Hi ,We'd love to invite you to register for two upcoming featured lessons taught by Adam Parrish.Watch the videoStarting next week: Exceptions to the RulesWe’ve all learned lots of bridge “rules”: third-hand high, fourth from your longest and stronge...
Play the videoHi, bridge friends ~When declaring a hand, it is easy to focus on bids that our opponents make during the auction and plays that they make while defending (leads and signals); however, it equally important to consider bids and plays tha...
Hi ,Look at the hand below: should we play it safe and take the ♣K sure winner and make our contract? Or should we try a finessing the ♣J for an extra trick (but at the risk of going down)?Watch the videoAdam Parrish shares a hand that illustrates a...
Hi ,Besides our providing our ongoing classes, we aim to keep making free resources for bridge learners of all levels. One key priority: to help new players discover and learn how to play bridge. Your support is what makes this work possible. We'll k...
Hi ,What do we do when we plan our play when we realize we're going down (besides panic)? Watch the videoIn this bridge hand played on BBO, about half of us when down 2 and half only one. How do we minimize our losses when we are stuck with a bad tru...
Hi ,We are in 4♥ with only seven trumps, missing the ♥K, and our best trumps in the short hand. How should should we plan our play?Watch the videoThis hand was sent in from one of Adam's students. Thank you, Bob!Leave a comment on the Youtube page he...
Hi, bridge friends ~Play the videoAfter a recent tournament, I saw that I had seemed to make a similar mistake twice: with a good hand, I bid to game when most others didn't. Is this a mistake I make frequently and just didn't notice before?How often...
Hello, bridge friends ~Play the videoSo often when we take lessons, we learn with hands in which things work out. If we're learning that with nine cards we should always finesse the queen, the lesson hand will almost assuredly show that happening. Bu...
Hi ,There is still time to register! Do you ever feel nervous about speaking up with a question about an opponent's bid? Or knowing what to say or how to handle a disagreement at the table? This week we start India's new series that are tailored to h...
Hi ,4♠, 5♣, pass, or even double... What will you choose?Watch the videoPlaying a robot tournament on BBO this week, I was stumped by both how to bid this hand and also whether the hand's results demonstrated what the correct auction or not. As a lea...