| May 27th - Random Hands |
We will play a set of randomly generated hands.
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| Whatsapp Group |
To make it fair for everyone I am outlining some rules to help everything run smoothly.
We have a Whatsapp group to manage attendance to the sessions. A poll will be sent out on Tuesday so you can reserve a place. Please respond by 9 a.m. on the morning of the session to make sure you can play. I will always try to find a place for anyone who books late or turns up without booking but this cannot be guaranteed.
Apart from exceptional circumstances there is a limit of six tables or 24 people. At present (January 2026) 30 people are invited. Bookings are recorded in date/time order so if more than 24 people wanted to come, it would have to be based on the 1st come, 1st served principle.
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| New Continuing Bridge Course - September 2025 |
New Continuing Bridge Course
This is the second year of the EBU course and develops what was taught in Beginning Bridge. It covers declarer play, defence and introduces some new conventions e.g. the unassuming cue bid. This will be different from my previous course as I will be using slides sets that are now available from the EBU.
The lessons will take place at the Oaks Cafe, Elm Court, Elm Farm Rd, Aylesbury HP21 7NQ on a Monday afternoon at 2p.m.on a roughly fortnightly basis and will cost £10 per lesson. The first lesson is on September 29th. To guarantee a place you can pay in advance in blocks of five - if you miss any of the five you will not be charged for that lesson. If there are spare places for a lesson they will be available to anyone who wants to join on a first come, first served basis. Please get in touch at paulbridgelessons@gmail.com if you want any further information or to join the course.
The topics that will be covered are:
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Number of Lessons
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Dates
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Lesson Subjects
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Declarer play
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2
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Jun 8
Jun 22
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Basic Declarer Technique including the Danger Hand
Counting by declarer
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Tidying up and bending the rules
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2
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Sep 21
Oct 5
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Showing Shape
Bidding awkward hands
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Defenders Play
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3
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Oct 19
Nov 2
Nov 16
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Signals and discards
Count signal on declarers lead
Making tricks with trumps
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Slam bidding
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2
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Nov 30
Dec 14
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Review of what we know and use of Blackwood
Cue bidding
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The final countdown
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5
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2027
Jan 4
Jan 18
Feb 1
Feb 15
Mar 1
Mar 15
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Landy defence to a 1NT opening bid
4441 hands
The Unassuming Cue Bid
Signals in the trump suit
Duplicate tactics
End of year competition
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