Posts by Marty Bergen
By Marty Bergen • 29 May, 2017

Instead of describing the thrump double, the decision was made to quote the author. The following description is by Mr. Marty Bergen, (website), who invented and devised the thrump double and …
By Marty Bergen • 25 November, 2016

Using Standard methods, many players would bid exactly as you and your partner did. However, there is a better way.
By Marty Bergen • 8 October, 2016

If you’d like to bid after an opponent’s three-level preempt, think 3NT.
By Marty Bergen • 11 April, 2016

I believe that it was Marty Bergen who first published the idea of ambiguous splinters (he calls them splinters with relay).
By Marty Bergen • 14 February, 2016

Worth Knowing about Negative Doubles; Opener Rebids after Responder’s Double
By Marty Bergen • 29 December, 2015

Honors in short suits are worth less than their assigned value and should be downgraded.
By Marty Bergen • 12 December, 2015

Improve Your Bridge Game with Marty Bergen is a Marty Bergen’s Facebook page, where he publishes almost every day a very short and very useful intermediate bridge tips.
By Marty Bergen • 16 November, 2015

In 1996, Marty Bergen wrote the popular bridge book Points Schmoints, which is considered a classic. The Rule of 20, Bergen Raises, and the DONT convention are some of his contributions to modern bridge.
By Marty Bergen • 25 September, 2015

A control bid is so named because it promises a control in that suit —whether first or second round.
By Marty Bergen • 24 September, 2015

Cuebids are bids in the opponent’s suit, such as Michaels. There is also a second category of cuebids…