| Support Points - 01/01/2025 Beginner |
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| Transfers over Minor Suit Bids - 01/01/2025 Beginner |
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| Bidding Over 1NT - 12/01/24 Beginner |
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| Responding to the Bid of 1-Heart with 4-Spades - 12/10/24 Beginner |
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| Unusual over Unusual - 12/01/24 Beginner |
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| The 1NT Overcall Verses the Take-Out X - 11/01/2024 Beginner |
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| Quantitative Bids and Slams - 11/01/2024 Beginner |
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| What to Bid? - 10/01/2024 Beginner |
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| Two-Way Game Trys - 10/01/2024 Beginner |
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| The Value of Three Small - 10-10/2024 Beginner |
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| The Value of Honors - 09/01/2024 Beginner |
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| Hand Strength - 09/01/2024 Beginner |
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| Takeout Doubles: A New Approach - 09/01/2024 Beginner |
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| The Three Way 2-Club Bid - 08/01/2024 Beginner |
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| The Rule of 210 - 08/01/2024 Beginner |
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| Bidding over 4-level Preempts and 2-Clubs - 08/01/2024 Beginner |
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| Review of ACBL Rules - Convention Charts and Alert Procedure - 07/01/2024 Beginner |
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| When RHO Interfers over 1NT - What is your Bid? - 07/01/2024 Advanced |
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| What is the value of spot cards? - 07/01/2024 Beginner |
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| Hand Evaluation - Fit Points 07/01/2024 Beginner |
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| Modified Drury with Short Suit Game Try (SSGT) - 07/01/2024 Beginner |
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| The Schuler Shift Convention - 06/01/2024 Beginner |
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| Control Asking Bids vs. Cue Bids - 06/01/2024 Intermediate |
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| FSF vs. 3-suited Lebensohl - 06/01/2024 Advanced |
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| A Review of Kickback, Jacoby and More - 05/01/2024 Advanced |
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| Bidding Over Takeout X of a Major - 05/01/2024 Intermediate |
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| Transfers over the Short Club Playing 2/1 - 05/01//2024 Beginner |
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| Opening a Hand 2-Clubs in 2/1 -- The Responses - 04/01/2024 Beginner |
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| Romex Game Trys - Asking Permission 04/01/2024 Intermediate |
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| 4-way Transfers - A New Gadget 04/01/2024 Intermediate |
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| Improving the 2/1 Bidding System 03/01/2024 Beginner |
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| New Convention for responding to a Major when Playing 2/1 or Precision 01/01/24 Beginner |
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| When to Interfere Over 1NT or Prcision Club 01/01/24 Beginner |
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| Flawed Hand Evaluation 01/01/24 Beginner |
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| Cue Bids vs 4NT 01/01/24 Beginner |
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| Responses over 1H -Pass -1S bid 12/01/23 Beginner |
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| Hand Evaluation - Think Outside the Box 11/01/2023 Beginner |
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| Slam Bidding - Switch to kickback 10/14/2023 Intermediate |
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| Weak 2-Level Bids 10/01/23 Beginner |
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| The Invitational 2/1 Bid and the New ACBL CC 09/01/2023 Beginner |
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| Framented Spirals better than 3344 Spiral Bids 08/18/2023 Advanced |
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| Modified Reverse Bergen 08/04/2023 Beginner |
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| Introduction to Slam Bidding 08/01/2023 Intermediate/Advanced |
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| Do you use Weak-2 Bids? 07/01/2023 Beginner |
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| The Strong Diamond-Forcing Transfer Club Convention 07/08/2023 Advanced |
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| Jump Bids 06/01/2023 Beginner |
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| Responding to 2NT 06/01/2023 Beginner |
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| Bidding Over 1NT? 05/01/2023 Beginner |
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| What is Your Game Try Agreement? 05/01/2023 Beginner |
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| Transfer Overcalls 05/01/2023 Beginner |
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| Is it Gerber? 04/10/2023 Beginner |
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| Baze after Stayman 04/10/2023 Intermediate |
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| Quantitative or Baze? 04/01/2023 Advanced |
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| Pete Mathews Jr. Notes and Conventions 03/05/2023 Intermediate/Advanced |
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| Bidding over 3/4-level preempts 03/01/2023 Beginner |
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| A New Strategy for Winnning at Team Games 02/01/2023 Beginner/Intermediate |
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| Responding to 1NT 01/01/2023 Beginner |
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| Defending Against Weak Opening Bids 11 /23/2022 Beginner |
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| Responding to a Minor Suit Bid 11/23/2022 Beginner |
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| Responding to a Major Suit Bid 11/23/2022 Beginner |
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| How to Evaluate a Major Suit Fit 10/20/2022 Beginner |
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| The Soloway 5-3 Convention 11/03/22 Intermediate |
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| Re-define the Bids of 2-clubs and 2-NT! 10/20/2022 Beginner |
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| Five Card Majors the Scanian Way 10/20/2022 Beginner |
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| NMF or 2-Way NMF? 10/20/2022 Beginner |
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| Why open 2NT? 09/24/2022 Beginner |
