Notrump Fundamentals

(82) More Notrump Bidding: Advanced Lebensohl (Delayed Lebensohl)

(82)  More Notrump Bidding:  Advanced Lebensohl (Delayed Lebensohl)

We use Lebensohl (or Simple-sohl) in auctions where the opponents interfere directly over our 1N opening bid. This week we will examine some more complex auctions where the opponents interfere over our 1N opening bid.  We will see that Lebensohl (or Simple-sohl) can be used to help us deal with these auctions as well.   

(81) More Notrump Bidding: When to Open 1NT Off-Shape

(81)  More Notrump Bidding:  When to Open 1NT Off-Shape

1N is the best opening bid in all of Bridge.  It does a great job of describing the "big picture" of our hand.  With some hands that have difficult rebid problems we will choose to make a flawed 1N opener because it is the best description of our hand that we can come up with.  This week we examine some of these difficult bidding hands that are best solved by opening 1N.