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By Eddie Kantar Courtesy of KantarBridge.com A student in class has xxx facing AQJ in dummy.  She leads low and puts in the jack, which holds. She plays the ace next.  Teacher asks why she …

Fourth seat: the Rule of 15 and CRIFS By Larry Cohen Courtesy of Larryco.com CRIFS Marty Bergen My former bridge partner, Marty Bergen, has 11 conventions named after him: Bergen Raises, Bergen over Notrump, BROMAD …

By Andrew Robson Courtesy of AndrewBobson.co.uk If you know your partnership have eight cards in a major suit [majors over minors because game is easier – 4 ♥ , 4 ♠ v 5 ♣, 5 ♦ ], then that …

By Karen Walker Courtesy of Karen’s Bridge Library: kwbridge.com   The Bidding There are many factors that affect your choices after partner makes a bid that invites game. A typical auction: Partner You 1♠ 2♠ …

By Eddie Kantar Courtesy of KantarBridge.com When your partner is playing even worse than usual you might say:  “You know, you may not be the worst player in the world, …. but if that person …

By Barbara Seagram Courtesy of BarbaraSeagram.com   So often, we are just sitting there, hoping and waiting to be declarer. We get restless and lose focus when we become the defenders, instead of thinking of …

By Larry Cohen Courtesy of Larryco.com Accident Avoidance   Rules? Schmules. There are too many ‘Rules of #x’ out there. I prefer the Rule of Thinking. If you must know, the ‘Rule of 7’ was …

Barbara Seagram’s Barbara’s Bridge Tips wins the 2021 ABTA Intermediate Book of the year award! We also want to congratulate Paul Goldfinger, Bill Treble and Julian Laderman for their runner up positions.

We are very excited to announce that Master Point Press is now a part of the 52 Entertainment Group, based in France.

By Andrew Robson Courtesy of AndrewBobson.co.uk A good five+ card suit in a hand of a wide­ranging point-count, anything from six or seven points (with a very good suit) to 17 or 18 points: that’s …