Negative Doubles Tutorial: Learn to Play Bridge with AceBridge.org

[@nirupmalkani788]

Very nice. Thank you.

[@bipinkarpe3825]

Nice learning. Please add summary slide at the end of the video. This will help bigginers like us.

[@acebridge1770]

Thanks for the feedback Bipin!

[@devikagoone1437]

Thanks a lot very informative

[@acebridge1770]

Thanks for the kind words Devika!

[@pammatheson6023]

Why are you assured that partner has 5 spades when he bids 1 spade?

[@acebridge1770]

After a 1 Heart overcall, Partner will make a negative double with exactly four spades. So bidding 1 spade after a 1 Heart overcall promises 5+ spades.

[@ms-canmore2599]

@@acebridge1770 but in two of your examples you did not

[@acebridge1770]

@@ms-canmore2599 So sorry! To clarify, after a 1 Heart overcall by the opponents, Partner will make a negative double with exactly four spades. So bidding 1 spade after a 1 Heart overcall promises 5+ spades.

[@journeymanproject1756]

Or you could just wake up to the 21st century and teach using a physical whiteboard, which would have made your logic a lot easier to see. I can tell you right now that I’ll never be able to see your logic until you start acting like a real teacher and use one.

[@journeymanproject1756]

Real teachers use physical whiteboards. This is a disaster from start to finish, especially for players still learning.