September 2018

Stayman Bidding Convention – Acol Bridge

The Stayman Bidding Convention is one of the first conventions that beginning players will learn and is widely used by beginners and experienced players. It is used by responder if partner has opened the bidding with a No Trumps bid – 1NT or 2NT. It is used to find out if the partners have an […]

Should I Draw All The Trumps?

Once declarer gets on lead it’s he or she will usually want to draw all the trumps – it often feels like the right thing to do. But is it? Would you be better to leave some trumps outstanding? Suppose declarer and dummy hold the following cards in trumps: Once declarer doe gets on lead, […]