Here we look at how to how to use artificial rebid structures in minor suit auctions to allow us to better communicate with partner.

Here we look at how Responder can use jump shifts to 2H and 2S over 1m to describe some difficult hands and improve our constructive bidding.

This week we look at a tool for Responder to use for exploring slam after partner opens the bidding with a 2-level or 3-level preempt.

There are many different ways to structure your 2NT "Ogust" type rebids by 2-level preemptor.  Here we look at the options and help you choose the method that best fits with your preempting style. 

Spear is an excellent system for effectively competing in the bidding when the opponents open the bidding with a minor and respond 1NT.  We are most likely to want to compete in a Major suit and this system allows us a variety of options for doing so!

Transfer bids improve standard bidding in many ways.   They are frequently used by Responder in a variety of auctions, but here we look at how Opener can use transfer rebids in the auction that begins 1H (P) 1S (P) to better describe their hand while keeping the auction at a low level. 

A jump rebid of 2NT by Opener, showing a balanced hand with 18-19 points, takes up a lot of bidding space and can put pressure on Responder to show their hand and keep the auction below 3NT.  Here we look at a modern sophisticated approach to solving this problem - Wolff Signoff with Transfer Rebids!

Here we look at how to use 3NT as a gadget to help us make better slam tries when we have found a Major suit fit.  This use of 3NT is called Non-Serious 3NT. 

The modern use of 5NT is as "Choice of Slams", a way to help us land in the best slam contract. 

Here we see how to answer Keycard when we have a useful void as well.

We look at responding with 5-card support for Opener's Major suit.

This week we look at using jump bids in competitive auctions as weak actions and using a cuebid of the interferer's suit as a limit raise or better, Q=LR+.

1M - 3NT is a simple, descriptive, and valuable auction as long as you and partner agree on how best to use it.

This week we look at constructive raises and limping raises, or what we do with a fit but a hand too weak to make a constructive raise. 

How do we keep bidding after Responder redoubles and what do those bids mean?

This week we look at a natural extension to Two-Way NMF, XYZ!

This week we examine a simple auction that can lead to many bidding mix-ups: 1C - 1D - 1H - 1S*!

When we jump to game with a good hand the danger is that we miss a slam.  This week we look at how we can use 3NT as a conventional call to solve this problem.