19:28:45 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: In a DEFENSE lesson, if you do it right, the Declarer will probably not make their contract :) 19:29:05 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: Download the lesson hands :) 19:30:33 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: https://www.acbl.org/portfolio/community-games/ ALL LESSON TOPICS ARE POSTED HERE so you know what's coming up! 19:30:54 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: Oct 5 – Defensive Signals: Suit Preference Oct 10 – Unusual 2NT: 2 Lowest Unbid Suits Oct 12 – Cuebids showing Majors Oct 17 – 2nd Hand Low: give Partner a Chance! Oct 19 – 2nd Hand Low Oct 24 – 3rd Hand High (as high as necessary) Oct 26 – 3rd Hand High Oct 31 – Rule of 22: Hand Evaluation 19:31:23 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: Download the lesson hands! 19:31:31 From Beverly Smythe To Everyone: Linda, can you please review bidding of board 8? 19:32:16 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: LESSON HANDS for TONIGHT: Download them here! 19:33:21 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: Oct 10 – Unusual 2NT Oct 12 – Cuebids showing Majors 19:35:04 From Veta To Everyone: Linda, please review board 12 19:35:47 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: Download tonight's lesson hands :) 19:38:43 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: Please download the LINDA LESSON for tonight: 19:42:18 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: We give Attitude on our Partner's tricks, and Count signals on Declarer's tricks. Attitude: HIGH card played to partner's trick shows you like it and want partner to continue it. A LOW card tells partner you can't help in that suit. Count: When you have an odd number of cards in the suit that Declarer just led, play a low card. Low-High means you have an odd number of pieces. When you have an even number of cards in that suit, play high-low - that shows an even number of cards, and often signals a doubleton. 19:48:28 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: There are THREE patterns that are balanced: 5-3-3-2 4-3-3-3 4-4-3-2 Any other pattern in your hand is NOT balanced. 19:50:55 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: Since Declarer bid NT, there are either 3 or 2 clubs in partner's hand. If partner's 9C was singleton, we'll give partner a ruff. West needs to give partner the smallest club to ruff. The low club says "trump this, and come back a diamond, so I can give you a second ruff." 19:51:29 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: Suddenly the hand with the overtrick has turned into a hand with an undertrick. This will be a good score for the EW pair if others don't use suit preference signals! 19:52:27 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: You should play AS HIGH A CARD AS YOU CAN AFFORD if you're signaling high. But you're not always dealt the right cards! 19:53:56 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: 5-3-3-2 4-4-3-2 4-3-3-3 THESE ONLY are the balanced patterns with 13 cards :) 19:56:15 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: In an auction, the stronger you are the slower you should go. Bidding 4 ♠️ directly over 1 ♠️ shows the "Weak Freak: 5 trumps, very few HCP, and an outside singleton. Take your time, allowing you to find out more about partner's hand. There might be just the right hand to try a slam. Responder is in charge anyway, just bid 2 ♣️ to keep the bidding alive and wait to hear opener's rebid. 19:57:18 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: EVERY time responder changes suits, it's absolutely 100% forcing. 19:58:46 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: DON'T MAKE PARTNER GUESS! TELL THEM which suit! 19:59:12 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: So much for that pretty spade contract! 20:07:00 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: Good thing you started with the spades, or those clubs would be a lovely place to park those spades! (yikes!) 20:09:06 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: https://www.acbl.org/portfolio/community-games/ Our video and the lesson hands will be posted here tomorrow... and all the upcoming lesson topics are listed here. 20:09:50 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: UPCOMING Oct 10 – Unusual 2NT: the 2 Lowest Unbid Suits Oct 12 – Cuebids showing Majors 20:11:58 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: Partner opens in 1NT, responder: 2H says "I have 5 spades," then 3NT says "and I also have enough points to be in game" The NT opener must now choose between 3NT and 4S, depending on if there is a fit or not. 20:13:13 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: PLAY THE HIGHEST CARD YOU CAN for your signal. The highest one you can afford. 20:13:44 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: UPCOMING Oct 10 – Unusual 2NT: the 2 Lowest Unbid Suits Oct 12 – Cuebids showing Majors 20:15:41 From Lynn Chapin To Everyone: https://www.acbl.org/portfolio/community-games/