Poppa Mintin on the Bridge

This site is intended for the use of invited guests.  It is not  intended to be any form of tutorial and assumes the reader has a working knowledge of the game of bridge. The pages herein contain my interpretation of the various bids and conventions that I currently use as a member of the Scunthorpe and District Bridge Association. That is not to say that I actually remember all that I have written in here, all of the time, but rather that which I wish I could remember. Anyone reading this in hope of getting an insight to my knowledge of Acol, such as it is, should notice that I make no mention of reverse bids, for the simple reason that I've not yet explored that convention.   So, if I should make a rebid at the two level in a suit ranking higher than my opening bid, be aware that both of my suits may contain five cards, although the opening suit will be the longer if they are of unequal length and...  I may not have the sixteen high card points you might expect. Throughout my web site you may come across pretty obvious symbols for the four suits, in the form 1♣ or say; 4♥. These will represent a bid.  Alternatively, those in the form ♦2 or ♠7, in other words, the symbol followed by the figure or letter, will represent a card value.

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Introduction Overview of system Suit Opener 4 4 4 1 Shape The loosing trick count Overcalls Doubling Transfer bidding Non-forcing 3 level bidding Strong No Trumps opening bid Strong Suit opening bid Strong Hand opening bid Pre-emptive opening bid Slam bidding Discard signaling Opening leads Rule of Eleven DOPI

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The Stayman convention Extended Stayman The Gerber convention The Blackwood Convention

The Barron Convention The Flint Convention The Lavinthal Convention The McKenny Convention