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	Level	What's New	Topics
NEW	A	A Gem	Inference and envisioning to reach slam in a rare competitive auction.
NEW	IA	On Competitive Bidding	Q&A about competing. When passer doubles later in the auction. Double or game decision.
	Level	Regional & Sectional Lectures
	BIA	Support Doubles	Improve our competitive bidding. 1st, second and 3rd bids by openber and responder.
	BI	Probability & Bridge	Counting cases to find better plays.  Practical analysis you can do at the table.
	BI	When They Open 1NT	Strong NT, Mel's Rule of 6+2, Weak NT, Penalty Double.
	BI	Bidding the BIG Hands	Big Hands, Responder & Opener ROles, Problem Hand Shapes, Interference, Specific Aces, Opening 5 of a Major
	BIA	Combine Your Chances	Success probability, combine chances, lines of play, finding extra chances
	BIA	Lets Talk Hands	Good bidding = thinking, not gadgets, Put yourself in partner’s shoes, what each bid says, flexible bids, counting tricks
	BIA	The 1st 90 Seconds	Plan Declarer Play, Count, Find Sources of Tricks, Discovery, Avoidance, Squeeze, End play
	BIA	Improving Our Partnerships	Tips for improving your partnership, Analyzing your game
	BIA	SLIDES Improving our partnerships	Slides
	Level	NLM Lectures
	BI	1 Competitive Bidding Basic Hand Evaluation	Working Points, Power of Shape, HCP, useful shortness, wasted values, poor shapes, Tricks, NT vs Suits, Flaws
	BI	2 Competitive Bidding The Law of Total Tricks	Law of Total Tricks, Deviations, Accuracy, Vulnerability
	BI	3 Competitive Bidding Counting Our Tricks MLTC	Law of Total Tricks, Adjustments, Loser Estimates, Shape
	BI	4 Competitive Bidding Whats 10 HCP Worth	12 hands to test your approach to competitive hand evaluation, Law of Total Tricks and Losing Trick Count
	BI	5 Competitive Bidding Situations	When opponents overcall, solutions, tools for two situations, intruder and advancer
	BI	6 Competitive Bidding Best Practices	Constructive, we-open-they-intrude, and they-open-we-intrude auctions, comparison of bidding tools.
	BI	7 Competitive Bidding Intervening	Takeout Doubles, seamless competitive bidding, Balancing, Direct Position
	BI	8 Competitive Bidding Intervening	Overcalls, seamless competitive bidding, Balancing, Direct Position
	BI	Counting Tricks II	Count Tricks when bidding and before playing to trick 1
	BI	Counting Tricks I	High Card Points, Shape, Tricks, Planning the Play, Losing Trick Count
	BI	Counting Shape III Rule of Eleven	4th best leads and Rule of 11, 5th best leads and Rule of 10 or 12
	BI	Counting Shape II	High Card Points, Shape, Tricks, Planning the Play
	BI	Counting Shape I	High Card Points, Shape, Tricks, Planning the Play
	BI	Counting HCP III	Calls that limit HCP, Shape, Tricks, Planning the Play
	BI	Counting HCP II	Calls that limit HCP, Shape, Tricks, Planning the Play
	BI	Counting HCP I	Bidding, Leads, Signals, Dummy, Discovery, Inferences, Bridge judgment, Dynamic
	BI	4 Preempts in Competition	4 of 4 - Weak Jump Overcall, Total Trumps, HCP, Sacrifice, Vulnerability, Raises, New Suits, Jump Shifts, Rule of 2-3-4
	BI	3 Making a Preemptive Jump Overcall	3 of 4 - Weak Jump Overcall, Total Trumps, HCP, Sacrifice, Vulnerability, Raises, New Suits, Jump Shifts, Rule of 2-3-4-5
	BI	2 Responding to Partners Preempts	2 of 4 - Fit, Total Trumps, HCP, Sacrifice, Vulnerability, Raises, New Suits, Jump Shifts, 2NT Ask over Weak 2.
