Marty has scheduled two identical sessions on Squeezes and Endplays
If you sign up for the class, you can attend either or both sessions.
The sessions are scheduled for:

• Thursday evening August 12 at 8:30 PM Eastern
• Saturday afternoon August 14 at 2:00 PM Eastern

Squeezes and endplays are techniques that all players love to execute.
Unfortunately, many players never learn
what THEY NEED to know to execute these plays.
The good news is that they are definitely NOT for experts only.
If you attend this lesson and study the material you receive,
Marty guarantees that you will understand these topics a lot better than you do now
and that you will gain confidence that you CAN execute these plays.

Squeezes
If you need the rest of the tricks, but don't have a good line of play,
it's a great time for a squeeze.
You will learn:

• How to recognize that a squeeze is likely to succeed
• How to distinguish relevant suits from irrelevant suits;
• How to rectify the count;
• How to win extra tricks without a legitimate squeeze

Endplays
If you're tired of seeing your finesses lose,
then an endplay is just what the doctor ordered.
You will learn:

• Why endplays are better than finesses
• Why "last is best"
• Which suits require an endplay?
• How to identify a throw-in card

Here is an example of what Marty will cover:

	North ♠ 74 ♥ A32 ♦ K53 ♣ KJ432
	South ♠ AQ9 ♥ KJ9 ♦ A2 ♣ AQ986

6♣ is a nice contract.
After the ♦J is led,
how can you make sure that you make 6♣?

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Marty has scheduled two identical sessions on What You Must Know About 2/1 Game Forcing
If you sign up for the class, you can attend either or both sessions.
The sessions are scheduled for:

• Thursday evening September 23 at 8:30 PM Eastern
• Saturday afternoon September 25 at 2:00 PM Eastern

This is the most popular system in the world today.
The key to good bidding is to exchange information
until your side can decide the correct level and trump suit (or notrump).
It's best to do so while remaining at a low level --
and that's what 2/1 Game Forcing is all about.

Here are some of the topics Marty will cover:

• Should you treat a 2-level response as 100% game forcing?
• When is it correct for opener to jump?
• Should reverses apply after a 2/1 response?
• Does opener need stoppers in all unbid suits to rebid 2NT?
• What you must know about "Fast arrival?"
• Should you play 1♦ - 2♣ as game forcing?
• What is the key to good slam bidding after a 2/1 game force?

Here is an example of what Marty will cover:

You hold: ♠QJ9542 ♥Q6 ♦KQ2 ♣CA4

You	Partner
1♠	2♥
2♠	3♦
???

Whether playing matchpoints or IMPS, what do you bid?
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Marty has scheduled two identical sessions on What You Must Know About 1NT Forcing
If you sign up for the class, you can attend either or both sessions.
The sessions are scheduled for:

• Thursday evening November 4 at 8:30 PM Eastern
• Saturday afternoon November 6 at 2:00 PM Eastern

1NT forcing goes hand-in-hand with 2/1 Game Forcing.
This wide-range bid allows responder to keep the bidding open
with a variety of hands while remaining at the one level.

When partner opens a major, this is the bid
that responder will make more often than any other action.
That makes it a very important bid to understand.

Here are some of the topics Marty will cover:

• What is the likelihood that opener's 2 of a minor rebid is a 3-card suit?
• When should responder raise opener's minor?
• What should opener rebid with a 6-4 hand?
• After a 1♥ opening bid, should responder ever bid 1NT when he has spades?
• What should opener rebid with an impossible 4-5-2-2 hand?
• How should you handle a 1NT response by a passed hand?
• How should you handle a 1NT response in competition?
• What is 1NT Semi-Forcing?

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	North ♠ 74 ♥ A32 ♦ K53 ♣ KJ432
West ♠ K1032 ♥ Q1054 ♦ J1097 ♣ 10		East ♠ J865 ♥ 876 ♦ Q864 ♣ 75
	South ♠ AQ9 ♥ KJ9 ♦ A2 ♣ AQ986

6♣ is a nice contract.
After the ♦J is led,
how can you make sure that you make 6♣?

Although both major-suit finesses are destined to fail,
if you play the hand correctly, 6♣ is ice-cold.

6♣ calls for a throw-in play,
which is more commonly known as an endplay.
Here we go:

1. Trick 1: Win the ♦A.
2. Tricks 2-3: Draw trumps by cashing the ♣A and ♣K.
3. Trick 4: Cash dummy's ♦K.
4. Trick 5: Ruff dummy's last diamond.
5. Trick 6: Cross to dummy with the ♥A.

The stage is now set.
I find the following to be rather aesthetic.
I hope you will agree.

Trick 7: Lead a spade to the ♠9.
West will win a cheap trick with his ♠10.
And then… He is truly endplayed.

Here is the position after 7 tricks have been played.
West is on lead.

	North ♠ 7 ♥ 32 ♦ ♣ J43
West ♠ K3 ♥ Q105 ♦ 10 ♣		East ♠ J86 ♥ 87 ♦ 6 ♣
	South ♠ AQ ♥ KJ ♦ ♣ Q9

If he leads a spade, you will win your ♠Q,
and can use your ♠A to discard dummy's heart loser.

If he leads a heart, your heart loser will disappear,
and the rest are yours.

If he leads a diamond, you will ruff in one hand,
and sluff a heart from the other.
Making 6.

By the way, if East had made the expert play of the ♠J when a spade was led from dummy,
it would not have changed the outcome.
You would cover with the ♠Q,
and your ♠A9 would have had the same effect as the ♠AQ.
If you did not have the ♠9,
then expert defense would have saved the day for E-W.
However, once again, a nice intermediate card was worth its weight in gold.

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You hold: ♠QJ9542 ♥Q6 ♦KQ2 ♣CA4

You	Partner
1♠	2♥
2♠	3♦
???

Whether playing matchpoints or IMPS, what do you bid?

Bid a flexible 3♥, rather than an inflexible 3NT.
“When in doubt, make the cheapest bid.”
You didn’t immediately raise hearts,
so partner won’t expect you to have three.
If his hearts are not strong enough to play
opposite a doubleton honor, he has room
to support spades with a doubleton
or bid notrump or rebid diamonds.

FYI: Partner has ♠A ♥AKJ97 ♦J10753 ♣73
If you bid 3♥, he will raise to 4 and easily make 5.
If you bid 3NT, he will pass and watch you go down.

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