Play a hand of bridge, watch the video, take a break. Today we're looking at reverse bidding.
What is a reverse bid in bridge? It's when opener's second bid is a new suit at the 2 level in a higher ranking suit than their opening bid. It shows 16+ points.
Overtricks are important in duplicate bridge but so is making our contract. On this hand we have to decide whether to play safe by ducking the first round of clubs or are we going to try and win every trick we possibly can.
When we're planning the play in a hand of bridge it's helpful to have some basic strategies to consider. A common way of playing hand in a suit contract is to draw trumps and then establish a side suit.