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U3A Intermediate Bridge

I am leading the U3A intermediate bridge group. Shortly after each session, the presentation for that session will be uploaded here for your revision.

Note that rather than write "length four or more in a major suit", these presentations use the shortcut "L4+major", similarly "length three or less in hearts" is written "L3-♥" (or "L3-H") and a "void in hearts" is written "L0♥" (or "L0H").

Scroll down for the current year's notes.

2024..2025 academic year is the 2nd and 3rd Friday mornings at Burpham Village Hall.

Presentations before 2016 have been archived. Other presentations are in Chronological order.

2016-2017 (5xx)

Week 1, 2016-09-09 Introduction to intermediate bridge and to duplicate bridge.
Week 2, 2016-09-16 Hand evaluation.
Week 3, 2016-10-14 Basic opening with a balanced hand.
Week 4, 2016-10-21 Transfers: B Magee DVD 'Responding to 1NT' Part 1'. Set hands only.
Week 5, 2016-11-11 Previous hand analysis and replay of previous set hands.
Week 6, 2016-11-18 Autumn tournament - hands and results.
Week 7, 2016-12-09 Opening with a balanced hand reprised.
Week 8, 2017-01-13 System cards (aka Convention cards). Also week 7 set hands replayed.
Week 9, 2017-01-20 Stayman: B Magee DVD 'Responding to 1NT' Part 2'. Set hands only.
Week 10, 2017-02-10 A finale for "Opening with a balanced hand".
Week 11, 2017-02-17 Opening Leads (1): B Magee DVD 'Leads' Part 1a. Set hands only.
Week 12, 2017-03-10 Opening Leads (2). What to lead from a holding & what a lead means.
Week 13, 2017-03-17 Opening Leads (3): B Magee DVD 'Leads' Part 1b. Set hands only.
Week 14, 2017-04-21 Spring tournament.
Week 15, 2017-05-12 Opening Leads (4): B Magee DVD 'Leads' Part 2a. Set hands only.
Week 16, 2017-05-19 Opening Leads (5): B Magee DVD 'Leads' Part 2b. Set hands only.

2017-2018 (6xx)

Week 1, 2017-09-08 Introduction to intermediate bridge and to duplicate bridge.
Week 2, 2017-09-15 Bidding to the Fit and Week 1 Hand 1 study.
Week 3, 2017-10-13 RWPB Ch 1 & 2: Evaluation and Opening.
Week 4, 2017-10-20 Two hands from Week 3.
Week 5, 2017-11-10 B Magee DVD 'Ruffing for eXtra Tricks' Part 1'. Results only.
Week 6, 2017-11-17 Autumn tournament - hands and results.
Week 7, 2017-12-08 B Magee DVD 'Ruffing for eXtra Tricks' Part 2'. Results only.
Week 8, 2018-01-12 Set hands: Gambling 3NT & Ruffing for extra tricks. I was away at a bridge course.
Week 9, 2018-01-19 B Magee DVD 'Signals and Discards' Part 1a. Results only.
Week 10, 2018-02-09 B Magee DVD 'Signals and Discards' Part 1b. Includes brief summary.
Week 11, 2018-02-16 More on Signals: Count, Attitude and Suit Preference.
Week 12, 2018-03-09 B Magee DVD 'Signals and Discards' Part 2. Includes brief summary.
Week 13, 2018-03-16 Major suit trial bids I.
Week 14, 2018-04-13 Major suit trial bids II.
Week 15, 2018-04-20 Spring tournament.
Week 16, 2018-05-11 Spring tournament Analysis. No set hand theme.
Week 17, 2018-05-18 Q&A session. Also hands from last week. Theme: Competitive bidding.

