BAND 2010 July Bridge Lessons

July classes begin the week of June 28^th

Mix-n-match your lessons. The more you take, the deeper the discount!

No need to choose your lessons now, just buy your punch card at your first lesson.

Monday & Wednesday 10am-12pm Introduction to Bridge

Never played Bridge before? This is the class for you! Have friends that would like to learn the game?

Send them a note or better yet – give them a gift certificate for the class! 4 Weeks. Instructor: Loyce Rubin

June 28^{th -} How the Play Goes

June 30^th - How the Bidding Goes

July 5^th - Notrump Play

July 7^th - Notrump Bidding

July 12^th - Trumping Losers

July 14^th - Major Suit Bidding

July 19^th - Finessing

July 21^st - Minor Suit Bidding

Monday 10am-12pm Hand Evaluation, Responder’s World and Rebids

Played long ago? Looking for the new bidding? Jump back into the game with these classes!

June 28^th - Modern Hand Evaluation: A Comparison

July 5^th - Responder’s Priorities: Major or Minor

July 12^th - Rebids by Opening Bidder: Shape and Points

July 19^th - Rebids by Responder: How High and Where?

Monday 1pm-3pm Counting Losers and Getting Rid of Them!

Trump contracts a mystery? Not sure when to pull trump. Wait! You thought you always pulled trump?

Join us in this series of classes to find out all about playing trump contracts.

June 28^th - Counting & Identifying Losers

July 5^th - Ways to Eliminate Those Losers: Discarding & Trumping

July 12^th - To Pull or Not to Pull, That is the Question?!

July 19^th - Practice Makes Perfect!

Monday 6:30-8:30pm Hand Counting – 1,2,3

Want to find those Queens and Jacks? Want to know which card to discard?

Counting high cards and hand shape is the way to do it!

July 5th - Thinking in Patterns: Hands and Suits

July 12^th - Finding Honors through High Card Point Analysis

July 19^th - Finding Honors through Hand Pattern Analysis

Tuesday 10am-12pm Opening Leads & Partner’s Signals

June 29^th – Notrump Contracts: Honors and Long Suits

July 6^th – Suit Contracts: Trumps and Short Suits

July 13^th - Attitude Signals: Developing Tricks on Defense

July 20^th - Count Signals: Interfering with Declarer’s Plan

Tuesday 1pm-3pm Fine Tune Your Bidding Judgment

Got the fundamentals? Ready to do some fine tuning on your bidding judgment?

These classes help you deal with those exception hands you see every day!

June 29^th – Misfits: You Must ‘a’Quit!

July 6^th - Hand Evaluation: 10’s, 11’s and 12’s

July 13^th - Common Bidding Errors: Oops, I did it again!

July 20^th - Bidding Inferences: What did that bid really say?

Tuesday 6:30-8:30pm How to Mess with the Opponents!

Working on the opening bidder’s and responder’s rules but would love to know what to do if your opponent

is in the auction? These classes give you the tools to mess with your opponents in a friendly kind of way.

June 29^th – Preempts: Everybody’s toy

July 6^th – Overcalls after the Opening Bid

July 13^th –Doubles of the Opening Bid

July 20^th - Responder fights back!

Wednesday 10am-12pm The Law!

Ever wonder if you should bid to the three level or let your opponent’s play it there?

The Law of Total Tricks will take the guess out of your decision.

June 30th - Understanding the Law of Total Tricks

July 7th - Applying the Law of Total Tricks

July 14th – Conventions and the Law of Total Tricks

Individual Classes $30.

3 Classes - $80 4 Classes - $100 5 Classes - $120 6 Classes - $140

7 Classes - $160 8 Classes - $180 9 Classes - $200 10 Classes - $220

Bridge Academy of North Dallas

12250 Inwood Rd. Suite 8 * Dallas, TX 75244 t. 972.960.6700 f. 214.373.0370

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