Thinking Bridge 4

Take All Your Chances, No.10 By Eddie Kantar

With only your side vulnerable, West opens 3S, partner passes and East ups the ante to 4S. You have no qualms...

Take All Your Chances, No.8 By Eddie Kantar

Partner opens 1D and rebids 1NT after your 1S response. Not expecting to be facing a singleton spade, you ...

Take All Your Chances, No.4 By Eddie Kantar

Your partner opens 1H, East passes and you respond 1NT. Your partner knows how much you like to be declarer, so he gives up on his heart suit and raises you to 3NT. West leads the Club Q. Plan the play.

What can go wrong? – 4 By Eddie Kantar

I have found it helpful to count my notrump tricks even at a suit contract. Many times both contracts can be ...

Take all your chances at bridge – 8 by Eddie Kantar

With only your side vulnerable, West opens 3 spades, partner passes and East ups the ante to 4 spades.

Take all your chances at bridge – 4 by Eddie Kantar

What are they bidding on? You and partner have 30 high-card points between your two hands...

New Orleans 2015: Thinking Bridge Day 7 by Eddie Kantar

Using the bidding as a guide to play and defense

New Orleans 2015: Thinking Bridge Day 4 by Eddie Kantar

Using the bidding as a guide to play and defense – part 4

Providence 2014: Thinking Bridge Day 9 by Eddie Kantar

Opening lead commentary: Ace from A-K at trick one vs. suit contracts. After trick one, the...

Thinking Bridge: Dallas NABC 4th Day

When partner leads an honor against notrump and dummy has low cards, signal ...

Thinking Bridge: Phoenix NABC 5th Day

When partner leads the ace from ace-king, the vast majority of the time third hand gives attitude. Count and suit preference signals are possible, but exceptional.

Thinking Bridge: Atlanta NABC 10th Day

This is declarer’s basic formula for notrump play:

Thinking Bridge: Atlanta NABC 8th Day

North’s leap to 4 diamonds is a splinter jump showing a singleton diamond, strong spade support plus

Thinking Bridge: Atlanta NABC 4th Day

Holding the A-K-x-(x)-(x) opposite x-x-x in a side suit in a trump contract does not necessarily mean a loser! If you can...