Bob Hertzog Mini-Lessons (2023)

• Oct 9 - The Reverse In Bridge
• Oct 2 - Three-Level Preempts
• Sept 25 - Responding to Partner's Weak 2 Bid
• Sept 18 - Common Sense Bidding III
• Sept 11 - Common Sense Bidding II - Responder's Second Bid
• Sept 4 - Common Sense Bidding - Balancing
• Aug 28 - Responding to Partners Negative Double w Extra Values
• Aug 21 - Some Thoughts on Defensive Adages
• Aug 14 - What Type of Hand Have You Been Dealt ?
• Aug 7 - Improving Your Bidding Judgement
• July 31 - Passing is an Option in Bridge
• July 24 - Jump Shift
• July 17 - Lebensohl After Ops Weak 2 Bid - Part 2
• July10 - Lebensohl After Opponents Weak Two Bid
• Jun 19 - Some Interesting and Instructive Bidding Problems
• Jun 12 - No Trump - No Kidding
• Jun 5 - Weak Hand Long Suit
• May 29 - What is this Double ?
• May 22 - Some Thoughts on Common Sense Play and Bidding
• May 15 - When the Opponents Open at the 3 Level or Higher
• May 8 - The Number 15 in Bridge
• May 1 - Ruffing in the Closed Hand
• Apr 24 - Some Thoughts on Bidding After Partner Has Passed
• Apr 17 - Responding to Partners 1 NT Opening
• Apr 10 - Negative Doubles 2
• Apr 3 - Negative Doubles
• Mar 27 - Difficult Minor Suit Openings
• Mar 20 - Responding to Partners Weak Two Opening
• Mar 13 - Some Special Balancing Auctions
• Mar 6 - After TO Doubler Bids Again
• Feb 20 - Takeout Doubler's Rebid
• Feb 13 - Difficult Hands
• Feb 6 - Don't Forget the Minors
• Jan 30 - Free Bids
• Jan 23 - The Trouble with the Double
• Jan 16 - Basic Declarer Play
• Jan 9 - Taking Out the Take-Out Double
• Jan 2 - Bidding Over Opponents Preempts

Bob Hertzog Mini-Lessons (2022)

• Dec 26 - Bidding Judgement over Minor Opening
• Dec 19 - Take Out Dbl After Both Ops Have Bid
• Dec 12 - Cue Bid to Partners Overcall
• Dec 5 - Key Card Blackwood After Jocoby Xfr,Texas Xfr, & Stayman
• Nov 28 - I Had to Bid Something
• Nov 21 - Doubles for Takeout
• Nov 14 - Suit Preference Signals
• Nov 7 - Attitude Signals Against NoTrump
• Oct 31 - Signaling Attitude on Defense
• Oct 24 - Balancing in Bridge
• Oct 17 - Bidding Judgement Part 4
• Oct 10 - Bidding Judgement - Part 3
• Oct 3 - Bidding Judgement - Part 2
• Sept 19 - Bidding Judgement
• Sept 12 - Opener's Responses After a Negative Double
• Sept 5 - Fourth Seat Opening
• Aug 29 - Trump Leads
• Aug 22 - Blackwood
• Aug 15 - Defense Against 2-Suited Overcalls
• Aug 8 - Bidding Judgment
• Aug 1 - 1NT Semi-Forcing
• July 25 - The Weak Two in Competition
• July 18 - Difficult Bids
• July 11 - Some Partnership Agreements
• July 4 - Two Bidding Quizzes
• June 27 - It's A Reverse?
• June 20 - Interference after a conventional bid
• June 13 - Responding to a 2-Suited Overcall
• May 30 - Responders Action After Openers NF Rebid
• May 23 - Defensive Problems
• May 16 - Opener Rebids 2 No Trump
• May 9 - Opening 2 Clubs
• May 2 - NT Responses and Rebids After 1m Opening
• Apr 25 - Accepting an Invitation
• Apr 18 - Opener's Response to 1NT Forcing
• Apr 11 - Trump Suit Management
• Apr 4 - When You Have a Fit
• Mar 28 - More Test Your Bidding Prowess
• Mar 21 - Test Your 2 over 1 Bidding
• Mar 14 - Test Your Understanding of Doubles
• Mar 7 - Combining Your Chances - Declarer Strategy
• Feb 28 - When They Overcall
• Feb 21 - Inverted Minors
• Feb 14 - What Kind of Dummy Do You See?
• Feb 7 - To Cover or Not to Cover
• Jan 31 - Opening 1NT the Modern Way
• Jan 24 - Partner Opens at 3 Level - Your Response
• Jan 17 - A Bidding Quiz
• Jan 10 - Bridge Agreements
• Jan 3 - Opener's Second Bid in a Two Over One Aution

