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This Week in Bridge (TWiB) Archives
- January 2012
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February 2012
- Feb 6, 2012 (5) NT Fundamentals: Responding to NT with the Majors
- Feb 13, 2012 (6) NT Fundamentals: Simple-sohl
- Feb 20, 2012 (7) NT Fundamentals: Superaccepts
- Feb 27, 2012 (8) NT Fundamentals: Minor Suit Transfers
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March 2012
- Mar 5, 2012 (9) 2/1 Game Forcing: Modern Bridge Standard
- Mar 12, 2012 (10) 2/1 Game Forcing: Rebids - 2M Waiting, 3L Extras
- Mar 19, 2012 (11) 2/1 Game Forcing: 1D - 2C Auctions
- Mar 26, 2012 (12) 2/1 Game Forcing: 1NT Forcing and 3 over 1 Invitational
- Mar 30, 2012 (13) 2/1 Game Forcing: Slam Bidding and Fast Arrival
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July 2012
- Jul 2, 2012 (14) Doubles: A Call for Any Occasion
- Jul 9, 2012 (15) Doubles: Advancing Partner's Takeout Double
- Jul 16, 2012 (16) Doubles: Dealing with the Opponent's Takeout Double
- Jul 23, 2012 (17) Doubles: High-level Doubles - Forcing Pass
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August 2012
- Aug 6, 2012 (18) Fits: Finding Fits
- Aug 13, 2012 (19) Fits: Finding Fits in Competition
- Aug 20, 2012 (20) Fits: Hand Evaluation and the Law of Total Tricks
- Aug 27, 2012 (21) Fits: Hand Evaluation - Jacoby 2NT and Splinters
- Aug 28, 2012 (22) Fits: Help Suit Game Tries
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September 2012
- Sep 3, 2012 (23) More Notrump: Lebensohl
- Sep 10, 2012 (24) More Notrump: Responding with Unbalanced Hands
- Sep 17, 2012 (25) More Notrump: Bidding Slam after Partner Opens 1NT
- Sep 24, 2012 (26) More Notrump: Responding to 2NT
- Sep 30, 2012 (27) More Notrump: Trick-taking NT Bids
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October 2012
- Oct 1, 2012 (28) Overcalls: Simple Overcalls
- Oct 8, 2012 (29) Overcalls: Interferer's Options
- Oct 15, 2012 (30) Overcalls: Advancing Partner's Overcall with a Fit
- Oct 22, 2012 (31) Overcalls: Rebids After We Overcall
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November 2012
- Nov 5, 2012 (32) Constructive Bidding: Inverted Minors
- Nov 12, 2012 (33) Constructive Bidding: 1430 Keycard and 1430 Gerber
- Nov 19, 2012 (34) Constructive Bidding: Opening 2C
- Nov 26, 2012 (35) Constructive Bidding: Reverses and Jump Shifts
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December 2012
- Dec 3, 2012 (36) Competitive Bidding: Preempts
- Dec 10, 2012 (37) Competitive Bidding: Raising Partner in Competition
- Dec 17, 2012 (38) Competitive Bidding: Double, Michaels, and Unusual NT
- Dec 24, 2012 (39) Competitive Bidding: Is It Forcing?
- Dec 31, 2012 (40) Competitive Bidding: Unusual v. Unusual and Unusual v. Michaels
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January 2013
- Jan 7, 2013 (41) Around the Table: Vulnerability and Position
- Jan 14, 2013 (42) Around the Table: Opener
- Jan 21, 2013 (43) Around the Table: Interferer
- Jan 28, 2013 (44) Around the Table: Responder
- Jan 31, 2013 (45) Around the Table: Advancer
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February 2013
- Feb 4, 2013 (46) Advanced Notrump: 14-16 1NT Openings
- Feb 11, 2013 (47) Advanced Notrump: Rodwell Size Ask
- Feb 18, 2013 (48) Advanced Notrump: Transfer Lebensohl
- Feb 25, 2013 (49) Advanced Notrump: Slam Tries with Shortness
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March 2013
- Mar 4, 2013 (50) More Doubles: Competitive Doubles
- Mar 11, 2013 (51) More Doubles: Double After Notrump
- Mar 18, 2013 (52) More Doubles: Support Doubles in Depth
- Mar 25, 2013 (53) More Doubles: Scrambling 2NT
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July 2013
- Jul 1, 2013 (54) Hand Evaluation I: Counting Points 1 - Before the Auction Begins
- Jul 8, 2013 (55) Hand Evaluation I: Counting Points 2 - After Partner Bids
- Jul 15, 2013 (56) Hand Evaluation I: Counting Points 3 - When the Opponents Bid
- Jul 22, 2013 (57) Hand Evaluation I: Evaluate and Keep Re-Evaluating!
