Here’s a brief description of each of the lessons for the “Ten Weeks to Basic Bridge” series beginning in April 2018 at Seattle Bridge Center.<\/p>\n
For players with little or no experience, it is recommended to start with the first lesson and continue from there.<\/p>\n
Players with some experience are welcome to join us for individual lessons.<\/p>\n
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All dates are subject to change. The calendar at www.SeattleBridgeCenter.net<\/a> (follow “Schedule and Results”) is generally kept up to date with lesson dates and topics.<\/p>\n 2018-Apr-04 (Week 1) Fundamental Concepts<\/strong> 2018-Apr-11 (Week 2) Cardplay and Opening Bids<\/strong> 2018-Apr-18 (Week 3) Suit Auctions<\/strong> 2018-Apr-25 (Week 4) Notrump Auctions<\/strong> 2018-May-02 (Week 5) Interfering in Their Auction<\/strong> 2018-May-09 (NO LESSON)<\/strong><\/p>\n 2018-May-16 (Week 6) Coping With Interference<\/strong> 2018-May-23 (Week 7) Specialized Opening Bids<\/strong> 2018-May-30 (Week 8) Slam Bidding<\/strong> 2018-Jun-06 (Week 9) Standard American Extras<\/strong> 2018-Jun-13 (Week 10) Planning the Auction and Play<\/strong> Lesson fee: $10 per person per lesson collected on a pay-as-you-go basis. Discounts for age 25 & under.<\/p>\n All lessons are on Wednesday evenings starting at 7pm sharp.\u00a0 Location: Seattle Bridge Center, 1539 NE 145th Street, Seattle WA 98125.<\/p>\n Do you have questions? Are you ready to sign up? Email (SeattleBridgeCenter)(@)(gmail.com) — removing the parentheses first — or visit the Meetup group Seattle Bridge Beginner Lessons<\/a> to RSVP for the lesson(s) of your choice.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here’s a brief description of each of the lessons for the “Ten Weeks to Basic Bridge” series beginning in April 2018 at Seattle Bridge Center. For players with little or no experience, it is recommended to start with the first lesson and continue from there. Players with some experience are welcome to join us for … Continue reading Syllabus for April 2018 Lesson Series<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions\/160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe deal; the auction; the contract; and hand valuation using high card points.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAgreements about opening bids; standard carding (attitude and suit-preference signals); choosing an opening bid; reading inferences from partner’s opening bid; general cardplay techniques.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nResponding to Opener’s bid; rebidding as Opener; rebidding as Responder; selecting a denomination and level for the contract.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThe Stayman convention; Jacoby Transfers; Relay to Minors; natural responses to Notrump opening bids.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTakeout Doubles; imple overcalls; jump overcalls.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nNegative Doubles; cuebids; Jordan 2NT; forcing bids; alerts; announcements.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nStrong Two-Club opening bids and responses; Weak Two opening bids; other weak preemptive bids; responses to weak bids.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nDirect slam bids; general invitations to slam; the “Grand Slam Force”; control-showing cuebids; Ace-asking bids (Blackwood and Gerber).<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMichaels Cuebid; Unusual Notrump; Jacoby 2NT; alerts and explanations.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nEnvisioning where to play the contract and how high; assessing your winners & losers; creating winners; eliminating<\/em> losers.<\/em><\/p>\nSeries Details<\/h3>\n