People Program -- NOLA

(Classes begin September 10th)

Enjoy bridge basics with like-minded people who just want to have fun!

Beginner and Intermediate players learn about tricks, auction, bidding, trumps, and scoring.

Course Outline

This will depend on the class makeup which is why I suggested a mixed Beginner/Intermediate Class.

Bridge terminology, order of suits, number of tricks, partnership aspect, "dummy" concept
American Contract Bridge league (ACBL), who plays and where
How to evaluate your cards
Bidding chart including No Trumps (NT)
Opening Bids of a Suit, and NT
Partner responses to opening Bids
Bidding Strong Hands
Bidding Weak Hands

Supervised play
Opening Leads
Counting the hand, including your partner
The concept of "doubles"
Competitive bidding, overcalls
Slam Bidding
Overtricks
Measuring Success, or "undertricks"