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Ron Stearns - Defense
   1.  Third Hand Play
      2.  Second Hand Play 

 
   3.  Signals vs. Suit Contracts
      4.  Signals vs. No Trump Contracts
      5.  Suit Preference Signals
      6.  Discards
      7. 
Counting Declarer's Distribution
       8. Counting Declarer's High Card Points
       9.  Counting Declarer's Tricks
      10.  Planning the Defense


Ron Stearns - SAYC Major Suit Auctions
       1.  Jacoby 2NT
       2. Limit Raise
       3. Major Suit Raises in Competition
​        4. Negative Doubles
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   Sybil Says
  1. Axioms for Playing Bridge
  2. Bidding
  3. Bridge Etiquette
  4. Bridge Regulations & Dummy's Rights
  5. Bridge Terminology
  6. Director and Point Requirements
  7. Doubles
  8. Dummy's Rights
  9. Ethics and Niceties
  10. ​Game Abbreviations
  11. Guidelines for New Players - P1
  12. Guidelines for New Players - P2
  13. Handy Hints and Bridge Ode
  14. History of Sybil
  15. Max's Maxims - Part 1 - Fits and Controls
  16. Max's Maxims - Part 2 - Fits and Controls
  17. Max's Maxims - Play
  18. Misunderstandings
  19. Negative Doubles - Part 1
  20. Negative Doubles - Part 2
  21. New Minor Forcing
  22. No Trump Play - Defender Play
  23. Opening Leads Part 1
  24. Opening Leads - Part 2
  25. Preemptive Bidding
  26. Sam Stayman
  27. Signaling
  28. SLAM Bidding Using Blackwood
  29. Slam Bidding Part 2
  30. Splinter Bids Part 1
  31. Splinter Bids Part 2​​
  32. Stay Informed
  33. Suggestions for New Players
  34. Sybil and Sally
  35. Understanding Results Reporting
  36. When You Are Declarer


Articles - Ellis Feigenbaum
  1. Alerts
  2. Bridge Mistakes - Do's and Don'ts
  3. Lead Out of Turn
  4. Psych Bids
  5. Zero Tolerance
Chris's Corner 
  1. Bidding After Stayman
  2. Bidding In 4th Seat
  3. Defensive Bidding
  4. Defensive Bidding vs. Opponents NT Bid
  5. Defensive Carding and Suit Preference
  6. Forcing and Non-Forcing Bids
  7. Michael's Cue Bid
  8. Negative and Responsive Doubles
  9. New Minor and 4th Suit Forcing
  10. Responsive Doubles
  11. Roman Keycard Blackwood and Gerber
  12. Splinter Bids
  13. Weak 2-Bids and Responses
  14. 2 NT Game Try in Responder's Major
  Bridge Tips By Marjorie
  1. Assets & Defects
  2. Balancing
  3. Beating the Odds
  4. Better Defense
  5. Bridge Etiquette
  6. Bidding, Playing, Defending
  7. Clues and Inferences​​
  8. Cue Bids
  9. Cue Bids 2
  10. Danger Hand 2
  11. ​Don't Bid Same Hand Twice
  12. EndPlays
  13. Equal Level Conversions
  14. Everyone Loves Slams
  15. Exclusion Keycard Blackwood​
  16. Forcing No Trump
  17. Jordan 2 NT
  18. ​Jump Cue Bids
  19. Leaping Michael's
  20. Listen To Auction
  21. Pause And Plan
  22. Plan Before Trick ONE
  23. Plan Your Play
  24. Proper Use of Jacoby and Texas Xfer after 1 NT Open
  25. ​Recognizing Danger Hand
  26. Reconstructing Declarers Hand
  27. Roman Key Card and Minorwood
  28. Rule of 9 Tip
  29. Rule of 11
  30. Simple Spiral
  31. Slam Tries
  32. Unusual NT
  33. Use Entries Wisely​​
  34. When to Redouble​
  35. Why Play Bridge
  36. Winning Tip Play​
Lists above are alphabetical
 Latest Revision  5/14/25ek