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2023
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Responding Up The Line
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When to NOT reopen the bidding
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4th Suit Forcing
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Balance of Power
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Slam bidding
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Negative Double? NOT!
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Planning your rebid

2022
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More 3rd Suit Rebids
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Least favorite conventions
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Reverses
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Responsive Double?
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3rd Suit Rebids
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3rd Seat Openers
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Notrump with a singleton high honor
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Balancing, part 2
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Balancing, part 1
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Negative Doubles/competing
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Advancing overcalls
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Third seat bidding

2021
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Advancing doubles versus responding to opener
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Transfers Texas & Jacoby
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Puppet over 1NT ?
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Help Suit Game Tries
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Splinter/Jacoby 2NT ?
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Dealing with preempts
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Advancing overcalls
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Sandwich notrump NOT!
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Slam bidding/Notrump openers?
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3rd Suit Rebids
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Advancing Notrump Overcalls
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Conventions

2020
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Ace Leads?
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Major suit length promised after opp's overcall
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IMP Pair scoring on BBO
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1NT Response to Major
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Opener raises on three?
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IMP vs MP
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More Suggestion of 22/Reverses
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Keep a private score?
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More Responsive Doubles
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Responsive Doubles
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1NT Overcalls
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A Take-out Double Myth

2019
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Strong Vs Weak Jump Shift
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Transfer Dilemma
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Support With Support
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Negative Dbl or Penalty Dbl?
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Dealing With a Bad Session
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Penalty Doubles of 1NT
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1NT with a 5-Card Major?
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Singleton leads
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Reverses
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Opening 1NT versus 1NT overcall
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Third Suit Rebids
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Jacoby 2NT or Splinter Raise?

2018
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Opener cue bids after an overcall
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A 1NT response in/out of competition
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The failure to redouble?
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Using/Abusing the Unusual 2NT
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Escaping 1NT with a long minor
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Redouble trouble
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How to improve your game
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2NT overcall of a Weak Two Bid? and --. Negative Doubles
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Lavinthal, Odd/Even, UDCA?
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Notrump responses to a take-out double
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Forcing bids
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Preempt with a side 4-card Major?

2017
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Plan a 2nd bid before you make your 1st
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Third Seat Preempts
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Fast Arrival after a 2C opener
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2NT over a Weak Two = Strong, not Unusual
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Reopening 1NT showing 18-19
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Bergen Raises/bidding & defending
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Expert advice? NOT!
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Responding "up the line"?
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Step responses to 2C
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1NT response after an overcall shows stopper?
February Adobe PDF file
Splinter Raises
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Short suit evaluation

2016
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1M P 4M = ? How strong?
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Interference over a strong 2C opener
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2H over 1S shows five?
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Recommended Conventions
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1. Forcing bids holding forcing values, 2. Guessing high or low after 0-3/1-4 responses to Keycard?
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Advancing overcalls
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Notrump responses to opening bids
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Modern Third Seat Openings
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More on The Suggestion of 22
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Advancing an overcall of a preempt
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A one bid or a preempt?
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Opening 1NT with a singleton

2015
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Less rigid Weak 2 Bid requirements
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Responding and rebidding after a strong 2C opening
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How to make penalty doubles playing Negative Doubles
September Adobe PDF file
Honor leads: Notrump versus suit contracts
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Strength showing continuations by opener
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Suit preference: use and abused
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2NT invitations after a 1NT opener
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Closeout versus constructive continued
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Closeout versus constructive
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Jump overcalls after preempts
February Adobe PDF file
Simple versus limit raise
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Partnership counselling

2014
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Lebensohl advances after doubles of weak two bids
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ore support showing cue-bids
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Support showing cue-bids
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Cue-bid advances of take out doubles
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Preempt or open at one level?
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Continuations after support showing cue bids
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Luck versus skill at Matchpoints
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Value showing continuations by opener
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Suggestion of 22 revisited
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Third Suit Rebids
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When to lead trump?
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Redoubles

2013
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Standard American two level responses
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Continuations after Stayman
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Fourth Suit Forcing
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Reverses
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Weak Jump Overcalls
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Suggested Conventions Updated
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Strong Opening hand in pass-out seat
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Rebids with a shapely minimum opening
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Jump overcalls in pass-out seat
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Opener shows delayed support for responder’s major
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Better Bridge article(s)

2016
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2015
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2014
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2013
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Play in suit contracts—count winners AND losers!
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Opener’s rebid with a balanced 18 points using in 2/1 GF; Using judgment when opening 1NT
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Leading away from a king
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