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August 2013
- Aug 5, 2013 (58) Hand Evaluation II: Size of Trump Fits
- Aug 14, 2013 (59) Hand Evaluation II: Double Fits and Misfits
- Aug 20, 2013 (60) Hand Evaluation II: Fitting Cards and Wasted Values
- Aug 26, 2013 (61) Hand Evaluation II: Losers and Covers
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September 2013
- Sep 2, 2013 (62) Defensive Agreements: Carding and Signals (UDCA)
- Sep 9, 2013 (63) Defensive Agreements: Discards
- Sep 16, 2013 (64) Defensive Concepts: Types of Defense
- Sep 23, 2013 (65) Defensive Concepts: Middle of the Hand Defense
- Sep 30, 2013 (66) Defensive Concepts: Partnership Defense Philosophies
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October 2013
- Oct 14, 2013 (67) Opening Leads: Card Combinations and More
- Oct 21, 2013 (68) Opening Leads: Listen to the Auction
- Oct 28, 2013 (69) Opening Leads: Leads in Partner's Suit
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November 2013
- Nov 4, 2013 (70) Constructive Bidding Tools: Kokish Over 2C Opening
- Nov 11, 2013 (71) Constructive Bidding Tools: Control Showing Cuebids
- Nov 18, 2013 (72) Constructive Bidding Tools: Forcing Passes
- Nov 25, 2013 (73) Constructive Bidding Tools: Minorwood
- Nov 29, 2013 (74) Constructive Bidding Tools: Help Suit Game Tries
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January 2014
- Jan 8, 2014 (75) What to Expect: Captaincy
- Jan 13, 2014 (76) What to Expect: Planning Rebids - What to Expect from Responder
- Jan 20, 2014 (77) What to Expect: Planning as Responder
- Jan 27, 2014 (78) What to Expect: When Responder is a Passed Hand
- February 2014
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March 2014
- Mar 3, 2014 (83) More 2/1: Bypassing 4-card Suits
- Mar 10, 2014 (84) More 2/1: Bidding the 4th Suit
- Mar 17, 2014 (85) More 2/1: Solid Suits
- Mar 24, 2014 (86) More 2/1: Splinters
- Mar 31, 2014 (87) More 2/1: Pattern Out Auctions
- April 2014
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May 2014
- May 5, 2014 (92) Advanced Bidding Topics - Drury, 2-way Reverse
- May 12, 2014 (93) Advanced Bidding Topics - Lebensohl over Reverses
- May 19, 2014 (94) Advanced Bidding Topics - 2-way NMF and Modified Wolff
- May 26, 2014 (95) Advanced Bidding Topics - Walsh and Extended Walsh with 2-way NMF
- May 30, 2014 (96) Advanced Bidding Topics - Fit Showing Jumps
- January 2015
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February 2015
- Feb 2, 2015 (101) More on Fits: Raising Responder's Suit
- Feb 9, 2015 (102) More on Fits: Raising Responder in Competition
- Feb 16, 2015 (103) More on Fits: Responder's Rebid
- Feb 23, 2015 (104) More on Fits: New Minor Forcing in Depth
- Feb 27, 2015 (105) More on Fits: 4th Suit Forcing in Depth
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March 2015
- Mar 9, 2015 (106) More Constructive Bidding: 3rd Seat Openings
- Mar 16, 2015 (107) More Constructive Bidding: Overcalling 4-card Suits
- Mar 23, 2015 (108) More Constructive Bidding: Kokish Game Tries
- Mar 30, 2015 (109) More Constructive Bidding: 2NT Trump Ask
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April 2015
- Apr 6, 2015 (110) More Competitive Bidding: Overcalls by Level
- Apr 13, 2015 (111) More Competitive Bidding: Leaping Michaels
