Bidding Basics
Your first four weeks at the table. By the end you'll open, respond and agree on a contract without reaching for a cheat sheet.
- Level
- Beginner
- Length
- 4 weeks
- Lessons
- 12
Week by week
01
Counting points
Learn high-card points, distribution and when your hand is worth an opening bid.
- 1 What a contract is 25 min
- 2 Counting high-card points 25 min
- 3 Balanced or unbalanced? 25 min
02
Opening the bidding
One of a suit, 1NT, and the order you show your suits in.
- 1 Five-card majors 25 min
- 2 The 1NT opening 25 min
- 3 When to pass 25 min
03
Responding to partner
Raise, change suit or bid no-trump: how to tell partner what you hold.
- 1 Simple raises 25 min
- 2 New suits at the one level 25 min
- 3 No-trump responses 25 min
04
Finding the contract
Put it together and reach game when you have it, and stop low when you don't.
- 1 Game and part-score 25 min
- 2 Invitations 25 min
- 3 Full practice deals 25 min
Your teacher
Laura Bennett
National champion, 18 years of teaching, and endlessly patient with beginners.
- 120 practice deals
- Weekly live Q&A
- Printable bidding card
- Certificate of completion