levels learn, practice, and improve their game. Whether you are completely new to contract bridge or already have some experience at the table we're here to help you become a stronger and more confident bridge player.

♠ Short, focused videos that explain a specific concept or technique. Once you've watched the video, you can play hands that reinforce what you've learned or play bridge online anytime with the daily deal.

♥ If you're a beginner, our lessons will introduce you to the rules of the game, bidding basics and card play techniques.

♦ For improvers, explore topics such as the Rule of 20, Fourth Suit Forcing, Blackwood, slam bidding, declarer play and defence.

♣ Experienced players can work on their card counting skills, suit combinations and matchpoint strategies.

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Bridge For Beginners

How To Play Bridge

Want to play the card game bridge? This guide will show you how to play bridge, understand bidding, and play free games online.

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Drawing Trumps

A simple hand with an opening bid of your longest suit. Learn about drawing trumps, then play the hand yourself.

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Opening 1NT

Learn about the Acol 1NT opening bid.

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Bidding Lessons

Bidding Strategy

Better bidding at bridge

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Rule Of Twenty

Unsure whether to open a light hand? Master the Rule of 20 in bridge to accurately evaluate your point count and suit length.

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Fourth Suit Forcing

An essential bidding convention used to map out game forcing hands when alternative bids aren't clear.

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Trial Bids

Discover how to invite your partner to a game after a major suit fit has been established.

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Slam Bidding

Slam Bidding

Slam bidding videos and practice hands.

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Blackwood

Learn about ace asking in bridge. When and how to use Blackwood.

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Cue Bidding

Learning cue bidding will help pinpoint your controls and improve your slam bidding.

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Setting Trumps

Using fourth suit forcing to set trumps

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Card Play

Declarer Play

Improve your declarer play with practice hands and short, practical videos on card play technique.

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Winning Extra Tricks

Learn how to establish a suit to win extra tricks in bridge.

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Hold Up Play

Learn about the hold up play in bridge to break the opponents' communication

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Defence

Opening Leads

The opening lead is possibly the most informative card for the defence.

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Attitude Signals

Learn about attitude signals in bridge.

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Counting The Cards

How To Count The Cards

Counting the cards is a skill that you just have to keep working on.

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Hand Shape Practice

Master bridge card counting with our interactive Shape Machine. Practice recognizing hand patterns (like 4432) at your own pace to improve your play.

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Suit Combination Practice

A tool to help card visualisation.

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Matchpoint Strategy

Match Point Scoring

Learn how the scores are calculated in duplicate bridge

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Overtricks

Matchpoint pairs strategy involves some risk taking. It's fun!

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