- Apr 20, 2015 (112) More Competitive Bidding: Dealing with 4M Interference
- Apr 27, 2015 (113) More Competitive Bidding: Balancing by Responder
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May 2015
- May 4, 2015 (114) Constructive Bidding Opposite 3rd Hand Openings: Drury Follow-ups and Alternatives
- May 11, 2015 (115) Constructive Bidding Opposite 3rd Hand Openings: Pass - 1 Major - 2 Notrump
- May 18, 2015 (116) Constructive Bidding Opposite 3rd Hand Openings: Cuebid as Limit Raise+ by a Passed Hand
- May 25, 2015 (117) Constructive Bidding Opposite 3rd Hand Openings: Advanced Drury in Competition
- July 2015
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August 2015
- Aug 3, 2015 (122) Declarer Play - Suits: Counting Losers
- Aug 10, 2015 (123) Declarer Play - Suits: Trump Fits
- Aug 17, 2015 (124) Declarer Play - Suits: Ruffing Values
- Aug 24, 2015 (125) Declarer Play - Suits: Misfits and Moysians
- September 2015
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October 2015
- Oct 5, 2015 (130) Defensive Details: Dummy Has Qxx+
- Oct 12, 2015 (131) Defensive Details: Ace or Queen for Attitude; King for Count (Unblock)
- Oct 19, 2015 (132) Defensive Details: Smith Echo (Reverse)
- Oct 26, 2015 (133) Defensive Details: Suit Preference Situations
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November 2015
- Nov 2, 2015 (134) More Advanced Bidding: Upgrade to Jacoby 2NT
- Nov 9, 2015 (135) More Advanced Bidding: Internal Reverses
- Nov 16, 2015 (136) More Advanced Bidding: 1M - 3N as a Good 1M - 4M Raise
- Nov 23, 2015 (137) More Advanced Bidding: Kansas City Stayman
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January 2016
- Jan 4, 2016 (138) Bidding Philosophy: Steps vs. Specific Bids
- Jan 11, 2016 (139) Bidding Philosophy: Cuebidding the Opponent's Suit
- Jan 18, 2016 (140) Bidding Philosophy: Lead Directing Doubles
- Jan 25, 2016 (141) Bidding Philosophy: Transfers in Competition
- February 2016
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March 2016
- Mar 7, 2016 (146) More Competitive Bidding: What is a Stopper?
- Mar 14, 2016 (147) More Competitive Bidding: After Partner's Negative Double
- Mar 21, 2016 (148) More Competitive Bidding: After Partner's Responsive Double
- Mar 28, 2016 (149) More Competitive Bidding: Good-Bad 2NT
- Mar 31, 2016 (150) More Competitive Bidding: Two Places to Play NT Bid
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April 2016
- Apr 11, 2016 (151) Balancing: Balancing NT
- Apr 18, 2016 (152) Balancing: Balancing with Distributional Hands
- Apr 25, 2016 (153) Balancing: Range Stayman
- Apr 29, 2016 (154) Balancing: More Balancing
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May 2016
- May 9, 2016 (155) Advanced Competitive Bidding: McCabe
- May 16, 2016 (156) Advanced Competitive Bidding: 1-Major (X) Transfers
- May 23, 2016 (157) Advanced Competitive Bidding: 1-minor (X) Transfers
- May 30, 2016 (158) Advanced Competitive Bidding: Transfer McCabe
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July 2016
- Jul 4, 2016 (159) Notrump: Slam Tools - Gerber and 1430 Keycard
- Jul 11, 2016 (160) Notrump and More: 19+ to 21 2NT Openings
- Jul 18, 2016 (161) Notrump and More: 1NT Overcalls
- Jul 25, 2016 (162) Notrump and More: Western Cuebids
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August 2016
