The First Bid: Learn to Play #2: Bridge is for Everyone.

Learn to play or improve your Bridge game with a modern approach to bidding and play. This is Episode 2: The First Bid.

0:00 Intro
0:22 Point Count
3:04 Opening Points
4:23 Hand Shape
6:27 No Trump
8:11 1 of a Suit
9:52 Suit Ranking
11:00 Which Suit?
12:15 Example
13:09 Outro

[rayba]

Very good. He takes the lessons slow and easy. I highly recommend it and I have been playing bridge for 50 years.

[nicolecockburn]

Fantastically clear and systematic / methodical.

[franksoares]

Best Teaching Method that I know of. Very Methodical. Practicing with Bridgeisforeveryone. Would like a Lesson Point Counting with Void, Single, Double and High Card as I always miscount with these types of hands. More examples

[khuntankrub]

12:36 is it true that 1NT is always my opening priority as long as it is a balance hand and have 15-17 HCPs, without consideration about stoppers in all suits?

[khuntankrub]

Just to clarify 11:33. It means I will bid 1 Diamond when there are 4, or more Diamond cards (since more than 4 is a long suit as mentioned)? The rule is not limiting to just 4 Diamonds

[khuntankrub]

hope you are well! 1:00 Can you share with us your thinking process to quickly count and access points in the hand? Though it's just elementary addition but I sometimes fumble, mixup and miscounted my hand.

[zeus.]

In which episode do you discuss what to do with a balanced hand with 18-19 or 22-24 HCP? Is it dependent on vulnerability?

[scottswingle]

11:55 --> why wouldn't you open 1 Heart (there are 4) rather than 1 Club (only 2 there)?