Learn Bridge With No Fear Bridge

If your partner has opened with a bid of 1NT you know they hold 12-14 points and have a balanced hand.

How you respond, depends on the number of points in your own hand and the type of hand you hold.

There are three basic types of responses.  Sign off (partner must not rebid), Invitational (partner can bid again if appropriate), Forcing (partner MUST bid again)

Your hand contains 0 – 10

Your hand is weak – even if partner holds 14 points (the maximum for a 1 NT opening bid) your combined

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I am finding that the key to learning bridge bidding is to break it down into bite sized chunks.

The first thing we will look at as an opening bid of 1 NT.

Remember the opening bid is made by the first person to have 12 or more points in their hand.

When to open the bidding with 1NT

You should make an opening bid of 1NT when you

a) have 12 – 14 points in your hand AND

b) you have a balanced hand (no void, no singleton and no more than one doubleton)

What does this bid

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