- Aug 1, 2016 (163) Constructive Bidding: Constructive and Limping Raises
- Aug 8, 2016 (164) Constructive Bidding: 1M - 3NT
- Aug 15, 2016 (165) Constructive Bidding: Q=LR+ and Weak Jump Raises
- Aug 22, 2016 (166) Constructive Bidding: Raising 1M with 5-card Support
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September 2016
- Sep 5, 2016 (167) Notrump Fundamentals: Responding to 2NT with Majors
- Sep 12, 2016 (168) Notrump Fundamentals: Puppet Stayman and Modern Puppet Stayman
- Sep 19, 2016 (169) Notrump Fundamentals: Stayman then 2S
- Sep 26, 2016 (170) Notrump Fundamentals: They X Our Transfer
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October 2016
- Oct 3, 2016 (171) Competitive Bidding: Weak Jump Shifts by Responder
- Oct 10, 2016 (172) Competitive Bidding: Weak Jump Overcalls
- Oct 17, 2016 (173) Competitive Bidding: Jump Overcalls in the Passout Seat
- Oct 24, 2016 (174) Competitive Bidding: New Suit by Advancer
- November 2016
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January 2017
- Jan 2, 2017 (179) Bridge Philosophy: Listening to the Opponents' Auction
- Jan 9, 2017 (180) Bridge Philosophy: Visualizing Opener's Hand as a Defender
- Jan 16, 2017 (181) Bridge Philosophy: Visualizing Responder's Hand as a Defender
- Jan 23, 2017 (182) Bridge Philosophy: Play the Hand During the Auction
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February 2017
- Feb 6, 2017 (183) Finding Fits: Jacoby 2NT
- Feb 13, 2017 (184) Finding Fits: Splinter Bids by Responder
- Feb 20, 2017 (185) Finding Fits: Bergen Raises
- Feb 27, 2017 (186) Finding Fits: Splinter Bids by Opener
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March 2017
- Mar 6, 2017 (187) Notrump Interference: DONT and Meckwell
- Mar 13, 2017 (188) Notrump Interference: Woolsey
- Mar 20, 2017 (189) Notrump Interference: Bidding Over Weak Notrump
- Mar 27, 2017 (190) Notrump Interference: Responding to 1NT vs. 3-Level Interference
- April 2017
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May 2017
- May 1, 2017 (195) Doubles: Maximal Doubles
- May 8, 2017 (196) Doubles: Snapdragon Doubles
- May 15, 2017 (197) Doubles: Rosenkranz Redoubles
- May 22, 2017 (198) Doubles: Anti-Lead Directing Doubles
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July 2017
- Jul 3, 2017 (199) NT Play: Danger Hand
- Jul 10, 2017 (200) NT Play: Giving Up Control
- Jul 17, 2017 (201) NT Play: Transportation
- Jul 24, 2017 (202) NT Play: Timing
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August 2017
- Aug 7, 2017 (203) Suit Play: Using Suits in Dummy Equal in Length to Declarer
- Aug 14, 2017 (204) Suit Play: Using Dummy's Shortness
- Aug 21, 2017 (205) Suit Play: Establishing Length in Dummy
- Aug 28, 2017 (206) Suit Play: Using Powerful Length in Dummy
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September 2017
- Sep 6, 2017 (207) Defense: Planning the Defense
- Sep 11, 2017 (208) Defense: Figuring Out Declarer's Hand - Asking Questions
- Sep 18, 2017 (209) Defense: Assumptions on Defense
- Sep 25, 2017 (210) Defense: Which Honor to Cover or Capture
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October 2017
- Oct 2, 2017 (211) Defense: Getting Your Ruffs
- Oct 9, 2017 (212) Defense: When to Get Active
- Oct 16, 2017 (213) Defense: Always Lead Partner's Suit?
- Oct 23, 2017 (214) Defense: Always Return Partner's Lead?
