Bidding on Defense

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Bidding When You Are On Defense

✔Defensive Bids and Overcalls›

✔Overcalling with Stronger Hands›

✔Jump Overcalls Show Weakness›

✔Intermediate Strength Overcalls›

✔Responding to Partner's Overcall›

✔1NT Overcall›

✔Law of Total Tricks›

✔Overcalling Long Suits›

Doubles

✔Takeout Doubles›

✔Penalty Doubles›

✔Reopening Takeout Doubles›

✔Defensive Bids and Overcalls›

✔Responding to Partner's Takeout Double›

✔Balancing Doubles›

✔Responding to a Balancing Double›

✔Support Doubles›

✔Negative Doubles›

Signals

✔Suit Preference Signals›

✔Attitude Signals›

✔Card Count Signals›

Opening Leads

✔Opening Leads - Overview›

✔Opening Leads Against No Trumps›

✔Opening Leads Against a Suit›

✔Choosing the Suit for the Opening Lead›

✔Choosing a Card for the Opening Lead›

✔The Rule of Eleven - Analysing the Opening lead›

✔On Defense Leading to a New Trick›

Card Counting

✔Counting Cards as You Play›

✔Strategies to Help With Counting›

Discard Systems

✔Lavinthal Discards›

✔Roman Discard Signals›