Cost is $10 per person for a one-hour session, paid through PayPal or VenMo.
To sign up for these classes, email me at bridge@wespowers.com.
Class Descriptions
Monday, August 17, 2020 at 1:00 PM
Level: Novice
Your partner opens 1 of a major and you have support. But your right-hand opponent intervenes! What to do? In this class, we'll look at the methods available to you for raising partner's major suit after interference.
Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 10:30 AM
Level: Intermediate
When partner opens the bidding in 3rd or 4th seat, how do you know if she has opened light? The Drury convention is an effective way to find out.
Monday, August 24, 2020 at 1:00 PM
Level: Advanced
With the team play season approaching, I thought I would take a look at safety plays. These are plays where you give up a potential overtrick to increase the chances of making your contract.
NOTE: Most safety plays are not appropriate for matchpoint duplicate play. This topic is intended for TEAM play. If you never play team games, I suggest that this class is probably not for you.
Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 10:30 AM
Level: Novice
We'll look at the basic of responding to your partner's opening bid of 1 of a minor suit.
Monday, August 31, 2020 at 1:00 PM
Level: Novice
When your partner opens 1 of a suit and your right-hand opponent interferes, your options change. In this class, we'll look at the techniques for responding to partner over an overcall.
Thursday, September 03, 2020 at 10:30 AM
Level: Intermediate
A support double is a useful convention for showing 3-card support for partner's suit in a competitive auction. In this class, we'll look at what it is and what it promises.
Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 10:30 AM
Level: Intermediate
The usual 1M - 2M - 3M game try that we teach beginners is not the optimal way of inviting game. In this class, we'll look at a popular alternative -- trial suit bids, specifically, the Help Suit game try. When adopting this agreement, we can then replace the 3M bid with a "Preemptive Reraise". We'll look at that, too.
"Four-on-One" Shuffle and Deal
This class is a one-hour supervised play (AKA "Shuffle and Deal"). It's a little different from face-to-face
Shuffle and Deal games in that you will not be sharing me with a lot of other tables. There is only one table
in play, so you have exclusive access to me during play. I will answer questions as they come up,
and can also critique your bidding and play and talk about the deal after it's played if warranted.
SIGNUP INSTRUCTIONS
Because of high demand and the difficulties in scheduling,
I will no longer accept signups from solo players or pairs. My apologies, but the process is just too difficult trying to mesh everyone together.
Please sign up as a group of four.
To sign up for these sessions, email me at
bridge@wespowers.com . Please include:
- Who you want to play with. Please sign up as a group of four.
- All dates and times you are available to play. This will prevent a lot of back-and-forth emails. You can specify first/second choice, etc. if you want. Please check the availability of all members of your group!