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Category Archives: intermediate players
Computing Combined Odds
Often it is necessary to combine the probabilities of multiple events. For example, holding AKQT, missing six cards, you would like to know the chance of making four tricks. You hope to drop the jack in three rounds, but you …
Basic Bridge Odds (revised 4/1/2025)
The “Suit Splits” tables at the end of this post show the odds (casual wording) of a split of a certain number of missing cards. The information is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_bridge_probabilities but rearranged to emphasize patterns. These “a priori” probabilities assume …
New Bridge Seminar on June 2, 2018
Bridge Seminar: Cue Bids Plus
Cue bids are one of the underutilized wonder bids. Asking? Telling? Describing? Yes! All that with a bid that can really help you reach the correct contact. Learn the where, when and how to use …
Expert Lessons from Toronto
In July, my hubby and I traveled out of the country to find more and better teaching material for the local players. I was especially interested in the ABTA (American Bridge Teachers Association) convention. We went two days early so …
Double! I mean it!
I was asked by several to teach penalty doubles. I started researching the subject and found such great information that it has turned in to a series of lessons. The first was held on August 3. The players learned to …