Sharing tips from The Common Game's November 27th afternoon game. Learning points include:

• Concealing a card which would tell an opponent how a suit is distributed
• Defending against 2-suited overcalls
• Strong jump shifts

Here is the presentation David gave at a worldwide conference for bridge teachers and bridge coaches. David discusses how a growth mindset promotes learning. David provides tips for teachers and students to cultivate a growth mindset and accelerate bridge learning by focusing on the process, not the result.

Improve your defense against notrump contracts. Often your partner's play on your opening lead is forced, and they are not able to give you an attitude signal. The Smith Echo signal allows both defenders to signal their attitude about the opening lead after declarer wins the 1st trick. Learn how to use the Smith Echo to take more tricks against notrump contracts.

Learn how to setup a bidding practice table on BBO and tell the dealing program what kind of hands you want to practice.

In the comments to this post, we will share instructions to practice auctions discussed in our video lessons.

Please leave a comment if you need a dealer script which isn't in the comments below.

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