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| Why open 2D? 09/24/2022 beginner |
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| Responding to the Bid of One Club 09/24/2022 Beginner |
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| Responding to Overcalls with Fit Bids 08/28/2022 Beginner |
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| Overcall or Takeout X 08/28/2022 Beginner |
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| Responding to Weak Two Bids 08/28/2022 Beginner |
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| Do You Use Gerber? 07/27/2022 Beginner |
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| Fit Showing Jump (FSJ) Bids to Replace Bergen 07/28/2022 Beginner |
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| An Alternative to 2/1 07/28/2022 Intermediate |
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| Weak Diamond Strong Club 2/1 System 07/28/2022 Advanced |
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| Why Bid 2NT? 06/19/22 Beginner |
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| Enhanced Transfer Bids 06/19/22 Beginner |
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| Responding to the Bid of Two Clubs 06/09/22 Beginner |
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| Using Hand Patterns to Win at Bridge 05/27/22 Beginner |
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| Some Useful Bridge Probabilities 05/23/22 Beginner |
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| Why not open 1H when 4-4 in the majors! 05/15/22 Beginner |
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| Three Level Transfer Bids 05/13/22 Beginner |
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| Transfer Bids over a Major Suit Bid 05/12/22 Beginner |
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| Why the "Law" and Bergen Bids Fail 04/24/22 Beginner |
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| Improve Your Bidding Judgement 04/24/22 Beginner |
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| Bidding Matters 04/24/22 Beginner |
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| Bidding 3NT and Making 2-Level Overcalls 04/12/22 Beginner |
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| A History of the 4-3-2-1 Point Count 03/15/22 Beginner |
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| The Optimal Modified 2/1-Club System (2022) |
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| Overview of the Modified Optimal 2/1-Club System 03/01/22 |
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| How Many Points in a Bridge Deck? 12/15/22 Beginner |
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| Losing Trick Count - A Review 11/22/21 Beginner |
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| Why do 2/1 and Precision Fail? Beginner |
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| What is a Queen worth? 11/18/21 Beginner |
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| How to Evaluate Fit Points 11/18/21 Beginner |
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| Precision Revisited 11/14/21 Beginner |
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| Hand Evaluation and Monologue Bidding 11/12/21 Advanced |
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| Bridge Squeeze 11/04/21 Beginner |
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| Interfering over Artificial Strong Two Bids 10/27/21 Beginner |
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| Simple Suit Overcalls 10/25/21 Beginner |
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| The Forcing Pass 10/20/21 Beginner |
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| Fit-Showing Jumps and Mixed Raises 10/14/21 Intermediate |
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| When do you Open in the 3rd Seat? 10/09/21 Intermediate |
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| Balancing Seat Bidding 10/09/21 Intermediate |
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| Math in Bridge 09/30/21 Beginner |
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| Do you bid 6NT or 6M in Matchpoints? 09/17/21 Advanced |
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| Do you open 1NT with a 5-card Major? 09/11/21 Beginner |
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| A Modern Anti-Splinter Bidding Convention 09/03/21 Advanced |
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| Splinters, Fragment & Anti-Splinter Bids 08/02/21 Advanced |
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| Do you Need 8HCP for Stayman? 07/10/21 Beginner |
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| Eastern and Western Cue Bids 07/09/21 Beginner |
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| Five-Card Weak 2-Level Bids 07/06/21 Beginner |
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| Investigating Slam After a Weak 2-Level Bid 07/06/21 Beginner |
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| Choosing the Best Slam 07/04/21 Beginner |
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| Standard Major Suit Fit Bids 07/01/21 Beginner |
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| Responding to 1NT over Interference 06/30/21 Intermediate |
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| New York Splinter Bids after 1NT 06/28/2021 Intermediate |
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| Jacoby 2NT* Revisited 06/27/2021 Beginner |
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| A Modern Splinter Bidding Convention 06/28/21 Intermediate |
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| Quantitative or Baze 06/27/21 Advanced |
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| What is your Carding Agreement? 06/24/2021 Beginner |
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| Hand Evaluation Revisited 06/21/2021Beginner |
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| Evaluating a Hand Playing Two-Over-One 06/20/2021 Beginner |
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| Compete or Defend Playing 2/06/24/2021 Beginner |
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| Hand Evaluation in Precision 07/10/2021 Beginner |
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| Artificial 3-Level Preempts 06/13/2021 Intermediate |
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| When is 2/1 Bid or a Reverse Not a Game Force? 05/30/21 Intermediate |
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| 2/1, Standard Precision, MOSICITO & MOSSO 05/31/21 Intermediate |
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| What is a Standard Bridge Lead? 05/22/21 Beginner |
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| Lebensohl 4 Penalty Or Fast Arrival are NoNo's 05/18/21 Intermediate |
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| Do you Super Accept or Use 2-Way Drury? 05/18/21 Intermediate |
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| Are You Using Transfer Bidding Conventions? 05/18/21 Advanced |
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| Using Keycard Asks 05/18/21 Advanced |