	BI	1 Opening Bid Preempts	1 of 4 - Disciplined preempts, playing strength, vulnerability and position/seat, flaws
	Level	DeclarerPlay
	BI	How counting HCP informs Declarer Play	Count HCP, Length, Shape, play with best chance
	BI	How Counting Shape Informs Declarer Play	Count the Lead Rule of 11, Count HCP, Count Shape, Count Side Suit, Discovery, Showouts
	BI	How Counting Informs Declarer Play	Count Winners, Losers and Slow losers, eliminate losers before giving up control
	B	On Suit Combinations	Lead toward Honor, Singleton Honor Chance, Supported Honors finesse, play the hand not the combination
	B	More Suit Combinations	Count cases, Lead toward Honor, Singleton Honor Chance, Supported Honors finesse, play the hand not the combination
	BI	Would You Believe 3 Diamonds	Light Opening Bids, Michaels, Michaels over Michaels, What a Michaels bid shows.
	BI	Manage Trumps Well	Ruffing in the Short Hand, Avoidance Play, Danger Hand
	BI	Even A Bad Guess Is Worth Something	Counting tricks, cover cards, hand evaluation, tricks not points make game.
	BI	Managing a Wierd Hand	Rule of 22, Unusual Notrump, Unusual over Unusual, Cover Cards, Loser Count
	BI	Take the Right Finesse	Plan the play, imminent risk, countermeasures, stay alive, right finesse in right order
	BI	Avoiding Practice Finesses	Plan the play, Don’t Take Practice Finesses, Count Passed Hand HCP.
	BI	Avoid the Danger Hand	Avoid the Danger Hand, End Play, Freebids in competition, thin game
	IA	Finding the Elusive Overtrick	Vulnerable Preempt, Simple and Double Squeeze played as one.
	I	Tales From the NAP IX	Competitive Bidding, Phantom Sacrifice, 5-level decisions, Opening Lead.
	I	Tales From the NAP VIII	Michaels Cuebids, Competitive Bidding. Key Opening Lead
	BI	GNT Journal	GNT IMP Teams bidding
	I	Tales From the NAP I	Takeout double, Michaels Cue Bid, Raising Partner's Major with Hx, Playing safe in MP
	I	Tales From the NAP II	False Card, Danger Hand, NT instead of Majors
	I	Tales From the NAP VII	Meckwell over Strong NT, Competitive Bidding. Passive Opening Leads
	BI	Finally the Hand I Was Waiting For II	Loser on Loser, Trump Coup, Obvious Switch, Wolff Relay, New Minor Forcing
	BI	When 23 HCP Is Enough for Game	Help Suit Game Try,  Plan the Play, Avoid Practice Finesses
	BI	Play A Partial For All Its Worth	Active or Passive Defense, Leading an Ace in Partner's suit, forcing defense
	I	Lemons - Make_Lemonade	Competitive bidding, Off shape 2N rebids, Hand valuation, playing to your success vision
	I	Can't Make 10 Tricks Try an Endplay	Thin game, trump opening lead, endplay when short game tricks, partial elimination
	I	Use All Your Chances in a Partial	Raises preempt after takeout doubles, Suit Split missing 4 cards, Restricted Choice
	BI	Misdeclare This Hand With Me	Losing Trick Count, 10 Card Trump Fit, Law of Total Tricks, a priori odds, 3-3 Split 36%, finesse 50%
	I	Planning Not Deep Finesse Defines the Outcome	Too many finesses,  Percentage play with 2 finesses for a K and a Q, Count winners
	BIA	Why Play NT if 4-3 Fit_Available	Moysian Fit, Jump Shift 18+ HCP, Forcing 1NT Response, Cross Ruff, Beware Strength in Short Suits
	BI	Anatomy of a Postmortem - Why Winners Win	Envisioning, Cue bid limit raise, 1st round control, Minorwood, smother play, en passant
	I	Squeeze For An Overtrick	Working Points, Help Suit Game Try, Threat Cards, Correct the Count, Simple Squeeze
	IA	Finding the Trump 10	When to Cover an Honor, Inferences from defenders play, restricted choice
	I	When Trumps Split 5-0	Score trumps en passant, Double Dummy Analyzer, DONT, Rose Double
	B	Listen and Plan Accordingly	SLL-APE, Listen, minimum takeout double, ruff out  4-2 break, avoid practice finesses, loser count
	B	2 Finesses Too Many II	SLL-APE, Avoid finesses, ruff the 3rd round to drop a Queen, Save short suit finesses to last
	B	2 Finesses Too Many	SLL-APE, Eliminate Side Suit, Free Finesse, Ruff-Sluff, Throw-In, End-Play, Choosing the Throw-in suit
	BI	Find The 11th Trick	Support Points, High Cross Ruff, Trump Opening Lead, Discard Declarer’s Ruffing Suit
	IA	Exploit The Defenders Dilemma	Eliminate Side Suits, Weak Jump Overcall, Rule of 2-3-4-(5), Placing HCP, Create illusion
	I	Better Late Than Never	High Cross Ruff, Higher likelihood line of play, a priori chance, 4-2 split, 3-3 split
	I	3 Cards Are Enough	When opponents interfere over our NT, Negative Double, Moysian fit
	B	Eliminate a Loser	SLL-APE, Timing, Lead low toward High, Slow Loser, Manage entries for minimum risk.
