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  1. Making tricks without a Trump Suit
  2. Making tricks with a Trump Suit

  3. Hand Evaluation
  4. No Trump Opening bids & NT responses

  5. One in a Suit Opening bids & Suit raises
  6. NT Responses after a 1 in a Suit Opening

  7. Bidding a New Suit     7a. General Principles
  8. Suit Responses after a 1 NT Opening

  9. The Indirect Finesse *
10. The Direct Finesse - The Danger Man *

11. Bidding by a Passed Hand
12. Handling a Trump Suit *
  13. Preemptive Opening bids
14. Overcalls & Takeout Doubles

15. The Double and Deep Finesse *
16. Weak and Strong Two Opening bids

17. The Duck and the Throw In *
18. Hold Up and Avoidance Plays *

19. The Negative Double Response
20. Trump play techniques *

21. Play by the Defense *
22. Optional bids for the Defence

      The Losing Trick Count (LTC)

  * = Lesson on card play technique
10. Lesson numbers in red are for Beginners


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