DavidC's Bridge Blog

A homogeneous bid is good for giving immediate information to partner. However, you must also make proper use of your ability to refine the ...

Let's consider a particular opening bid, say 1H. A bidding system will typically require somewhere between 5% and 10% of hands to be ope...

As you can see from this blog, I am fascinated by bidding theory. However, when it comes to actually sitting down at the table and playing t...

I can usually be relied on to have an opinion about any convention, whether I've actually played it or not. But I feel particularly stro...

Some systems are very good at showing strength on balanced hands. For example, many Italian pairs bid balanced hands something like this: 12...

This is the companion to Unbalanced-Hands-Show-Shape . Showing shape is always a good thing, because fit is all-important in competitive auc...

As explained in the previous post , showing shape with the opening bid is very important, particularly for unbalanced hands. The question is...