	I	Can You Find the Game Going Trick	Count tricks, Support Points, Total Losing Trick Count, 4333 shape
	B	Eliminate a Loser	SLL-APE, Timing, Lead low toward High, Slow Loser, Manage entries for minimum risk
	B	Declarer Play Planning the Play	Plan Outline:  Count HCP, Winners, Losers, Tricks Needed, Sources of tricks, Avoid Danger Hand
	I	Dont Sleep in 1NT	End-play, Avoidance, Delay key decision
	I	Thin Game Try Hope and Caution	End-play, Avoidance, Delay key decision
	I	When Ordinary Becomes Impossible	Impossible contracts, optimism, critical play early, make defenders guess
	I	One Finesse Too Many	Competitive Bidding, Reading Cards, Estimating opponent’s hands
	I	Overtrick In 3NT	Competitive Bidding, Reading Cards, Low Percentage Slams, Minorwood
	I	Fragile Line Between Success and Failure	Duck your Ace, Ruff with trump ace, trump promotion, Merrimac Coup, entries
	I	Learning From Mentor Mentee Bridge	Fixes, Reverses, Forcing NT, Opening lead, Duck your Ace
	BI	Double Dummy Gem Mini Spingold	Construct threat-opponent’s hand, plan play, end play, squeeze, dummy reversal, entries
	B	3NT at Mentor Mentee Bridge	Fixed, Reverse, Forcing NT, Opening lead, Duck your Ace, Count opponents hands
	I	A Curious Bridge Hand	Score small trumps with ruffs, entries, trump end play
	I	Beware the Greek Gift	Count tricks, end play, ruff-slough, refuse defender’s gift
	I	Plan The Play I	Step by Step logic, Planning Play, Reading Cards, End Play
	A	Deeper Finesse II a 2nd Look	Blocking Play, Counting Tricks & Losers, Lead Inferences, Probability, Double Dummy
	I	Nothing in Life is Free	Free Finesse, Plan entries before play, Modified Capelletti
	A	Squeeze or Finesse	Unusual Opening Lead, New Minor Force, a priori chance
	A	Whats a Little Double Squeeze Among Friends	Double Squeeze, Defending, Eliminate Transportation before the squeeze card
	A	GNTQ Strips and End Plays Overcome Bad Trump Splits	Thin games, reading cards, dummy reversal, odds for games at MP and IMPS
	I	GNTQ Sacrificing at IMPs	Difference between a weak 2 and a 1 bid, Discipline after preempting
	A	GNTQ Bid Slam and Squeezes Oh My	Available spaces help chosing the right squeeze, double squeeze, Precision
	I	That Extra Chance for an Overtrick	Expectation weighted decisions, probability, 4th Suit Forcing, scoring and odds
	I	Expert Play Makes Up for Optimistic Bidding	OBAR, Competitive Bid, Plan to use all possible chances
	I	Find the Overtrick in a Cautious 3NT	Planning, Suit Split Probability, Rule of 7, Hold Up, Counting Opponents HCP & shape
	I	You Never Can Tell	High Level Bid Inferences, Board-a-Match Teams, Planning the play
	I	What a Way to End the Day	Bid Big Hands, Mirror Distribution, Bad Trump Split
	I	Finding an Overtrick When You Need One	Competitive Bid, Opening Lead, Counting Trick during the Auction
	I	Overticks in a 1 NT Contract	Planning the Play, Opening lead against 1NT, Counting defender's hands
	I	An Overtick in a One Level Contract	Opening Lead, Planning the Play, Suit Split probability, Balancing Bid
	BI	Finessing with 9 Trumps	Suit split odds, Available Spaces Principle, odds change, count opponents hands
	BI	Overtricks in Partials Worth Their Weight in Gold	Bid over takeout dobules, planning the play to avoid losers
