Main Conventions
Bijan’s 1C Opening For every Minor Opening, finding major and if no major fit, minor or NT contracts all at the right level
Bijan’s Mini NT A disruptive and pre-empting 1NT opening with 8-10 points at first or second seats with continuation for finding partnership’s correct contract and a mechanism to escape penalty double by opponents
FuN Defense to weak NT An excellent defense against Weak or Mini NT openings allowing partnership to compete and find their correct contract, based on Mini NT continuation.
Hexagon Multi-six 2 level, and 3 level openings following a logical structure allowing to open with shapely hands covering multitude of combinations.
Educational Material and Presentations
1C Opening presentation Step by step explanation of the 7 main elements with many bidding examples
Defense presentation In NT and Suit Contracts, what to lead from a suit and which suit to lead. Second hand play, third hand play and strategy for 5 lines of defense
5 Lines of Defense Extract from the same chapter of the book “How Experts Win at Bridge” a must for understanding of which line of defense to choose in various situations.
Bridge for beginners Collection of 6 lessons to get new players started
Signals Recommended Attitude, Count and Discard signals
Smith Echo Used by either defender to indicate ‘attitude’ regarding the opening lead against a no-trump contract
Doubles Use of doubles such as Take-out, Support & Negative in various situations
Special Doubles & XX A world or two on some special doubles and redoubles
Cue Bids Various bidding tips
Tips
Tips - Competitive bidding For correct contract level when partner overcalls and we want to compete
Tips - Bidding Various bidding tips
Tips - card play Tips on combination card play
Tips - rules of 8 & 9 How to play 8 and 9 card combinations
Other useful conventions & gadgets
For Slam investigation
1430 RKCB To investigate slam in a Major, identifying number of aces as well as king and queen of the agreed suit.
1430 MinorWood To investigate slam in a Minor, identifying number of aces as well as king and queen of the agreed Minor suit and be able to sign-off at the game level if necessary.
VoidWood Or exclusion Blackwood asking for Key Cards when one is void in a suit when investigating slam
CRO Gerber Ace asking when investigating slam
When partner opens 1NT or 2NT
Simple Stayman to find a 5-3 or 4-4 fit after strong 2NT
Puppet Stayman to find a 5-3 or 4-4 fit after strong 2NT
DONT & Cappelletti Popular bidding conventions over opponent's strong 1NT opening
Lionel against 1NT For use against opponent’s strong 1NT opening. Unlike DONT and Cappelletti , which are based on distributional hands, this convention assumes that points are distributed and looks for 4-4 fit.
FuN Defense to weak NT An excellent defence against Weak or Mini NT openings allowing partnership to compete and find their correct contract, based on Mini NT continuation.
Strong 2C opening Continuation after partner opens Strong 2C
Inverted minors When partner opens minor and we have no 4 card major for the correct contract NT or minor contract
Defence to Unusual 2NT When opponents open 3NT or 3S as gambling 3NT, opener have a solid 7 tricks in a minor
Defence to minors 2NT When opponents open 3NT or 3S as gambling 3NT, opener have a solid 7 tricks in a minor
Defence to Gambling 3NT When opponents open 3NT or 3S as gambling 3NT, opener have a solid 7 tricks in a minor
Defence to Weak 2s Various bidding sequences including Lebensohl when opponents open a weak 2
Defence to Weak 3/4s Some special bids when opponents open a pre-emptive 3 or 4 level bid
CRO against Precession When opponents use a strong 1C opening such as precession convention
Bergan Raises When partner opens a Major to communicate 3 or 4 cards support and strength of the hand
Modified SWINE To escape penalty if they double our weak or Mini NT
Game try sequences Some game try sequences such as 1M-2M-3x, 1M-2M-2NT and 1M-1NT-2NT
Reverse Drury When partner overcalls a Major and we have good support and values and want to find out if partner has a genuine opening hand or not?
Checkback To find a major fit and potential game
Ogust Game assessment after partner opens a weak-two