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Welcome! We hope you enjoy the opportunity to
meet CBA Life Masters and learn more about bridge in a fun, informal,
and entertaining 20 minutes at the Cincinnati Bridge Center. These seminars are free to
CBA members and new players. We thank Karen Walker,
Richard Pavlicek, Phillip Alder, and Bridge Hands
for the wealth of information published on their websites. The seminars are based on
published information, to which our discussion leaders will add their
perspective, advice and experience.
If you find better information on a topic of
interest please bring it to the attention of the content owner from the
CBA Education Committee (see below).
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join you as you learn more about the game, our players, and what you
can do to have more fun and success at duplicate bridge.
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The CBA
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| About CBA Series |
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| Learning to Learn Bridge |
Learning Points |
National Tournaments
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Common Conventions |
ACBL Teachers Manuals |
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| 0-30 Series (Content Owner: Mike Purcell mikpur@cinci.rr.com) |
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| Duplicate Bridge |
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| Basics for Opening the Bidding |
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| Opening 1-Bids |
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| Responders First Bids |
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| Which Suit to Respond?
Showing Your Pattern and Strength |
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| Responding When Opponents Interfere over 1
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| Openers
First Rebid [Handout] |
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| 1 NT - Invitational Stayman |
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| 1NT - Responder's Rebids |
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| 1 NT - Jacoby Transfers |
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NT - When Opponents Interfere |
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| 2C
Strong Artificial and Forcing (Cheapest Minor 2nd Negative) |
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| Weak 2 Bids (Feature) |
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| Slam
Bidding (Gerber & Blackwood) |
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| Preempts
and Jump Overcalls [Handout] |
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| Overcalls |
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| Defense Series - NEW!! |
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| Opening Leads Part 1 |
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| Opening Leads Part 2 |
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Opening Leads Part 3
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| First Discards and Signals |
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| Second Hand Low |
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| Third Hand High |
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| Covering an Honor with an Honor |
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| Defensive Habits That Put Pressure on Opponents |
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| Bidding to the Right Level (Part Score, Game, Slam) |
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| 2C Opening Bid and Responses |
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| Opening Bidding - Initial Hand Assessment [Worksheet] |
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| Invitational Bidding by Opener - Majors |
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| Invitational Bids by Opener - Minors |
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| Responder Bidding - Initial Hand Assessment |
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| Invitational Bidding by Responder |
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| Preemptive Openings and Overcalls |
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| Responding to Preemptive Openings |
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| The Stayman Convention |
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| Jacoby Transfers |
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| Slam Conventions - Blackwood and Roman Key Card |
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| What to lead agains NT and Suits |
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| Takeout
Doubles |
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| Overcalls
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| Overcalls
and Takeout Doubles Responding to Partner Quiz |
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| Negative
Doubles |
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| When
Opponents Interfere |
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| The
Finesse |
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| Declarer
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| Defending |
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| Master Points |
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| Active Ethics |
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| Dont be Afraid to Call the Director |
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| 99er Series (Content Owner: Steve Moese moesefamily@aol.com) |
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| 1 NT - Stayman |
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| 1 NT Jacoby Transfers |
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| 1 NT 4-Bids - Gerber |
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| 1 NT 4-Bids - Texas Transfers |
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| 1 NT 4-Bids - 4NT Quantitative Raise |
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| 1 NT - When Opponents Interfere |
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| 5-Card Majors - Invitational &
Forcing Raises |
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| 5-Card Majors - Jacoby 2NT |
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| 5-Card Majors - Splinter Bids |
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| Minors - Invitational & Forcing
Raises |
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| Minors - Inverted Minors [Handout] |
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| When Opener Reverses |
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| New Minor Forcing |
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| 4th Suit Forcing |
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| Strong Jump Shifts |
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| Bidding When Opponents Interfere - Responder |
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| Slam Bidding and Ace Asking [Handout] |
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| 2C Strong Artificial and Forcing Part I Is This a 2C Bid [Handout] |
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| 2C Strong Artificial and Forcing Part II Problem Hands [Handout] |
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| 2C Strong Artificial and Forcing Part III Responding to 2C [Handout] |
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| 2C Strong Artificial and Forcing Part IV Openers Rebids [Handout] |
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| Weak 2 Bids (Ogust) |
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| Preempts |
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| Responding to Partners Preempts |
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| Overcalls |
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| Takeout Doubles |
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| Negative Doubles |
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| Balancing 1 Level |
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| Balancing 2 and 3 Level |
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| Weak Jump Overcalls |
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| Direct Cuebids and Unusual NT |
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| NT Overcalls |
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| Slam Bidding |
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| Bidding over their 1NT |
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| Bidding over their 1NT - DONT |
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| Bidding over their 1NT Modified Capelletti |
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| Defensive Carding |
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| Opening Lead NT [Handout] |
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| Opening Lead Suits [Handout] |
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| Basic Attitude Signal [Handout] |
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| Basic Count Signal [Handout] |
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| Basic Suit Preference Signals [Handout] |
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| Counting HCP |
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| Counting Shape |
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| Counting the Rule of 11 |
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| Basic Bridge Odds Finesses and
Suit Breaks [Handout] |
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| Bridge Odds Many Chances,
Information, Restricted Choice [Handout] |
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| Create a Plan (NT and Suit
Contracts) |
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| Finesses |
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| Defensive Bidding Judgment [Handout] |
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| Competing - How High? [Handout] |
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| Teams Strategy |
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| Matchpoint Pairs Strategy |
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| NLM Series (Content Owner: Steve Moese moesefamily@aol.com) |
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| 1 NT
Stayman on
Steroids |
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| 1 NT 4-suit Transfers [Handout] |
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| 1
NT 3-bids (Advanced Approaches) |
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| 1
NT 4-Bids (Gerber, Texas Transfers, Quantitative Raise) |
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| 1 NT When Opponents Interfere |
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Transfer Lebensohl |
| 5-Card Majors - Invitational &
Forcing Raises (Bergen) |
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| Minors - Invitational & Forcing
Raises (Inverted Minors) [Handout] |
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| Minors - Jump Shifts (Weak) |
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| Minors - When Opponents Interfere Support
Doubles |
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| 2/1 Game Force - The Basics [Handout] |
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Josh Donn Roger Lee Card |
| New Minor Forcing 1-way or 2-way |
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| 4th Suit Forcing |
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| 2C Strong Artificial and Forcing - Kokish
Transfers |
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| Weak 2 Bids (Variants: 5 Card Suit, 9-12
HCP Constructive) [Handout] |
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Weak
Two Archive |
| NT
Overcalls - Advanced |
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| RKB/1430 |
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| Passive or Attacking Defense |
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| Spectacular Opening Leads |
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| Counting - Putting it all together |
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| Spectacular Defense from the Experts |
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| Basic Bridge Odds Hand Patterns &
Suit splits [Handout] |
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| Basic Bridge Odds Choice of playsInvitational
Bidding by Opener Majors. |
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| Changing the Plan (NT and Suit Contracts) |
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| Avoidance |
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| Combining Chances I |
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| Combining Chances II |
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| The Forcing Pass |
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