	BI	Making Small Trumps Count	Planning the Play, Scoring weak trumps
	I	Plan Your Play Then Play Your Plan	Taking Stock, Counting Winners, Counting Losers, Finding suit to develop first
	I	Like Reading Tea Leaves	Overcalling,  advancing
	BI	Just Because Its There	Location of Key Cards, Slam or game, Match Point decisions
	I	Give Them a Chance and They Just Might Help	Preempts, Choosing game in competition, Michaels Cue Bid
	A	Finding a Double Squeeze	Think Squeeze, Double Squeeze, Rectify the Count, Vienna Coup,
	I	Competitive Bidding and Counting During Play	Support Double, Plan Play, Ducking Aces, Transportation in trumps, Support Points
	A	Hiding the End Play	Disguise the end play, avoid defender unblock, Inference from defender play
	Level	Bidding
NEW	A	A Gem	Inference and envisioning to reach slam in a rare competitive auction.
NEW	IA	On Competitive Bidding	Q&A about competing. When passer doubles later in the auction. Double or game decision.
	BI	Defending a Balancing Act	Big Hands, Balancing Bids, Strand Declarer in Dummy
	A	New Trends in 2 over 1 Majors	Defaults, Majors, Schuler Shift, Martel Switch, 2C Bal or Clubs, Min-Max Splinter, Fit Jumps, Fast Arrival, Picture Jumps
	BI	Let Opponents Make the Last Decision I	Bid to the right level immediately, Forcing Pass, Give Opponents the Last Guess.
	BI	Handling A Breakdown in the Bidding	Play the contract you’re in. Loser on loser. Stay calm. Emoting never helps.
	BI	Dont Finesse Draw Trumps	Splinter Bid, Opening Lead, Tightrope, Safe Switch
	BI	Defending Against Precision 1 C	Interfering over Precision 1 Club, Unauthorized Information
	BI	Balance of Power Doubles	Balance of Power Doubles, Rule of 23-32, Cooperative Doubles
	I	Toronto NABC Push the Opponents Around	Preempt, Favorable Vulnerability, 1st seat, 3, 4, and 5 level bids, Rule of 2-3-4.
	BI	GNT Journal	GNT IMP Teams bidding
	BI	Lets Talk Hands Detail	Bidding challenges
	I	Tales From the NAP III	Weak 2 on 5 card suit, constructive bidding and suit quality requirements
	I	Tales From the NAP IV	Competitive Auctions, Give Opponents the Last Decision, Favorable Vulnerability
	I	Tales From the NAP V	Singleton Kings are overvalued, Read Partner's switch as a singleton, Competitive bidding
	I	Tales From the NAP VI	Weak 2 on 5 Cards,  Rule of 2-3-4-5, Lead directing overcall,  defensive switch
	IA	When 16 HCP Are Worth More	HCP, Bergen Point Count, Upvaluing your hand
	BI	Slim Game In a Minor	Losing Trick Count, Avoidance in Bidding and Play, Free Bids in competition
	I	Light 3rd Seat Opening	3rd Seat Opening Bid, Psychic openings, NT rebid after Takeout Double
	I	Doubling Opponents Indiscretion	Reopening shape, negative double, penalty pass, slams after opponents interfere
	I	Count to Beat Game	Help Suit Game Try, Bergen Raises, Defensive Count Signal, Hold Up Play, Lead Trumps
	BI	Which Part Score	5-2 trump fit, Major or NT partial
	I	3 Cards Are Enough	When opponents interfere over our NT, Negative Double, Moysian fit
	B	13 Conventions You Should Know By Heart	Conventions That Work, Standard Bidding Framework, Prepare for your Opponents
	I	Turn a 1-Level Vulnerable Overcall Into Gold	Suit Preference, vulnerable overcall, converting a range-finding double to penalty, rescue redouble.
