LESSON 2: sCORING IN bRIDGE
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Now that you have learned how to play bridge from watching Lesson 1, this lesson introduces you to scoring. Although not vital to remember every aspect of scoring, knowing the basics of bridge scoring is necessary for understanding bridge strategy. Strategy will be explained in the following lessons.
LESSON 3: BASIC BIDDING
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Every bridge deal begins with the bidding. Although bidding strategy can get very complicated, starting with simple openings and responses, as discussed in this video, is the best way to start learning how to bid.
LESSON 4: CONTINUING UNCONTESTED AUCTIONS
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Lesson 4 picks up right where lesson 3 left off. In lesson 4, you learn how to continue bidding after the opening bid and response. In addition, lesson 4 teaches general principles for bidding later on in uncontested auctions.
lEsson 5: simple overcalls
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You may have noticed how in lessons 3 and 4, the opponents never bid. In lesson 5, you learn how to make bids when one of your opponents opens the bidding.
LESSON 6: BIDING IN COMPETITIVE AUCTIONS
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Now that we know how to create auctions where both partnerships bid, let's learn how to continue bidding in more common, contested auctions.
lEsson 7: playing suit combinations
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Congratulations! You have mastered basic bidding techniques in the previous lessons. But wait, there are two stages to a bridge deal: the bidding and the play. In lesson 7, we begin learning strategy to playing a hand, by once again starting simple.
LESSON 8: planning the play of a no trump hand
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No trump contracts are simpler than suit contracts, since there is no added factor of a trump suit. Watching this video will not only serve as a guide to playing most no trump hands, but it will also be a stepping stone to learning how to play suit contracts in the next lesson.
lEsson 9: planning the play of a suit contract
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Suit contracts are generally more challenging to plan and play than no trump contracts, as there is the added factor of a trump suit and ruffing to consider. This video lesson will serve as a guide to playing many suit hands.