Advanced III ~ Advanced Notrump Responses 8-Week Course Designed by World Champion & Master Teacher Donna Compton

Lesson 1 Goldway Slam Tries Slam bidding after Stayman is impossible in standard bidding. Goldway Slam Tries “Fix” standard bidding. Donna introduces you to unspecified splinter bids, relay asking bids, hand reevaluation and balanced slam tries following Stayman. 4 lesson hands and a quiz are included with the lesson bundle.

Lesson 2 Major Suit Slam Tries Goldway Slam Tries works over Stayman, but what about when responder has a long major suit slam try? Join Donna to explore the different uses of Texas Transfers to show game only hands, slam invitational hands and slam going hands. Both ace asking and quantitative bids are included in the discussion. 10 lesson hands and a quiz are included with the lesson bundle.

Lesson 3 Deceptive Declarer Plays As declarer, your partner is dummy so you can play any cards you want to deceive the defenders. You can’t fool dummy! This lesson takes a look at playing known cards, hiding lower spot cards, playing higher of touching cards (along with exceptions) while making your play believable and feigning weakness among other techniques. 4 lesson hands are included with the lesson bundle.

Lesson 4 Watching for Pitfalls as Declarer Being a “paranoid” declarer is the best way to take the most tricks. Playing a hand for all suits to break perfectly and all finesses to work is how most declarers are playing the dummy. To take extra tricks ~ and score extra points ~ as declarer you must constantly ask yourself “What Can Go Wrong?” In this lesson, Donna will help you become a paranoid declarer and you will be taking more tricks during your next game. 20 lesson hands are included with the lesson bundle.

Lessons 5-8 on Reverse Side

Lesson 5 Four Suit Transfers Jacoby Transfers gives one way to describe responder’s minor suit. Furthermore, with a long minor, you usually just treat the hand as a notump hand and bid accordingly. However, once you add four suit transfers to your convention card, your minor suit notrump bidding will come to life! Bidding minor suit slams and aggressive 3NT games comes to light. 4 lesson hands are included with the lesson bundle.

Lesson 6 Lebensohl Responses to Notrump and Weak Two Bids The Lebensohl convention is applied in three different situations. This lesson will focus on notrump interferences and when the opponents open a weak two bid. Many players find the Lebensohl convention baffling, but Donna presents it in a logical, methodical manner with lots of memory aids. It’s time to add it to your convention card. 8 lesson hands are included with the lesson bundle.

Lesson 7 Advanced Notrump Play Take your declarer play to the next level with this lesson. Donna will explore the exceptions to the Rule of 7 Hold Up Play including common sense, provisional stoppers, non-dangerous hand, two stoppers and more. 4 lesson hands are included with the lesson bundle.

Lesson 8 Clues from the Bidding on Play and Defense Unless a hand is passed out, there will be bidding. Good bidders generally try to describe their hand. Good listeners use these descriptions as a guide to both play and defense. Donna will train your ear to hear these clues and then use the clues to take more tricks as declarer and defender. 20 lesson hands are included with the lesson bundle.

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