I'm sorry but these are just a series of lessons I did for NZB back in 2016. I use the materials of Pete Holland on KZbin a lot. www.youtube.com/@BridgeWithPete I'm sure you will find some helpful videos around bridge there. Good luck with your bridge. Kind regards, Jane

@@janestearns9936 hi Jane thanks for your reply. I love your videos the best on youtube, they are very clear and you show examples that drill the concept into me, instead of having to memorize. I wish you can continue to do more Bridge videos. I find yours better than Holland's because his talking is sometimes not clear and too soft to hear, and he talks a lot more with entire video on his face more than showing the cards, i find that not engaging and confusing. His video showing a player articulating her game, has poor sound from the player, assumes we know how to count losers and winners, lots of things just lightly brush past. He may be a very good and famous player but his teaching videos are poor. Just my opinion that your video are far more better than his.

So glad you are enjoying them and good luck with your bridge :)

I'm sorry but these videos are simple beginners guides. Your question is outside their purpose and my knowledge. I would recommend talking to a qualified director, preferably the director of the event itself to seek clarification.

Thanks for your comment Andrew. The barrier is a very difficult concept (personally I think too difficult) for beginners. In Lesson 4 we talk of rebidding without a jump as showing 12-17HCP and going through the barrier as a "strong hand". The key on the hands at 14:47 is making the jump to the 3 level - that is game forcing - and as such means you must hold 18-19 as your partner's bid might only be made with 6HCP. It's a difficult topic that I can't really do justice to here. I would recommend talking with your teacher. Also - remember these teachings are for New Zealand students and you should go with your tutor's teaching and your country's teachings - not everyone teaches the same system. Good luck with your studies.

@@janestearns9936many thanks for this reply. And for these videos. You have a great manner and explain everything very clearly!

There are a series of short films on play and scoring. Here are the links: Drawing trumps: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKXdeHV9acybadE&pp=ygUOZHJhd2luZyB0cnVtcHM%3D Opening leads: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4anZpubf86oiZY&pp=ygUNb3BlbmluZyBsZWFkcw%3D%3D Developing a long suit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3-UhZ-moJV1j5Y&pp=ygUdZGV2ZWxvcGluZyBhIGxvbmcgc3VpdCBjb2xqYW4%3D Ruffing in dummy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHzOn3SwgK16qdE&pp=ygUQcnVmZmluZyBpbiBkdW1teQ%3D%3D Finessing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHnMqqF7gtmLq6M&pp=ygUfdGFraW5nIGEgZmluZXNzZSBicmlkZ2UgaXQgSmFuZQ%3D%3D How to score: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXSkiaiCa9KqfpI&pp=ygUQZmluZXNzaW5nIGNvbGphbg%3D%3D Hope they help and good luck with your bridge.

Playing the hand is very easy. It's the bidding that one has to learn.

@@lylabowser2858 but i don't know how i win the game

It's also a great game for improving the memory ... so just you keep trying. I think 92 was the oldest student I taught - so you are in great stead to become a competent player. Happy Bridging :)

You Can't have too many photos of her......Cheers

HI Les, how lovely that these lessons reach this far! I'm sorry but I don't know the UK Acol system but I would be surprised if it were different. If you are learning with a teacher at a club - check with them? This series was done for New Zealand students and I have never played bridge in the UK - however - my bridge partner here has played in the UK so I will ask her and post again when she replies :)

Hi Les - my friend tells me she was taught the same way - however she pointed me to some materials that suggest thinking may have changed in the UK and this may not now be how you are taught to bid. So I think really is best if you check with an English bridge teacher :)

That is lovely to hear Sandy. Good luck as you start playing - happy bridging!

I also started at 61 years old. I was born 10-20 1-61 so I must be 61 because those people born in 1961 are now 61. This does not happen with any other year during this century or any other that I know of but I am not a mathematician.

"rags" are small cards that are not honour cards. The AKQJ and some say the 10 are honours. So the smaller "spot" cards, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 are termed "rags". If you have K rag your holding is K2 or K5 etc. They are usually denoted as Kx with the "x" meaning a non-honour card. Or Qxx would be "Queen - rag - rag"

They're space cards.

Thank you Linda! I'm afraid in the USA the Standard American system prevails. These lessons were made for New Zealand students as our predominant system is Acol (the same as other European countries such as the UK and The Netherlands) You can play Acol - but will need to find a partner willing to as well and they may not be easy. Maybe the ACBL has some videos that would work for you? Maybe you could suggest to the ACBL they hire me to do some :) Good luck with your bridge Linda and delighted you are returning to this amazing game.

Any card that isn't an honour - so the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 - collectively called "rags"

Bet you are American 😂

Really enjoying your clear explanations . Many thanks

It's a great game and worth the effort. It seems so much at first - but after playing for a year it becomes almost automatic. It does take time for it to bed in and the basics to be mastered. The big gains are meeting lots of great people and the social side that comes with it. But scrabble is a great game too :) Good luck whatever your decision.

Usually partner can respond and if they can't, the opponents will probably join the auction. Later in the course the reason for bidding in this way is explained further - and the sequence of your bids actually show what you don't have, as much as what you do have. I think take a leap of faith that there is good reason behind it and by the end of Lesson 6 it will hopefully be becoming clearer. Good luck with your studies.

@@janestearns9936 Thank you! I am continuing with the wonderful series.

Hi Pavle, thanks for your question. Simply pass. The worst you are in is a 7 card fit and that's not the end of the world.

There are many questions - like this one - that show you are progressing in your critical bridge thinking. My answer, certainly with 5332 distribution, would be to open 2NT. This causes a difficulty though... how does the partnership find out if there is an 8 card major suit fit? With the tools that a beginner possesses this is simply not possible, and you will possibly end up in 3NT when 4 of a major would have been better. You will find that there are ways of discovering an 8 card major suit fit in these circumstances, but this is beyond what would be covered in a beginners course.

you can open 2nt and still find a 5-3 major fit using a system like puppet stayman.