Bridge Tips

If you make a pre emptive bid, remember you have told your partner everything they need to know about your hand, and unless they make a forcing bid, you do not need to tell them twice!
Or if your partner opens a suit bid, never deny a 4 card major and respond in NT to show your points. Always bid the major on the way.

You should always treat your partner, whoever that may be at the moment, as the best bridge player in the world. 

Opener’s REBID describes his hand .

ie. Whether he is Balanced/Unbalanced,  Weak ( 12-15 ) or Strong  ( 16- 19 ).

Bridge can be a fickle game, sometimes you can do well against good opponents and badly against weaker players, through no fault of your own.

It works both ways. The important thing is to use your mental energy on the deal, not on the pesky opps.

Worrying about the opposition can affect your focus and be damaging to your scores. Don’t let it!

Pre-empts are difficult to accurately defend against because they prevent your opponents from having a conversation.

Therefore my tip is to pre-empt as high as possible. If you are non-vulnerable against vulnerable opponents and you play weak twos consider opening at the three-level with only a good six-card suit. This works really well when your suit is spades.

At the same vulnerability consider opening 4C/D rather than 3C/D. Remember this  “THEY CAN’T SEE YOUR HAND”

If you are feeling down or have something on your mind have a game of bridge the concentration needed will give your mind a complete break from your troubles for a couple of hours and you really will feel the benefit.

If you make a pre-emptive bid, remember you have told your partner everything they need to know about your hand, and unless they make a forcing bid, you do not need to tell them twice!

Opener’s REBID describes his hand  ie. Whether he is Balanced/Unbalanced,  Weak ( 12-15 ) or Strong  ( 16- 19 )

If you are not vulnerable, it pays to bid to the three-level over the opposition’s two-level bid with only an eight-card fit. Going one off will be a good score. You will almost always score well.

“Play the cards and not the people” meaning that, if your opponents are known to be strong players, it doesn’t necessarily mean to say that you’re going to get poor results against them on that round …but you might if you psyche yourself into it, like a self-fulfilling prophecy. Just play your usual game, concentrate on the cards and forget who they are.