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Bob Hertzog Past Lessons

Bob Hertzog's Mini-Lessons

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

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