	BI	Preempts in Competition	4 of 4 - Weak Jump Overcall, Total Trumps, HCP, Sacrifice, Vulnerability, Raises, New Suits, Jump Shifts, Rule of 2-3-4
	BI	Making a Preemptive Jump Overcall	3 of 4 - Weak Jump Overcall, Total Trumps, HCP, Sacrifice, Vulnerability, Raises, New Suits, Jump Shifts, Rule of 2-3-4-5
	BI	Responding to Partners Preempts	2 of 4 - Fit, Total Trumps, HCP, Sacrifice, Vulnerability, Raises, New Suits, Jump Shifts, 2NT Ask over Weak 2.
	BI	Opening Bid Preempts	1 of 4 - Disciplined preempts, playing strength, vulnerability and position/seat, flaws
	B	Pass For A Top	Penalty Pass, Negative Double, Rescue Redouble
	B	Negative Doubles	Thin game, Plan the play, Clues from Defense, avoid the finesse, Negative Doubles
	BI	Whats a King Worth	Fit, Working Points, Primary and Secondary Honors, Useful length and shortness, Counting Tricks
	B	Diamonds Out of Turn	Bid out of turn, Call the Director immediately, Revalue Working Points
	I	A Balancing Act	Balancing in opponent’s suit, working points, counting tricks
	I	Bid What Your Partner Wants to Hear	Weak Two, Ogust, Singleton, Splinter, Modern Losing Trick Count.
	B	Dont Be Timid Over 1NT	Compete over 1NT, Systems on,  Garbage Stayman, Balancing
	B	To Bid or Not to Bid	Preempt with ruffing values, Six card suit and void, opponent’s find a fit
	I	Bidding NT with 5 Card Major	Puppet Stayman, Jacoby Transfer, ruffing in short trump hand adds tricks
	IA	KO Balancing Gem	Balancing, Working Points, Leading Trumps
	A	GNTQ Bidding and Slams and Squeezes Oh My	Available spaces help chosing the right squeeze, double squeeze, Precision
	I	GNTQ Sacrificing at IMPS	Difference between a weak 2 and a 1 bid, Discipline after preempting
	I	Business Redoubles	Redoubles, Puppet Stayman, Interference over Jacoby Transfer, Make flexible bids
	BI	If 3NT Is An Option	Competitive Bid, choice of strain, Defense carding inferences
	BI	Come Alive with 6-5 Part II	Distribution, hand evaluation, Law of Total Tricks, Opening Lead
	BI	Come Alive with 6-5 Part I	Favorable loser count, Distribution, hand evaluation, Law of Total Tricks. Opening Lead
	BI	When a Weak Jump Overcall is a Strong Action	Competitive Bid, Support with support, raising partner's weak 2, finding the right strain
	BI	When 2 Card Support Makes a Fit	Weak Jump Shift, 5 level sacrifice, Law of Total Tricks
	I	Little Differences Can Mean a Lot	1NT Range and accepting partners invitation, 3 small in opponent's suit,
	BI	Bidding One More When Black vs Red.	Competitive Bid, Law of Total Tricks, Texture, Honor Position
	BI	Simple Overcalls Kept Simple	Competitive Bid, BWS Polls, Overcall objective, Strength, length, shape, advancing, cue bids
	BI	Bidding Partner's Suit By Inference	Bid 64 shape, estimating opponents shape, Bid with 1NT Forcing
	BI	Missed Game Double Jeopardy Snapdragon Maximal	Competitive Bid, push opponents into game, Maximal Doubles, Double dummy results
	BI	Bidding A Spade-Club 2 Suits	Bid strong 2 suited hands, anticipate competitive actions, Game before slam
	BI	Opponents Land in Wrong Game After Interference	Preempting after partner passes, duck to kill dummy entries, Odds for finessing the J
	B	Competitive Bidding over 1NT	Off shape 1NT, pass or transfer, balance with a 4 card major
	B	On the Forcing NT	Forcing 1NT Response, Distributional misfits
	BI	Mega Hands II	Competing over preempts with big hands, AK Controls and HCPs
	BI	Mega Hands I	NT Conventions at the 4 level - what do you and your partner do?
