We hope this site will be useful to you as a resource for a variety of Bridge topics.

The menus show the topics that are here, but the site will always be a work-in-progress so check in again later if you don't see what you want.
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There are many sites on the internet with lessons and explanations of conventions. We have tried to provide something that is a lot harder to find - Practice Deals. Most of the topics contain interactive practice hands, right now more than 500 of them.

BASIC BIDDING
Introduction to Bidding	GO
The New Old Fashioned Bidding Wheel	GO
Major Suit Openings - Lesson plus Practice Deals	GO
Minor Suit Openings - Lesson plus Practice Deals	GO
Notrump Openings - Lesson plus Practice Deals	GO

BIDDING CONVENTIONS
THUMBNAIL descriptions of 23 common conventions	GO
2-OVER-1 Game Force - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO
Blackwood and Gerber - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO
Fourth Suit Forcing - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO
Gerber Quiz - Take this before reading the Gerber lesson	GO
Help Suit Game Try - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO
Jacoby Transfers - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO
Jacoby 2NT/Splinter Bids - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO
New Minor Forcing - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO
Ogust after Weak 2-bid - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO
Preemptive Bids - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO
Reverse Bid - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO
Reverse Drury - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO
Roman Key-card Blackwood - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO
Stayman Convention - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO
Strong 2♣-Bids - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO
Weak 2-Bids - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO

COMPETITIVE BIDDING
DONT - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO
Law of Total Tricks	GO
Lebensohl - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO
Michaels Cue Bids / Unusual NT - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO
Negative Doubles - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO
Overcalls - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO
Support Cue-bids - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO
Takeout Doubles - Summary plus Practice Deals	GO

DECLARER PLAY
Planning the Play of a Hand	GO
Elimination Plays - Lesson plus Practice Deals	GO
Entry Management - Lesson plus Practice Deals	GO
Finessing - Lesson plus Practice Deals	GO
Holdup Plays - Lesson plus Practice Deals	GO
Squeeze Plays - Lesson plus Practice Deals	GO
Suit Establishment - Lesson plus Practice Deals	GO
Trump Management - Lesson plus Practice Deals	GO

DEFENSE
Opening Leads - Lesson plus Practice Deals	GO
Third Hand Play - Lesson plus Practice Deals	GO
Second Hand Play - Lesson plus Practice Deals	GO
Defensive Signals - Lesson plus Practice Deals	GO
Rule of Eleven	GO

PRACTICE DEALS
100 NoTrump Openings - Bidding and Play	GO
100 Miscellaneous Deals - Bidding and Play	GO

PARTNERSHIP BIDDING PRACTICE
Practice Bidding for Two Players	GO

We have tried hard to keep mistakes from slipping into the pages but there will surely be some.
We apologize for them and would appreciate you letting us know of any errors that you find, whether they be typos, missing cards or incorrect explanations.
On that note we want to send a special thanks to John Finlay who has sent us more than a dozen corrections in recent weeks. Thanks, John.
We welcome any suggestions from our readers.

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