This course is designed for absolute beginners who may
have never played cards before, and for players whose
knowledge may be a little precarious.
Each lesson is divided into two parts - a lecture of
about 45 minutes followed by playing of hands connected
to the theory part of the lesson. A comprehensive set of
notes is given out.
The following is a resume of the
subjects covered in this course:
Week
1: The Absolute Basics & Mechanics of the Game, Hand
Assessment
Week
2: The Opening Bid of One of a Suit
Week
3: The Opening Bid of One and Two No Trumps, The Finesse,
Scoring
Week
4: Responses in the same suit (Limit responses)
Week
5: Choice of opening bids, Scoring
Week
6: Responses in No- Trumps, Suit establishment, Entries,
Ducking
Week
7: Unlimited responses, Unblocking play, Holding up
Week
8: Responses to the Weak No-Trump (The Weak take-out, the
Strong Jump response) Blind leads,
more on finesses
Week
9: Overcalls (Simple and jump overcalls), more Opening leads,
Week
10: Revision, The Double, The Redouble, The Blackwood Convention
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