♠ 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?

K J 4
A Q 7
K 10 8 3
Q 9 5
♦ Question 2

You are the dealer. What do you open?

Q 7 4
K 9
A J 6 5
K 8 7 3
♠ Question 3

You are the dealer. What do you open?

A K 9 6 2
K Q J 7 3
8
5 4
♣ Question 4

You are the dealer. What do you open?

J 8 5
Q 10 6 4
K 7 3
Q 9 2
♥ Question 5

You are the dealer. What do you open?