Intermediates: Modules 4-6

Now that you have a good bridge foundation, we start to introduce some really useful conventions (coded bids with a special meaning) to help you find the best contract to play in.  We also look at how to bid with highly unbalanced hands, especially weak hands with one very long suit.  Defence is not neglected - in each module we build on our list of strategies that defenders can employ to communicate effectively with each other and to help bring down the contract.

1. Limit / Forcing Bids
2. Opening 2 Clubs
3. Bidding slams with Roman Key Card Blackwood
4. Practice Hands 1
5. Red Suit Transfers after 1NT Opening
6. Declarer Planning in NT
7. Practice Hands 2
8. Declarer Planning in Trumps
9. A New Look at Opening Leads
10. Practice Hands 3

1. Overcalls, including weak Jump overcalls
2. Bidding after interference; Negative Doubles
3. Bidding Judgement 1
4. Practice Hands 1
5. Opening 3 Weak Twos
6. Bidding when the opposition have opened  a weak two
7. Practice Hands 2  
8. Declarer Planning; catering for bad breaks, making length winners
9. Showing Shape
10. Practice Hands 3

1. Trial Bids
2. Defence: Discards & Signals on Declarer’s Lead
3. Defence to 1NT (suit overcalls, doubles, the Landy convention)
4. Practice Hands 1
5. Opening Weak 2-level bids
6. Defensive bidding v weak 2s
7. Practice Hands 2
8. Planning the Defence – special signals with AK doubleton; dropping Q under the A; suit preference.
9. Negative doubles
10. Practice Hands 3