Mini-Lessons from 2021

• Dec 27 - Opponents Open We Double
• Dec 20 - Common Sense Bidding - Part II
• Dec 13 - Common Sense Bidding
• Dec 6 - Dealing with the Opponent's Weak 2 Opening
• Nov 29 - Getting to Slam after 2NT Rebid by Pard
• Nov 22 - Evaluating Shortness
• Nov 15 - Dealing with a 2+ Level Overcall by Ops
• Nov 8 - What is this Double?
• Nov 1 - Responding after a 1H Overcall
• Oct 25 - Responders Rebid after Responding to 1NT
• Oct 18 - More About The Responsive Double
• Oct 11 - The Shape of a Negative Double
• Oct 4 - Responding after RHO TO Double
• Sept 20 - Doubler's Rebid After a Takeout Double
• Sept 13 - Simple Overcall vs Jump Overcall
• Sept 6 - Dynamic Hand Evaluation
• Aug 30 - Openers and Responders Rebid after 1NT Forcing
• Aug 23 - Playing a Moysian Fit
• Aug 16 - Weak Jump Shift by Responder
• July 26 - Responses and Opener's Rebids Following a Preemptive Opening
• July 19 - Bidding Strong Hands
• July 12 - Lebensohl Lite
• July 5 - Communicating Slam Interest
• June 28 - Rebid Problems After a Minor-Suit Opening Bid
• June 21 - Bidding Problems After Partner Makes a Negative Double
• June 14 - Bidding After Opener's Reverse
• June 7 - Responder's Rebid After Opener's Jump Shift
• May 31 - Responder's Rebid After Opener's Non-Forcing Bid
• May 24 - Opener's Rebid After Partner's 2-Level Response
• May 17 - Responding when Ops Overcall at the 2-level
• May 10 - Thinking on Defense
• May 3 - End Plays
• Apr 26 - Entries - Declarer's Plan
• Apr 19 - Slam Evaluation
• Apr 12 - Advancing Partner's Overcalls
• Apr 5 - Overcalls
• Mar 29 - Who is Captain?
• Mar 22 - Difficult Moments in Bidding
• Mar 15 - Bridge Judgement
• Mar 8 - Stayman Variations
• Mar 1 - Puppet Stayman
• Feb 22 - "D.O.N.T. Over their 1NT"
• Feb 15 - The Responsive Double
• Feb 8 - Responding to Partner's T/O Double
• Feb 1 - Playing the Second Hand
• Jan 25 - Playing Third Hand
• Jan 18 - How to deal with Precision
• Jan 11 - Control Bidding
• Jan 4 - One NT Forcing

Mini-Lessons from 2020

• Dec 28 - Major Suit Limit Raises
• Dec 21 - Learn from Misteaks (do over)
• Dec 14 - The Negative Double
• Dec 7 - Splinter Bids
• Nov 30 - Learn from Misteaks
• Nov 23 - New Minor Forcing
• Nov 16 - Using Gerber and Quantitative 4NT
• Nov 9 - 2 Clubs Strong Forcing
• Nov 2 - Lebensohl
• Oct 26 - Balancing Doubles
• Oct 19 - Support Doubles
• Oct 12 - Penalty Doubles
• Oct 5 - Responding to partners Preempt
• Sep 28 - Unusual 2NT
• Sep 21 - The Michael's Cue Bid
• Sep 14 - Cue Bidding for Slam Exploration
• Sep 7 - Roman Key Card Blackwood (revisited)
• Aug 31 - Using the Jacoby 2NT Convention
• Aug 24 - How to Respond When RHO Makes T/O Double
• Aug 17 - Help Suit Game Try
• Aug 10 - Developing Defensive Tricks
• Aug 3 - Opening Leads vs Suit Contracts & 3rd Hand Play
• July 27 - Opening Leads Against NT Contracts
• July 20 - How to Leave Your Partner Hanging
• July 13 - Trump Suit Management
• July 6 - Inverted Minors
• Jun 29 - Entries - How to Find and Use Them
• Jun 22 - Jacoby Transfer - Everything You Wanted to Know (but were afraid to ask)
• Jun 15 - Stayman - What Your Momma Did Not Tell You
• Jun 8 - Tips on Defense
• Jun 1 - Responding to Partner's Takeout Double
• May 18 - Tips for Handling Card Combinations
• May 11 - Responding to Partners Overcall
• Mar 11 - Bidding Strong 2C and Responses
• Feb 26 - Using the weak 2 bid effectively
• Feb 19 - Bidding Over Opponents' Preempt
• Feb 12 - Bidding Over Opponents' 1 No Trump
• Feb 5 - Roman Key Card Blackwood
• Jan 29 - Two Over One Game Force
• Jan 22 - Is it Forcing?
• Jan 15 - Reverse Bids