{"id":3384,"date":"2013-01-27T21:01:39","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T05:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?p=3384"},"modified":"2013-02-04T17:05:25","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T01:05:25","slug":"advanced-lesson-4-more-balancing-seat-bids-for-duplicate-bridge-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?p=3384","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Lesson 4 \u2013 More Balancing Seat Bids for Duplicate Bridge Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-has-submenu wp-not-current-submenu menu-top menu-icon-page\">Here we go again!\u00a0 Yes, once again Lefty opened the bidding and after two passes, it&#8217;s up to you to make a call.\u00a0 In this lesson we discuss the first few of 9, yes NINE possible actions.\u00a0 Passing may seem like a sell-out, especially after &#8220;borrowing a King&#8221; from partner, yet sometimes we&#8217;re been dealt a funky hand and the proverbial VULNERABILITY stars are in the wrong position (adverse).\u00a0 Or, you have lousy working values, or the game format isn&#8217;t favorable (Match Point), or your suit distribution screamed PASS (long\/weak LHO suit, a short Spade suit, etc).\u00a0\u00a0 Fortunately, much of the time we can scramble up a 1 level bid or make a balancing seat 1 Notrump call.\u00a0 In future lessons, we will explore the wide world of the takeout double, 2 and 3 level jump and non-jump bids, cuebids and more!\u00a0 But wait, there&#8217;s much more waiting when we head for the table when defenders and the declarer begin plunking card down on the table&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>By the way, Premium and ULTRA members are welcome to enjoy prior Advanced Lesson segments as well as the Social Lessons (covering Major Suit Raises in the first 4 lessons).\u00a0 Better yet, check out the hundreds of hours of videos in our archive by clicking<br \/>\n&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?page_id=540\">Index to Videos&#8221; on the navigation above or simply click this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bridgehands-videos.s3.amazonaws.com\/Advanced_4_Teaser\/Advanced_4_Teaser.html\">Visitors &#8211; please click here to view Part 1 of the Teaser<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/premiumcontent\/Advanced_4_Part_2\/Advanced_4_Part_2.html\">Premium and ULTRA Members click here to view Part 1 of the 25 minute video<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For our Advanced players sitting in the passout seat, we will compare and contract three bidding variations.\u00a0 Sure, in the balancing seat we always strive to be partner&#8217;s hero and rummage up a bid after &#8220;borrowing a King&#8221; from partner.\u00a0 Yet with questionable values, sometimes we will not have the anticipated story book ending.\u00a0 And how about you &#8211; do you feel lucky?\u00a0 One way or the other, let&#8217;s see how this story turns out for the declarer and the would-be defenders.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bridgehands-videos.s3.amazonaws.com\/Advanced_4_Part_2_Teaser\/Advanced_4_Part_2_Teaser.html\">Visitors &#8211; 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