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Manchester Bridge Club
30 Palatine Road
West Didsbury
Manchester
M20 3JJ

Tel: 0161-445 3712

The English Bridge Union

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(of two to ten years' playing experience)

These workshops are designed to accelerate learning and understanding for more experienced improvers.

They are particularly practical and interactive. Full notes are also available on request.

Presented by David Adelman Using the Adelman Method

•  dynamic and fun learning
•  play out up to 16 specially pre-dealt hands

Workshop Nine - TRICK MAKING IN TRUMP PLAY
Reasons for drawing trumps
Taking discards before drawing trumps
Establishing winning tricks by "ruffing" (trumping)
Ruffing losers in dummy
The crossruff
Keeping control in trumps

Workshop Ten - OPENING/OVERCALLING ON WEAK HANDS

Aims of obstructive bidding
Pre-emptive hands
Opening weak at the 2 level

Weak Jump Overcalls

Opening weak at the 3 level and higher
Gambling 3NT
Responding to preemptive opening bids

 

Workshop Eleven- INTRODUCTION TO REVERSE BIDDING

What is a Reverse?
Requirements for a Reverse
How forcing is Opener's Reverse?
Responses to a Reverse
Responder's own Reverse

Workshop Twelve - SIGNALLING IN DEFENCE
What are signals and why do we need them?
Signals on Partner's lead of a master card
Signals when Declarer plays a suit
Signals in no-trump and trump contracts
Signals in the trump suit itself

 

Workshop Thirteen - DISCARDING in DEFENCE

What are discards and when do we use them?
Announcing strength in a suit
Announcing weakness in a suit
Special discards
Discarding under pressure from Declarer - keeping the right suit guarded

Workshop Fourteen -THE NEGATIVE DOUBLE

Don't leave home without your ND
Ambit and uses of the Negative Double
Responding to the Negative Double
Doubler's Re-bids
How to penalise when double is not for penalties

 

Workshop Fifteen - FOURTH SUIT FORCING

What is Fourth Suit Forcing?
How forcing is Fourth Suit Forcing?
Responding to Fourth Suit Force
Bidding to game
Showing slam interest via the fourth suit

 

Workshop Sixteen - SLAM BIDDING
4NT Blackwood - use and abuse
Ace - asking over NT bids - Gerber
Introduction to Cue bidding
Bidding at the 5 level
Grand Slam bidding
  WORKSHOP INFORMATION:
  Time: 1330 - 1545
  Day: Sundays to be announced
  Venue: MBC
  Cost: £15.00 members £20.00 non-members (includes refreshments)
 

Limited Places


Individual attention guaranteed

 

Manchester Bridge Club has a new Beginners Class scheduled to start in April 2008.
If you know of people who have been meaning to take up bridge, but have never done so, now is the time to tell them to enrol!
 
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