Pre-registration is necessary so we can order books.
"Be aggressive on contested auctions. . The objective of these battles is threefold:
take the contract and go plus; or
be minus less than the opponents would have otherwise scored; or
jack up the opponents to another level and go plus." -- Burt Hall
Course: World-famous bridge teacher Audrey Grant's "Bridge Basics 2: Competitive Bidding." Competitive Bidding covers the information needed when both partnerships are bidding during the auction. While we still want to get to our best contract, we also try to make it as difficult as possible for the opponents to reach their best spot. We need a more aggressive style of bidding: to bid more with less!
The Competitive Bidding course introduces innovative methods of hand valuation and bids that experts use in competitive bidding situations. Pre-emptive bidding is very popular today in bridge. We'll be covering the latest ideas to sharpen your competitive edge!
We’ll be using up to thirty-two carefully prepared deals to learn and practice the information covered. They put the bidding into meaningful context and advance our play of the hand and defensive skills. I’ll be following the same lesson plan as if Audrey, herself, was teaching the class.
Cost: $60 per person and $11.95 for the textbook. Total cost: $71.95.
Content:
Weeks 1-5:
Preemptive Opening Bids: 3-level openings and responses; Weak two-bids and responses; Guideline of 500.
Overcalls and Advances: Simple overcalls and advances; Rebids by overcaller; No trump overcalls; Weak jump overcalls.
Take Out Doubles and Advances: Classic takeout doubles and advances; Doubler’s rebids; Double to show a strong overcall.
The Competitive Auction: Responder’s action after opponents overcalls and takeout doubles;
Advancer’s Action in a Competitive Auction; Opener’s actions; Action after making an overcall or takeout double; Penalty doubles.
Week 6: Practice Deals
Free Bonus Weeks 7-8:
Practice Deals -- Reviewing what we've learned
The text book is included in the lesson price.
No partner necessary. We'll have plenty of partners for you to play with!
Place: The Fountains at Canterbury in the Commons Room; located south of NW 122 Street, between Pennsylvania and Western. The street address is 1404 NW 122 St., Oklahoma City, OK 73114.
Directions: Turn south off 122nd, 8/10 of a mile east of Pennsylvania on Reynolds Drive into the Canterbury complex. (This is immediately East of the Heritage Hall School entrance.) Go past the first street on the right; then past the parking lot on the right; finally taking a right loop to the 5-story Town Center Apartments building. The Commons Room is on the first floor.Map
Previous students can always re-take any or all of these lessons for FREE!
Pre-registration is necessary so we can order books.
Please call (405) 286-0369 to register or if you have any questions.