2018-2019 (7xx)

Week 1, 2018-09-14 Introduction and random bridge info.
Week 2, 2018-09-21 System cards, aka convention cards. Same set hands as week 1.
Week 3, 2018-10-12 Finesses.
Week 4, 2018-10-19 Suit Slam bidding (0). Introduction.
Week 5, 2018-11-09 Autumn tournament.
Week 6, 2018-11-16 Suit Slam bidding (1). B Magee DVD 'Splinters and Cue-bidding' Part 1a. Set hands only.
Week 7, 2019-01-18 Suit Slam bidding (2) Discussion.
Week 8, 2019-02-08 Suit Slam bidding (3). B Magee DVD 'Splinters and Cue-bidding' Part 1b. Set hands only.
Week 9, 2019-02-15 Suit Slam bidding (4). Set hands.
Week 10, 2019-03-08 Suit Slam bidding (5). B Magee DVD 'Splinters and Cue-bidding' Part 1c. Set hands only.
Week 11, 2019-03-15 Suit Slam bidding (6). B Magee DVD 'Splinters and Cue-bidding' Part 2 - Splinters. Set hands only.
Week 13, 2019-04-12 Suit Slam bidding (7). Recap, Jump Shift, Pudding raise et al.
Week 13, 2019-05-10 Making a plan as declarer.
Week 14, 2019-05-17 Spring tournament.

2019-2020 (8xx)

Week 1, 2019-09-13 Introduction to intermediate bridge and to duplicate bridge.
Week 2, 2019-09-20 Pre-Empts (part 1). Only results on web.
Week 3, 2019-10-11 Pre-Empts (part 2). Only results on web.
Week 4, 2019-10-18 Pre-Empts (part 3). Set hands play only.
Week 5, 2019-11-09 Autumn tournament - hands and results. No analysis.
Week 6, 2019-11-15 Strong Twos.
Week 7, 2019-12-12 Weak Twos.
Week 8, 2020-01-17 More Weak Twos.
Week 9, 2020-02-14 Benji (part 1 - suited).
Week 10, 2020-02-21 Benji (part 2 - balanced).
Week 11, 2020-03-13 Benji (part 3 - set hands).
Sessions are now cancelled due to the Coronavirus.

2020-2021

This year did not occur due to lockdowns.

2021-2022 (9xx)

The year was somewhat limited, and after careful thought, I am removing the few presentations that did get uploaded.
The entire year was spent looking at "opening balanced hands". Obviously many contracts were NT but by no means all.
The next year 2022-2023 did not occur.

2023-2024 (10xx)

Weeks 1&2, 2023-09-15 Introduction.
Week 3, 2023-10-13 Opening bids.
Week 4, 2023-10-20 Opening bids reprised.
Week 5, 2023-11-10 1NT responses.
Week 6, 2023-11-17 1NT responses reprised.
Week 7, 2023-12-08 Making a plan in NT, part 1. (Brief summary and Youtube link.)
Week 8, 2024-01-12 Making a plan in NT, part 2. (Brief summary and Youtube link.)
Week 9, 2024-01-19 Opening unbalanced hands.
Week 10, 2024-02-09 A few "nuggets" from the last session.
Week 11, 2024-02-16 Responding to a 1Suit opening.
Week 12, 2024-03-08 Responding to a 1Suit opening - Support.
Week 13, 2024-03-15 Set hand play and discussion thereof. Insufficient time to put a presentation together.
Week 14, 2024-04-12 Responding to a 1Suit opening - Reprise of previous weeks.
Week 15, 2024-04-19 Responding to a 1Suit opening - Reprise of previous weeks.
Week 16, 2024-05-10 Responding to a 1Suit opening - Reprise of previous weeks.

2024-2025 (11xx)

Week 1, 2024-09-13 Introduction & Hand evaluation recap.
Week 2, 2024-09-20 Opening bids recap.
Week 3, 2024-10-11 Balanced bidding recap.
Week 4, 2024-10-18 Responding recap.
Week 5, 2024-11-08 Showing preference, Fourth Suit Forcing, Reverses.
Week 6, 2024-11-15 Scoring. Autumn tournament - hands and results.

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