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November 2017
- Nov 6, 2017 (215) Advanced Bidding: Transfer Wolff Over 2NT Rebids
- Nov 20, 2017 (217) Advanced Bidding: Spear
- Nov 27, 2017 (218) Advanced Bidding: Advanced Ogust
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January 2018
- Jan 1, 2018 (219) Partnership Discussions - Understanding Partner's Style
- Jan 8, 2018 (220) Offensively- vs. Defensively-Oriented Hands
- Jan 15, 2018 (221) Corrective vs. Forward-Going Bids
- Jan 22, 2018 (222) Negative Doubles Overview
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February 2018
- Feb 5, 2018 (223) Modern 1NT Opening Bids
- Feb 12, 2018 (224) Responding After a Penalty Double of a 1NT Opening
- Feb 19, 2018 (225) 3S Minor Suit Slam Try after 2NT Opening
- Feb 26, 2018 (226) Modern System Vs. Weak 1NT Opening Bids
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March 2018
- Mar 5, 2018 (227) New Minor Forcing Fundamentals
- Mar 12, 2018 (228) Preempt Keycard
- Mar 19, 2018 (229) Meckstroth Advances
- Mar 26, 2018 (230) Modern Lebensohl and Modern Transfer Lebensohl
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April 2018
- Apr 2, 2018 (231) Simple Overcalls at the 1-Level
- Apr 9, 2018 (232) Simple Overcalls at the 2-Level
- Apr 16, 2018 (233) Jump Overcalls at the 2-Level
- Apr 23, 2018 (234) 2-Suited Overcalls
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May 2018
- May 7, 2018 (235) Sandwich Seat Overcalls
- May 14, 2018 (236) Balancing Seat Overcalls
- May 21, 2018 (237) Notrump Overcalls
- May 28, 2018 (238) High Level Jump Overcalls
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July 2018
- Jul 2, 2018 (239) Hold Up Plays
- Jul 9, 2018 (240) Optimistic and Pessimistic Play
- Jul 16, 2018 (241) Combine Your Chances
- Jul 23, 2018 (242) Trump Suit Management
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August 2018
- Aug 6, 2018 (243) Trump Suit Management - Transportation
- Aug 13, 2018 (244) Trump Suit Management - Dummy Reversal
- Aug 20, 2018 (245) Trump Suit Management - Ruffing Finesse
- Aug 27, 2018 (246) Trump Suit Management - Strip and Endplay
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September 2018
- Sep 3, 2018 (247) Recognizing Danger on Defense
- Sep 10, 2018 (248) Which Suit to Attack on Defense?
- Sep 17, 2018 (249) Giving Declarer an Ace-Queen Guess
- Sep 24, 2018 (250) Splitting Honors on Defense
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October 2018
- Oct 1, 2018 (251) Opening Leads - Jack Denies, Coded 10s and 9s
- Oct 8, 2018 (252) Opening Leads from AQTx+
- Oct 15, 2018 (253) Power Shifts and Surround Plays
- Oct 22, 2018 (254) Card Combinations in the Middle of the Hand
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November 2018
- Nov 5, 2018 (255) Responder's Unusual 2M Jump Shifts and NT Bids
- Nov 12, 2018 (256) Inverted Minors and 1D - 2C Auctions with Structure
- Nov 19, 2018 (257) Reverse Flannery
- Nov 26, 2018 (258) Q-Minorwood
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January 2019
- Jan 7, 2019 (259) Counting a Suit Effectively
- Jan 14, 2019 (260) Counting and Putting It All Together
- Jan 21, 2019 (261) Supporting Partner's Suit - Bid Early!
- Jan 28, 2019 (262) Making Use of the 3-Level
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February 2019
- Feb 4, 2019 (263) They Overcall After Partner's Stayman
- Feb 11, 2019 (264) They Overcall After Partner's Transfer
- Feb 18, 2019 (265) They Double Our Control-Showing Cuebid
- Feb 25, 2019 (266) Dealing with Interference over a Conventional 2NT Response
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March 2019
- Mar 4, 2019 (267) Responding to 1-minor with Both Majors
- Mar 11, 2019 (268) 3M-1 Mixed Raise
- Mar 18, 2019 (269) The Impossible Spade Bid
- Mar 25, 2019 (270) Responder's Systems After a 1NT Overcall
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April 2019
- Apr 1, 2019 (271) Smother Plays
- Apr 8, 2019 (272) Threat Cards
- Apr 15, 2019 (273) Squeezes - The Basics
- Apr 22, 2019 (274) End Plays in Notrump Contracts
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May 2019
- May 6, 2019 (275) Leading a New Suit in the Middle of the Defense
- May 13, 2019 (276) Rusinow Opening Leads
- May 20, 2019 (277) Defensive Discards Late in the Hand
- May 27, 2019 (278) More Suit Preference Signals