BRIDGE LESSONS
Private Lessons
Online private lessons are available at a fee of $170, divided among the participants. Face-to-face private lessons for groups of 1 to 4 fully vaccinated clients are available. Email us for details.
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Group Lessons
Group lessons currently are available only online.
Lesson Topics
Trying to decide the best way to improve your game? Here are some suggestions. By the way, we also teach beginning bridge.
Balancing
Blackwood Convention
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Standard Blackwood
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1430 Keycard Blackwood
Controls, How to Bid
Counting the Hand
Covering Honors
Cuebid Raises
Dangerous Opponent, Identifying and Avoiding
Declarer Play, How to Improve It
Defense, How to Improve It
Defensive Signals
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Attitude
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Count
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Suit Preference
Doubles
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Takeout Doubles
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Negative Doubles
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Balancing Doubles
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Support Doubles
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Doubles to Show a Strong Hand
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When to Make a Penalty Double
Ducking – When to Duck
Endplays
Entries
Fine Points of Jacoby Transfers & Stayman
Finesses
Fourth Suit Forcing Convention
Gerber Convention
Jacoby Transfers
Jacoby Two Notrump
Jordan Two Notrump Convention
Jump Bids and Their Meaning
Hand Evaluation
How Come I Don’t Know That? – 8 Lessons Available
Making a Plan
Michaels Cuebids
Notrump
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Notrump Openings – What Next?
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How to Interfere (Landy, Cappelletti and DONT Conventions)
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What to Do When Opponents Interfere
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The Many Meanings of 2 NT
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Playing Notrump Contracts
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Defending Against Notrump Contracts
Opening Leads
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Against Notrump
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Against Suit Contracts
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Reading the Opponent’s Opening Lead
Overcalls and Responses
Preemptive Bids
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When to Make Them
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How to Respond to Partner’s Preempt
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How to Compete When Opponents Preempt
Promises, Promises - Am I Promising 4 Cards or 5 Cards?
Promotion – Why It’s the Best Technique for Developing
Tricks
Rebids by Opener – 7 Lessons Available
Rebids by Responder – 5 Lessons Available
Reverse Drury
Reverses
Rule of 11
Rule of 15
Rule of 20
Sacrifices
Slam Bidding
Splinter Bids
Stayman Convention
Two-Club Openings to Show a Strong Hand
Two Clubs: What Next?
Two over One Game Force
Unusual Notrump Convention
What Could Go Wrong?
What Seat Are You In and How Does It Affect Your
Opening Bid?
What’s Forcing?
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Email: jo@sunvalleybridge.com
Telephone: 208-720-1501
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Fees and cancellation policy: Fees are payable in advance. If you cancel with less than 24 hours' notice, you are expected to pay for the lesson. You may give your lesson to a friend.