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(651) Opening Leads - Leading Partner’s Suit

One of the most frequent defensive situations we face is leading partner’s suit. It makes sense for us to have lots of agreements and discussions about the meaning of these leads in different situations. So, we will spend some time discussing this in detail and make sure that you and partner have good agreements.

(650) Responding to 1NT with Unbalanced Hands

When partner opens 1NT our primary focus is to look for Major suit fits. When we do not find these fits we will usually bid the appropriate number of Notrump (2NT, 3NT, 4NT, 5NT, 6NT, or 7NT) based on the strength of our hand. However, occasionally we will have a highly unbalanced hand and want to do something other than bid Notrump.

(649) Follow-up Bidding After Making a Takeout Double

When our right-hand opponent (RHO) opens the bidding and we make a Takeout Double we force partner to bid, even if our partner does not have any values. After this bid, we get another chance to make a bid. Here we look at how we follow up the bidding when we decide that we need to make another bid.