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| 2/1 Tip and Play 05/18/21 Beginner/Intermediate |
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| Interference Over Weak NT 05/18/21 Intermediate |
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| An Update - Responding to 2NT 05/18/21 Intermediate |
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| Which agreement NMF, CS, Two-way or XYZ? 05/08/21 Advanced |
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| Which is better a 4-4 or 5-3 Major Suit Fit? 04/04/21 Beginner |
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| Do you play Gerber? 04/25/21 Beginner |
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| What do you open with18-19 points? 03/10/2021 Intermediate |
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| Good-Bye to 1NT* Forcing with the Marionette? 02/28/21 Advanced |
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| The SIXPACK vs DRKCB Convention 02/20/21 Advanced |
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| Pattern Relays and Barnacle & Arizona Transfers 02/23/21 Advanced |
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| Bidding Systems to Find Major Suit Fits 02/25/21 Intermediate/Advanced |
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| Truscott 1NT* Avoidance Convention 02/18/21 Advanced |
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| TRUPPET Stayman 02/17/21 Advanced |
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| Responding to Weak Two Bids 02/17/21 Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced |
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| Texas Two's 02/15/21 Intermediate/Advanced |
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| The Modern Roth 1NT* System 02/13/21 Intermediate |
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| Kantar Relay Convention 02/10/21 Advanced |
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| Double Barrel Puppet Stayman 02/07/21 Advanced |
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| The CONFIT Convention 02/07/21 Advanced |
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| JACMAN Convention 02/18/21 Advanced |
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| Bidding after 1NT Forcing/Semi-forcing/Hybrid? 02/01/21 Beginner |
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| Are you using the best 2♣ Convention? 01/30/21 Advanced |
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| When do you bid game? 01/21/21 Beginner |
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| Lead Types and Defensive Signals? 01/20/21 Beginner |
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| Listen to the Bidding - What you may Learn! 01/19/21 Beginner |
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| Card Counting with Hand Patterns 01/18/21 Intermediate |
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| An exception to "second hand low"! 01/17/21 Beginner |
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| 2/1 Replace 2♣ with 2♦*? 01/16/21 Intermediate |
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| When do you Bid/Pass the bid of 1NT* or X/pass a 2-level Bid? 01/10/21 Intermediate |
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| Gambling 3NT* Explained 01/08/21 Beginner |
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| More on One and Two Level Negative Doubles 01/05/21 Intermediate |
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| Criteria for a Simple Overcall 01/01/21 Beginner |
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| Overcall or Double - Beginner |
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| The ELCD - Distribution & Points Intermediate |
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| Drury, Reverse Drury, 2-Way Drury - Other Options Intermediate |
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| 1NT Forcing/Semi-Forcing/ Hybrid - Or a Forcing 1NT* Gadgit? Intermediate |
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| What is 2NT* after the bid of 1♥/1♠? Intermediate |
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| A Look at the Double Club Convention Advanced |
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| The Modified Walsh-Ultimate 1♣*/1♦* Convention Advanced |
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| The Short Club and Two Diamond Bids Playing 2/1 Intermediate |
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| Interference over strong 1/2 Level Bids Intermediate |
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| When do you bid over 4♠ or X? Intermediate |
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| Bidding over 3/4/5 Level Preempts Intermediate |
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| Bidding against Preempts aka Mike Lawrence Intermediate |
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| What do you bid after the Opponents Bid and Raise (OBAR)? Intermeduate |
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| What does the bid of 2NT mean by a passed hand? Beginner |
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| When to Duck On Offense and Defense Beginner |
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| What Shall we Play? Beginner |
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| Do you need Exclusion Keycard Blackwood? Intermediate |
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| Unusual 2-Level Major Suit Bids Intermediate |
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| Identification of Aces Intermediate |
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| Give UP Jacoby 2NT? Intermediate |
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| Inversion/Inverted Rebids Advanced |
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| Super Accepting Convenional Bids over 1NT and 2NT Advanced |
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| What is 4♣ ov 3NT? Intermediate |
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| After 1m - 2NT --- What is your Bid? Intermediate |
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| Bidding with Shortness and/or Double Fits Intermediate |
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| Game Forcing Unless Suit Rebid Intermediate |
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| Competing Over the Forcing 1NT Bid Intermediate |
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| Aggressive Bidding Guidlines Beginner |
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| Interfering Over the Precision Club Beginner |
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| Stayman with 0-7/8 HCP Beginner |
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| Roman Jump Overcalls Advanced |
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| Strong 1NT (15-18) Overcalls - Are systems On/Off? Intermediate |
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| The Undercall Club Advanced |
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| Opening Suit Leads Beginner |
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| Suit Bidding Battles Beginner |
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