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The opening bid of 1NT shows a balanced hand 12 –14 HCP (Acol) or 15-17 (Standard). In both systems, an opening bid of 2NT is much stronger and shows around 20 – 22 HCP. The hand n...  more  

It may not be immediately obvious, but you can't win extra tricks by trumping in the hand with the long trump holding - this is usually the dummy hand. Trying to do so may leave yo...  more  

The 1NT respose to one of a suit opening is often called 'the Dustbin Bid' as it is used for all your rubbish hands of 6-9 points. It can be somewhat confusing as it's the only NT ...  more  

The advice to 'cover an honour with an honour' aims to force declarer to use two high cards to win a trick. When this happens, it often promotes a card that can win a trick for you...  more  

A direct overcall of 1NT over an opening bid of one of a suit shows a generally balanced hand, 16-18 points (or a good 15) and at least one stopper in your opponents' suit. This s...  more  

8 ever 9 never is a guideline in declarer play to help decide whether or not to take a finesse for the missing Queen when holding the other top honours. With eight cards in the sui...  more  

Declarer Play in a suit contract involves keeping track of the trump suit, whether you plan to draw trumps immediately or hold off for a few rounds to cross-trump one or more trick...  more  

We are defending a contract 50% of the time, but do we put in as much effort and concentration as when we are declarer? If we focus more on defensive techniques, getting opponents'...  more  

Loser on Loser is a technique in bridge where Declarer discards a losing card on a loser, when the defence are winning the trick. We usually think of discarding losers on winners, ...  more  

We often end up playing in 1NT - probably the most feared contract of all! It crops up frequently and can present problems for both declarer and the defenders. Maybe we could sit b...  more