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This page last revised 19th Feb 2024

There are many conventional bids in modern bridge.

Some are in common use at all levels of the game - some exist only in the expert game - and some, believe it or not, exist only at the beginner level.

On this site I include at least one suitable convention for most of the imaginable situations in which a convention might be useful.  Some of these conventions are in common use, some are less common, there are one or two rarities and even a couple of my own original ones which you won’t come across anywhere else.

Note that in most cases I have a preference for one of the methods on offer, and that I have also included a number of methods which are in fairly common use but which I do not recommend.

Each convention which follows is discussed in the correct bidding context in the ‘Bidding’ section.

In that section I shall attempt to show how the convention can be incorporated with the other bids available. I shall also indicate the level of expertise at which I consider the convention to be appropriate - I shall make clear my preferences - and in particular I shall let you know whether it is a convention which I think will add to your game, or one which is better discarded or replaced at an early stage.

On the next page are

some general thoughts on conventions

It is important that a partnership should share a philosophy on the matter - at least up to a point.

There are then a number of pages addressing important groups of conventions which might appear at various points in the auction:-

support continuations

trial bids

the principle of fast arrival

Conventions

The following each link to the appropriate point in the alphabet in the ‘dictionary of conventions’.  From there (thence if you insist) you can see the complete list, or link to the pages on individual entries.