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BridgeOpedia Bidding Archives

This page provides links to over 70 different bidding topics.  Each of these topics has been covered in previous Wednesday Games, in the Bidding Quizzes.  Click on the topic of your choice and you will be linked to a collection of Bidding Quiz items from real-life Wednesday Game hands relating to that topic.

Updated.
Mar10

 

 

 

Opener's First Bid

Open or Pass?

4 Diamonds, 5 Clubs

Choice of Opening

Opening 2

Gambling 3NT

Third Seat

Fourth Seat

 

 

Responder's First Bid

Choice of Response

Walsh-Style

Forcing No Trump

Two Over One

Bergen Raises

Drury

Jacoby 2NT

 

 

Uncontested Auctions

Opener's Rebid

Game Tries

Fourth Suit Forcing

Reverse Auctions

New Minor Forcing

Fast Arrival

Choice of Game

Inverted Minors

 

 
 

No Trump Auctions

Stayman 

Jacoby Transfers 

Both Majors Opposite 1NT 

Minor Suit Transfers 

Gerber 

1NT 4NT 

Puppet Stayman 

1NT - Other Sequences 

1NT - They Interfere

 

Preempts

Opening Weak Twos 

Weak Two Follow-Up 

Defending Weak Twos 

Preemptive Openings 

After They Preempt 

Preemptive Overcalls 

Preemptive Raises 

 

After They Open

Overcall or Double?

Takeout Doubles 

Overcalls 

Michaels 

Unusual No Trump 

They Open 1NT - General 

They Open 1NT - DONT 

 

 

 
 

Competitive Situations

Bid, Pass or Double?

Negative Doubles 

Support Doubles 

Maximal Doubles 

Responsive Doubles 

Action Doubles 

Penalty Doubles 

Redoubles 

Good Bad 2NT

Constructive Raises in Comp

 

Slam Bidding

Choice of Slam

Cue-Bidding 

Slam Tries

Splinters 

Roman Key Card Blackwood

RKCB - Asking Bids 

Minor Suit Key Card 

Exclusion Key Card 

Grand Slam Force 

 

Miscellaneous Topics

Hand Evaluation

Balancing 

Pre-Balancing

Total Tricks 

Forcing Pass

Right-Siding the Contract

Partnership Bidding 

Getting Into The Auction

Lead Direction 
Pressure Bidding 
Scrambling Auctions 
Bidding Stoppers 
Deception & Concealment 

Losing Trick Count

 

 

 

 

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