Learn to open the higher ranking of 4 or 5 card suits and also the Rule of 20 allows opener to open the bidding on less than 12 points

Respond with the cheapest of 4 card suits to keep the bidding low and also learn the Rule of 14, a useful gadget to tell you if you are strong enough to bid a new suit at the 2 level or instead, respond with the dustbin 1NT

The most common time when you don't draw trumps first is when you can create a void in dummy. This will give you extra tricks before dummy's trumps are drawn

I will review the previous five lessons to give the students a chance to consolidate. This will be done with the popular question and answer format

It is important to practice these new bidding strategies of opening at the 2 and 3 level with weak hands

Opening at the 3 level shows a weak hand with a 7 card suit and is perfect for disrupting the opponents when they have a strong hand. Bid to spoil!

Similar to a weak 3 opener, an opening bid of 2D, 2H or 2S shows a weak hand with a 6 card suit. Again, it is a spoiling bid designed to make life harder for the opposition with good hands

Double is a tricky bid that we will practice by going through some set hands to familiarise you with the bidding strategy

Double is a very underused bid in bridge but is essential if you don't have a 5 card suit to overcall. It is a tricky bid so we will just look at the basic use of double in this lesson

Most bridge hands have a finesse or two so it is important to discuss this declarer play strategy in more detail

I will review the previous five lessons to give the students a chance to consolidate. This will be done by the popular question and answer format

We will discuss responder's support line and the very useful 1NT response, known as the dustbin bid!