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Playbridge - Getting Started
Introduction
Welcome to Playbridge - Getting Started
About Me
A Little Housekeeping
Minibridge
How to play Mini-Bridge
Getting Started! Understanding the Basics
Essentials of Bridge - an overview and the goal of the game
How to Value your Hand (9:24)
Priority of Contracts
Playing the Hand (5:06)
Establishing a Suit and Introduction to Finesses (11:56)
How to Keep Cards After a Trick is Played (3:18)
Understanding Trump (6:01)
Understanding No Trump (8:35)
Improving Play
Understanding how a suit will split using Percentages
No Trump Contracts: A beginner's look at Fast Tricks and developing a suit (20:54)
The Opening Lead (16:56)
The Finesse
The Basic Finesse
Finesses - The Repeated Finesse
Finesses and Hold-up Play
Finesses - When you have a choice of two
Finesses - The Ace-Queen Split
Finesses - Honors in Declarer's Hand
Finesses - The Bath Coup
Finesses - When the Opposition Finesses For You
Basics of Bidding Contracts
Opening the Bidding with a 5-card Major
Opening NoTrump
Opening a Minor Suit
Forcing or Not Forcing - How to Limit your Hand
A Basic Guide to Forcing Bids
Responding and Rebidding
Responding to Partner's Opening Bid
Partner has opened 1-Major suit
Partner has opened 1-Minor suit
Partner has opened 1NT
Rebidding by Opener
Rebidding by Responder
1NT Opening Bid - Common Response Conventions
Introduction to Stayman Convention
Introduction to Transfers
Competitive Auctions - When the Opposition Starts Bidding Too!
Overcalling and Advancing
Weak Two Bids
Pre-emptive Bids
Takeout Doubles (11:15)
Negative Doubles
Strong Hands
Opening the Bidding with 18+ HCP
2-Club Opening Bids for Strong Unbalanced Hands
2-Club Opening Bid for Very Strong Balanced Hands
2NT Opening Bid for a Balanced Hand
Counting Losers
Conclusion
Final Tips and Resources for Further Learning
No Trump Contracts: A beginner's look at Fast Tricks and developing a suit
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