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NEW! Introduction To Declarer Play
Bidding is great and winning the contract even better. But if you do not know how to make a plan to make your contract then what good is that! In this 4 week course you will learn :
- Counting Losers
- Counting Winners
- Ruffing losers in the Dummy
- Extra Winners in the Dummy or in Declarer’s Hand
- Long Suit Establishment (aka Taking Tricks with Tiny Cards)
- When and How to take a Finesse and much more!
- Includes Eddie Kantar’s book - 2nd edition, revised and updated by Barbara Seagram.
NEW! Introduction To Defence
Have you noticed that you are defending at bridge 50% of the time? That is right! Did you know that being on Defence is the most fun you can ever have at the bridge table even when you do not have any points in your hand? Let me teach you how to have more fun and to gain respect from all players when you show them you know how to defend!
- Opening Leads against No Trump and Suit contracts
- 2nd hand play
- 3rd hand play
- Signaling against No Trump and Suit contracts
- And much, much more!!
- Includes Eddie Kantar’s book - 2nd edition, revised and updated by Barbara Seagram.
NEW! Thinking Bridge – Plan Your Moves!
Whatever seat you are in, you have to be planning your moves. Let’s spend these sessions where we explore what it feels like to sit in any and all 4 seats, and think like an expert. Only time you will be allowed to relax will be when in the dummy’s seat.
Complete set of different hands for each of the dates. You will love them!
Bridge Basics (for brand new players)
Learn the basic elements of the game of bridge: how to take tricks, how to work with a partner, how to open the bidding in a suit and in No Trump, how to respond, how to compete and more. This is an 8 week program.
Intermediate I
For those who feel rusty and need a refresher and for those moving up from Basic lessons. Opportunities to play and practice online will be provided. Lessons are recorded and can be watched on your own time. This is a 7 week program.
Intermediate II
Weak Two Bids, Strong 2 Club Bids, Slam Bidding, Cue-Bidding First Round Controls, Preempts, Unusual NT, Michaels Cuebids, Opening Light in 3rd seat, Balancing, End Plays, Cross-Ruff, Loser-on-loser play, Introduction to defence, ...and MUCH more!!
An 8-week course includes all recordings, PDF of presentations and practice hands for each week.
Intermediate III
Intermediate 3 is a full course on Defence and Conventions!
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DEFENCE: Third Hand Play, Second Hand Play, Suit Preference Signalling, Strategy on Defence, Lead Directing Doubles, Discarding.
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CONVENTIONS: Negative Doubles, Jacoby 2 NT as a forcing raise, Jacoby Transfers, Texas Transfers, Splinters, Roman Key Card Blackwood, Cue Bids, Slam Bidding and lots more!
Learn to Play Two Over One
- Learn the system that most of North America now plays. It makes it much easier to get to a better contract, easier to find slams on fewer values and easier to know when to stop in a part score. Learn the forcing No Trump bid.
A two day course + one additional hour of practice hands.
BID AND PLAY – THE CONVENTION SERIES
- Lesson 1 - DONT over 1NT Opening Bid
- Lesson 2 - Reverse Drury
- Lesson 3 - Jacoby 2NT and Splinters
- Lesson 4 - Reverse Bergen/Bergen Raises
- Lesson 5 - New Minor Forcing/Checkback Stayman
- Lesson 6 - Fourth Suit Forcing
- Lesson 7 - Four Way Transfers
All lessons come with recordings and PDF of practice hands.
How to order: Please contact me for pricing and other details at mjhammill@rogers.com, indicating the course you are interested in.
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