♠ Watch, then bid
Your first bid
Watch Tracey's four-minute lesson, then open five hands. Twelve or more opens. Check 1NT first: balanced 15 to 17. Then a five-card major.
Learn to Play Bridge: #6 Your First Bid, from the Bridge Unleashed channel. Open on YouTube
You are the dealer every time. Count, then choose your opening bid. Five questions.
♠ A Q 8 6 3
♥ K 5
♦ Q J 4
♣ 9 7 2
♥ Question 1
You are the dealer. What do you open? Pass 1♠ 1NT
♠ K J 4
♥ A Q 7
♦ K 10 8 3
♣ Q 9 5
♦ Question 2
You are the dealer. What do you open? 1♣ 1♦ 1NT
♠ Q 7 4
♥ K 9
♦ A J 6 5
♣ K 8 7 3
♠ Question 3
You are the dealer. What do you open? 1♣ 1♦ 1NT
♠ A K 9 6 2
♥ K Q J 7 3
♦ 8
♣ 5 4
♣ Question 4
You are the dealer. What do you open? 1♥ 1♠ 1NT
♠ J 8 5
♥ Q 10 6 4
♦ K 7 3
♣ Q 9 2
♥ Question 5
You are the dealer. What do you open? Pass 1♥ 1♣