| Al's teaching sessions on play and defense | |||||||||||||||||
| Play a NT contract | Summary | Play a suit-contract | Summary | ||||||||||||||
| Movies | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4> | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Movies | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Notes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Notes | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Defend a NT-contract | Summary agreements on signals |
Defend a suit-contract | Summary | ||||||||||||||
| Movies | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Movies | ||||||||||
| chatlog | 26 | 27 | 28 | chatlog | |||||||||||||
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| Endplays | Summary | Probabilities | Squeeze-Plays | ???? | |||||||||||||
| Movies | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Movies | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | ||||||||
| Notes | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Notes | what V. Mollo says | |||||||||||
| Play a suit-contract |
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| Lesson 22
Squeeze(4) 6 times the same hand |
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| Lesson 22 Squeeze(3) | Movie
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| Lesson 21 Squeeze(2) | Movie
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| Lesson 20 Squeeze(1) | Movie
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| Lesson 19
Endplays(4) Topics see 1. page of the movie |
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| Lesson 18
Endplays(3) Topics see 1. page of the movie |
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| Lesson 17
Endplays(2) Topics see 1. page of the movie |
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| Lesson 16
Endplays Topics see 1. page of the movie |
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| Lesson 15 Topics see 1. page of the movie | Movie
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| Lesson 14 Topics see 1. page of the movie | Movie
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| Lesson 13 Topics see 1. page of the movie | Movie
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| Lesson 12
Trump-control Topics see first page of the movie |
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| Lesson 11 Topics see 1.page of the movie | Movie Many thanks to Mihailo and Yvon | chatlog | |||||||||||||||
| Lesson 10 Topics see 1.page of the movie | Movie Many thanks to Mihailo and Yvon | chatlog | |||||||||||||||
| Lesson 9 Topics see 1.page of the movie | Movie Many thanks to Mihailo and Yvon | chatlog | |||||||||||||||
| Play a NT-contract |
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| Lesson 8: Topics see 1. page of the commented movie | Movie with comments | chatlog | |||||||||||||||
| Lesson 7: | Movie improved by Mihailo | chatlog | |||||||||||||||
| Combined chances; Rule of 11; dangerous opponent; deceptive
play with AQx. Create an entry with Kxx - Jxx endplay; endplay once more; Q10x-Kxx Q blocks the suit. Delayed hold up with 2 stoppers |
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| Lesson 6: Entries, unblocking, dangerous opp. | chatlog | ||||||||||||||||
| creating entries, guard entries, block opponents suit | Ax - 109xx | ||||||||||||||||
| Squeeze: Rectify the count | |||||||||||||||||
| Lesson 5 | chatlog | ||||||||||||||||
| Jettison play, dangerous opponent, holdup or not |
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| Unblocking to create or guard an entry | Jxx-Kxx; Q10x-AJx, AJ987-K10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Play a Suit combination; Safety play | AJ432-Q5; A9753-KJ2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesson 4 | chatlog | ||||||||||||||||
| #1; #4 Rule of 7; which suit first?, dangerous opponent | #2 Suit-combination Q9x-AJ10x, lack of entries to table | ||||||||||||||||
| #3 DON'T hold up. Refuse the Bath-Coup | #5 Suit combination: AQTx - Jxx; Find the doubleton K | ||||||||||||||||
| #6 Axx - QJT guard your entries | #7 Be careful; unblock | ||||||||||||||||
| #8 Refuse the finesse, develop a sure trick. Unblock. | |||||||||||||||||
| Lesson 3 | chatlog | ||||||||||||||||
| #1; #4; # 5 To hold up or not to hold up (that is the question). | #2 Bow to the Queen | ||||||||||||||||
| #8; #3 Bath-Coup | #6 Winning the race playing 50% instead of 68% chance | ||||||||||||||||
| #7 Overtake a singleton honour, safety play | |||||||||||||||||
| Lesson 2 | chatlog | ||||||||||||||||
| Guard and/or create entries | Axx opposite QJx | ||||||||||||||||
| Examples, when not to hold up, | Even if the Rule of 7 is telling to hold up, DO NOT, if you must be afraid of a switch. | ||||||||||||||||
| Handling specific suit combinations | AQ10x - Jxx or QJx - Axxx or KJxx - Qxx | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebensohl; Puppet-Stayman (after 2NT) | |||||||||||||||||
| Combining chances | |||||||||||||||||
| Safety play | Give up a posiible trick to ensure your bid. | ||||||||||||||||
| Rule of 11 working for declarer | |||||||||||||||||
| Lesson 1 | chatlog | ||||||||||||||||
| Rule of 7 | How long to hold up. | ||||||||||||||||
| Rule of 11 | Distribution of high cards | ||||||||||||||||
| Blanko-Coup (Ducking) | play low from both hands, to ensure the communication | ||||||||||||||||
| Take care of your entries. | If opponents play a suit and you can take the trick in your hand or in dummy, recapitulate which entry do you need later in the play. | ||||||||||||||||
| Dangerous opponent. |
You must try to keep this opponent off lead. |
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