	Level	Defense
	BI	Defending a Balancing Act	Big Hands, Balancing Bids, Strand Declarer in Dummy
	I	How Counting Informs Our Opening Lead	Count HCP, Shape, Entries, Choose Suit, Card
	BI	The Killing Lead	What does the auction say? What must be true to defeat the hand
	BI	Defending a Slam in a Wild Hand	Opening Leads against small slams, defensive visualization, Choose suit before card
	BI	Preempt Put the Pressure On	Weak Jump Overcall Rule of 2-3-4-5, Responder's bids under pressure, defensive signals
	BI	Give the Oponents Their Due	Weak 2 on 5 Cards,  Rule of 2-3-4-5, Lead directing overcall,  defensive switch
	BI	The Dream Killing Lead	Lead from length, Forcing defense, Matchpoints
	I	Misdefend This Hand With Me	Cooperative Double, Passive Trump Leads, Managing Defensive Entries, Eliminate impossible choices, play simply
	IA	When Nothing Seems Right Create An Illusion	Anticipation, Quick tricks, Expert HCP Scale, Open - Rule of 22, Read opponent’s bidding, Deceptive Leads
	I	Doubling Opponents Indiscretion	Reopening shape, negative double, penalty pass, slams after opponents interfere
	I	Count to Beat Game	Help Suit Game Try, Bergen Raises, Defensive Count Signal, Hold Up Play, Lead Trumps
	I	To Overcall or Not Thats The Question.pdf	Overcall or Take-out Double, Defensive Carding Signals, Attacking Leads
	BI	Unblock in 3NT	Opening lead, attitude spot card leads, unblocking, upside down signals, current count signals
	BI	4 Decisions On Defense	Defense Quiz with Matchpoint Results
	BI	Give Them Some Rope	3rd Seat Opening Bids, Unusual NT, Working Points, Double of 2-suit bids, Honor sequence leads
	BI	Take All Your Tricks on Defense	Competitive NT, Working Points, Switch to develop tricks, switch to avoid end-play
	I	Duck Your King	Leading short major, duck to help declarer take the wrong finesse, suit combinations
	BI	Two Heads Are Better Than One On Defense	Planning, opening leads, inferences, Passive/Active, Blocking plays, False cards
	BI	SLIDES Two Heads are Better than One on Defense	Planning, opening leads, inferences, Passive/Active, Blocking plays, False cards
	A	Defending Against Squeezes	Loser Count, Transportation, Threat Cards, Entries, faux queeze
	BI	Careful When Playing to Trick One	When to lead trumps, ducking to create losers
	B	Signal to Stop a Game that Can't be Made	Attitude signals to opening leads
	BI	Hold Up for the Setting Trick	Attitude spot card leads, hold-up plays cut communication
	BI	Take the Sure Plus	Penalty passes, reopening doubles, planning
	BI	Defending Against a Weak Notrump_II	Bid over their weak 1NT, defensive signals
	BI	Defending Against a Weak Notrump	Bid over their weak 1NT, defensive signals, unblocking
	BI	An Unfortunate Opening Lead	Raising or passing, reading the cards, overtricks
	BI	Defending a Partial for a Top	Opening lead, leading trumps, ducking so partner can lead last trump
	BI	Competitive Bidding and Counting During Play	Support Double/Redouble, Counting during play, Clues from Bid
	BI	A Question of Opening Lead	Leading top of sequence or unbid suit doubleton, Fourth Suit Forcing
	Level	Slams
	BI	Managing  a Complex Auction	Game before slam, Control bids, key cards, specific kings, Count to 13
	I	Plan a Touchy Slam	Plan the play, Count winners and losers, Count entries, Count trick sources, keep chances available.
