Lessons will be held on Monday nights at 7PM and offer both lesson lectures and play of the hand.

12 week course for $100.00

Classes begin on Monday evening January 9 th  -   7 PM

 Thursday evenings begin January 12th.

 Each workshop is 2 hours and “cards on the table” approach.

 Hands will also be played to enhance the experience.

Each class will be $10 and is held at OMBC.

There will be handouts at the end of each class.

 INSTRUCTOR:  PERRY POOLE     TIME: 7-9 PM

407 808 7900 – ppoole2@cfl.rr.com

Thursday, January 12^th - Leads against suits

Active or passive leads?

The answer to that question will secure thousands of defensive tricks for you.

                        Thursday, January 19^th - Leads against no trump

Let’s get off to a great start in the race to the finish line.

This first lead will haunt you if it's not a good one.

  Thursday, January 26th - Third Hand Play           

 More contracts are lost at the first trick than any other and usually by the third hand screwing up.

 Let’s fix this problem.

                        Thursday, February 2nd - Signaling Against Suits

It’s an art form!

Defensive signals come in three packages:

Attitude, Count, and Suit Preference. Learn these or go down in a heap.

                        Thursday, February 9th - Signaling Against No Trump

The dominant signals against NT are attitude and count.

Third hand must comply or die!

                        Thursday, February 16th - Second Hand Play

 “Second hand low and “Cover an honor with an honor” depends on the hand!

 Learn when to recognize the exceptions and save thousands of tricks.

                        Thursday, February 23rd - Discarding

The first discard reflects attitude.

 Learn some of the ways to show this very important winning technique.

                        Thursday, March 1st - Counting Distribution and Tricks

 Bridge is a game of tricks and distribution!

 Preventing opponents from taking tricks means learning to count. Let’s start now.

                        Thursday, March 8th  -  Counting High Card Points

 Let’s learn to count the hand down! There are 40 HCP in the deck.

Where are they? This is a lot easier than you think and very revealing, too!

                        Thursday, March 15th -  Learning to Think

 Learning to think strategically will be  a new discipline for you - Master it!

 Drawing an inference or logical conclusion from observed data is crucial for every defense.