Standard American Bidding Lesson List

After completing these Lessons on hand evaluation you will be ready to start learning how to bid Standard American Bridge.

Standard American Beginner Lessons

Take the Hand Evaluation '1J' Quiz:below first, to see if you have enough knowledge of hand evaluation. Then start at the top of these lessons and work your way down. When you have finished you will be able to play a game of Bridge!

General Information About Bridge

Open The Bidding at the 1 Level

Responding to an Opening Bid At The 1 Level

Opening Bids at The 2 Level

Responding To Opening Bids at The 2 Level

Openers Rebids

Responding To Opener's Rebids

Opening Pre-Emptive Bids

Responding To Opening Pre-Emptive Bids

NOTE: The beginner lessons have the unique Bridge terms linked to an online glossary so you can just click on the word and immediately see the definition and a link back to the full lesson if you require it.

Try clicking on HCP to test this feature. We will be rolling this feature out to more and more lessons over the next few days.

Many lessons also have links to practice games and learning activities where you can practice what you have just learned.

Our interactive quizzes will give you instant feedback on right and wrong answers, reinforcing your learning even further.