	BI	4 Ways to Play a Slam	Success probability, Strip and Throw In, Inverted Minor Raise, Card Combinations, Trick Sources, Lines of Play
	BI	Help Partner Find Our Slam II	Counting Controls and Tricks, Roman Key Card Blackwood 1430, Control bidding
	BI	A Working Points Slam	Working Strength, Useful shortness, Rebid 1N holding 4 spades with a balanced hand
	BI	Finding a Sound Slam in Competition	2-suit bids, Invitational Cue bid, 5NT Pick a Slam, Unusual NT, Unusual over Unusual, Rule of 22, Losing Trick Count.
	BI	A Good Slam	When to bid slam, Grand Slam, Expected value, IMPs, matchpoint field, judgment, success probability, counting tricks.
	BI	A Good Slam II	Creative 1NT overcall, Losing Trick Count
	BI	Toronto NABC A Slam From Thin Air	Make a slam missing 2 Aces and the Trump Q
	I	Help Partner Find Our Slam I	Make Bids That Help Partner, Control bids 1st and 2nd round controls
	I	Help Partner Find Our Slam II	Grand Slams from Controls and Tricks, Roman Key Card Blackwood 1430, Control bidding
	IA	Tough Slam Even Double Dummy	Losing Trick Count, Plan the Play, Attacking and Passive Leads, Declare or Defend
	BI	High Level Slam Decision	High Level Reverse, Open 1 w/4 losers & less than 4 Quick Tricks, Competing after Michaels Cue Bid
	IA	5 or 6 You Decide.pdf	Raise instead of redouble strong auction, Visualization, Jump shift splinters after 2/1 GF, Minorwood
	IA	Working Points Find a Light Slam	Count tricks, Working Points, Cue bidding below 3NT, Serious 3NT, Ambiguous cue bids
	I	When You're in 6 Part II	Cue bid after takeout double, Bidding features.
	I	When You're in 6 Part I	Cue bid Slam invitation, interference over RKB.
	BI	Stumbling Into a Grand Slam The Easy Way	Cover Cards, AK Controls, Counting Cover Cards, Losing Trick Count
	I	High Level Slam Decisions II	Forcing Pass, Suit Preference Signal, Law of Total Tricks
	I	High Level Slam Decisions I	Unusual Over Unusual, Fast Arrival, Queen Ask,
	I	GNT Bidding a 28 HCP Slam	Restricted Choice, Probability, Count Tricks, Complementary Shortness
	I	GNT Bid a Thin Slam You Better Make It	Cue Bid, AK Controls, Too Many Play Options
	IA	GNT 7NT When the Opponents Overcall	Restricted Choice, Play for the Plus, Fatigue
	BI	Touchy 7 Hearts That Makes	Cue Bid Partner's Suit, Void, RKC, maximize your options
	BI	Making 7NT at Pairs	Cue Bids, Counting Tricks when Bid, Fast Arrival
	IA	Start with an Overcall Bid a Slam	Disciplined overcalls, Cue Bid, Sacrigicing against small slam
	LevelLevel	Theory
	A	Spot Cards and Opening Leads	Spot Card Leads, Card Combination Analysis, Relevant Cases, Information communicated
	IA	1NT Forcing in Depth	History, Application, Benefits, Meckstroth Extension, BART, Anti-BART
	IA	That Extra Chance for an Overtrick II	Expectation weighted decisions, probability, 4th Suit Forcing, scoring method & odds
	IA	Preempting and the Law of Total Tricks	Law of Total Tricks, Adjustments, Short Suit Value
	IA	Law of Total Tricks	Overview with references
	BI	Bid or Defend over Preempts	Double or declare after opponents preempt, Signal Request Honor Leads, end play
	IA	Working Points and Short Suit Total (WP+SST)	One possible approach to improve the accuracy of the Law of Total Tricks.