Rick Weinstein will offer his next series of Bridge lessons on Thursday evenings from September 24 to November 13, 2009 at the Unitarian Church, 669 Union St. in Manchester.

To register: please email Rick Weinstein at mcw@dnlaw.com

Bridge Classes           "Beyond the Basics"

** WHEN **              7PM to 9PM

** WHERE **           Unitarian Church

669 Union Street

Manchester, NH

Rick will be clarifying numerous topics of interest proposed by previous students:

Bidding without points:

· when to bid on points and when to bid on suit length

· when is it right to “bid one more” (and not have partner keep bidding!)

· forcing bids you can make without jumping (and losing valuable bidding space)

· bidding after 3 passes without a good hand - is it ever correct?

· eliminate confusion over Transfers Bids

Slam bidding:

· what constitutes a good trump fit?

· fancy Blackwood: why are the K and Q of trumps so important?

Defending:

· what does the bidding tell you?

· why we select the suit to lead before we choose the card to lead

· why we show COUNT during defense of a hand

Declaring:

· what’s the big deal about drawing trumps?

· do you look for finesses? or long suits to set up?

· do you still “count to 13”?

or do you know your hand distributions?

o 4-4-3-2

o 4-3-3-3

o 5-3-3-2

o 5-4-3-1

o 5-5-2-1