Bridge Game - wk 1/7: Basic Bidding I

Welcome to “Bridge Game – WK1/7: Basic Bidding I” course. This course is the 1st step of bridge learning and provides basic bidding information. The topics are:

- Hand Evaluation (glossary, poer of single hand, trick potential, balance, distribution, distribution points, ruffing by declarer vs. dummy, bidding preparation)

- Target of the Game (target of the game, contract components, optimum suit, fit preference, optimum level, point ranges)

- Standard Opening (opening bid, opening position, opening, standard opening, bidding preparation)

- Responses (free bidding, responses to NT opening, responder’s strength, order of preference, major support, after major support, new major, NT, after NT, new minor, minor support, after minor support, dustbin NT, jump shift, after jump shift)

- Opener’s Rebids (order of preference, jump NT, after jump NT, major support, after major support, new major, non jump NT, after non jump NT, new minor, minor support, after minor support, suit repetition, bidding preparation)

- Responder’s Rebids (responder’s rebids, new suit, jump new suit)

- Responses to 1NT Opening (responses to 1NT, 0-3 cards major, 4 cards major – stayman, garbage stayman, 5 cards major – Jacoby, 6 cards major – Jacoby & Texas, 5-4 majors – smolen)

This course is a kind of prerequisite to a series of bridge courses. When you complete this course, you may decide to keep learning bridge and attend following courses in the given order:

WEEK 2/7: Card Game (You can start playing bridge.)

WEEK 3/7: Basic Bidding II

WEEK 4/7: Intermediate Bidding (You can start joining bridge tournaments.)

WEEK 5/7: Advanced Bidding (coming soon)

WEEK 6/7: Card Game II (coming soon)

WEEK 7/7: Expert Bidding (coming soon)

The last 3 courses are designed for advanced and expert players and will be published by the end of this year. You will not need them until you reach some years of experience.