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Private and/or Partnership Lessons With GRIZZ
Grizz is available for private and partnership lessons, and particularly wants to work with those who want to play a more advanced two over one game. This includes systemic bids, declarer play and defense. Partnership coaching is available as well. Prior to committing to lessons, there is a free 90-minute assessment. To schedule a free assessment lesson or learn more just email Grizz at Grizz@GrizzBridge.
In addition to paid lessons, Grizz offers some free courses and individual lessons open to kibitzers. The schedule for these events is listed below.
Upcoming Free Lessons in BBO
| Date | Time PDT | Event |
| Saturdays |
2:30 pm |
Grizz on Defense in Beginner/Intermediate Lounge |
| Saturdays | 4:30 pm |
Random Hands in BBO-IAC |
For the following lesson archives, the Chat Log is a text file of the lesson. Some minor edits have been made for the sake of continuity, and these files will open in a new browser window.
The Bridge Movies are .lin files. They will not open properly in a browser window, so they must be copied to your PC and opened with the NetBridgeVu application, available free from Bridge Base Online. To open and view a .lin file, follow the instructions below:
Save the file in a directory you can find, and rename it if you wish - e.g., "BIL Lesson 1-1-2007"
Login to BBO
Click on <Click to Play or Watch Bridge!>
Click on <Main Bridge Club>
Click on <Start New Table>
Check the "Teaching" box at the upper left of the dialog window.
Also check "Invisible" if you don't want company.
Click <OK>
Click <Movie>
Click <Open>
Navigate to the directory where you saved the .lin file that you want to work with
Click on that file, and it will open in the Movie window, and then you have two options.
If you click <Next>, the hand will bid and play, one bid or card at a time as it did in the lesson.
If you click <Send>, the hand will be sent to your table, and you can experiment with different auctions or lines of play and defense.
Beginner-Intermediate Lounge
Lesson Archives
| Date |
Description |
Chat Log |
Bridge Movie |
| 5-12-2007 |
Lesson 1 - Defense at NT |
Lesson 1 Chat Log is unavailable |
Lesson 1 Hands are unavailable |
| 5-19-2007 |
Lesson 2 - Beating Contracts |
Lesson 2 Chat Log |
Lesson 2 Hands |
| 5-26-2007 |
Lesson 3 - |
Lesson 3 Chat Log |
Lesson 3 Hands |
| 6-2-2007 |
Lesson 4 - |
Lesson 4 Chat Log |
Lesson 4 Hands |
| 6-9-2007 |
Lesson 5 - |
Lesson 5 Chat Log |
Lesson 5 Hands |
| 6-16-2007 |
Lesson 6 |
Lesson 6 Chat Log |
Lesson 6 Hands |
| 6-30-2007 |
Lesson 7 |
Lesson 7 Chat Log |
Lesson 7 Hands |
| 7-7-2007 |
Lesson 8 |
Lesson 8 Chat Log |
Lesson 8 Hands |
| 7-14-2007 |
Lesson 9 |
Lesson 9 Chat Log |
Lesson 9 Hands |
| 7-21-2007 |
Lesson 10 |
Lesson 10 Chat Log |
Lesson 10 Hands |
| 7-28-2007 |
Lesson 11 |
Lesson 11 Chat Log |
Lesson 11 Hands are unavailable |
| 8-4-2007 |
Lesson 12 |
Lesson 12 Chat Log |
Lesson 12 Hands |
| 8-11-2007 |
Lesson 13 |
Lesson 13 Chat Log |
Lesson 13 Hands |
| 8-18-2007 |
Lesson 14 |
Lesson 14 Chat Log is unavailable |
Lesson 14 Hands are unavailable |
| 8-25-2007 |
Lesson 15 |
Lesson 15 Chat Log |
Lesson 15 Hands |
| 9-1-2007 |
Lesson 16 |
Lesson 16 Chat Log |
Lesson 16 Hands |
| 9-8-2007 |
Lesson 17 |
Lesson 17 Chat Log | Lesson 17 Hands |
| 9-15-2007 |
Opening Leads vs NT, Coded 9 & 10 |
Chat |
Hands |
| 9-22-2007 |
More NT Defense |
Chat |
Hands |
| 10-13-2007 |
NT Defense, Third Hand play at Trick 1 |
Chat |
Hands |
| 10-27-2007 | NT Defense, Third Hand play at Trick 1, Finessing Dummy |
Chat |
Hands |
| 11-3-2007 | Third Hand Play, Finessing Dummy, Holdup on Doubleton Lead |
Chat | Hands |
| 11-10-2007 | Losing Trick Count |
Chat | Hands |
| 11-17-2007 | Stayman without 4M 4-way Jacoby transfers Superaccepts Defensive signals NT with a 5-card major Tenuki (Ricardo Poleschi) |
Chat |
Hands |
| 11-24-2007 | Putting it all together Defending against 1NT |
Chat | Hands |
| 1-12-2008 | Lavinthal and Odd/Even Discards |
Chat | Hands |
| 1-19-2008 |
5 Lines of Defense: 1. Force Declarer to Ruff |
Chat | Hands |
| 1-26-2008 |
2. Active Defense |
Chat | Hands |
| 2-2-2008 | 3. Passive Defense |
Chat | Hands |
| 2-9-2008 | 4. Reducing Ruffs |
Chat | Hands |
| 2-16-2008 | 5. Creating Trump Tricks |
Chat | Hands |
| 2-23-2008 | 5 Lines of Defense: Quiz Hands |
Chat | Hands |
| 3-1-2008 |
5 Lines of Defense: Quiz Hands |
Chat | Hands |
| 3-8-2008 | 5 Lines of Defense: Quiz Hands |
Chat | Hands |
| 3-15-2008 | 5 Lines of Defense: Quiz Hands |
Chat | Hands |
| 3-22-2008 | 5 Lines of Defense: Quiz Hands |
Chat | Hands |
| 3-29-2008 |
5 Lines of Defense: Quiz Hands |
Chat | Hands |
| 4-5-2008 | 5 Lines of Defense: Quiz Hands |
Chat | Hands |
| 4-12-2008 | Choosing an Opening Lead |
Chat | Hands |
| 4-19-2008 | Choosing an Opening Lead | Chat | Hands |
| 4-26-2008 | Choosing an Opening Lead | Chat | Hands |
| 5-3-2008 | Choosing an Opening Lead | Chat | Hands |
| 5-10-2008 |
Choosing an Opening Lead | Chat | Hands |
BBO-IAC
Lesson Archives
| Date |
Description |
Chat Log |
Bridge Movie |
| 10-27-2007 |
Slam Bidding - Stopping short, Italian Cuebids |
Chat |
Hands |
| 11-3-2007 | Puppet Stayman |
Chat | Hands |
| 11-10-2007 | Part score suit defense Preempt defense Jordan When NOT to double Competitive bidding |
Chat | Hands |
| 11-17-2007 | X vs. overcall with 4531? Lavinthal discards Captaincy in NT auctions Lebensohl |
Chat | Hands |
| 11-24-2007 | Bidding on misfits Passive defense Bidding against weak NT Is X penalty or takeout? |
Chat | Hands |
| 1-12-2008 | Bidding strong hands after preempts Responsive double Splinters Cuebidding to slam |
Chat | Hands |
| 1-19-2008 | Mini Roman 2D Bidding with misfits Intangible factors |
Chat |
Hands |
| 1-26-2008 | Interfering with 2NT auction Active vs. passive NT defense Hidden dummy entry Bogus Roman Key Card 4NT RKC with voids |
Chat | Hands |
| 2-2-2008 | RKC with voids | Chat | Hands |
| 2-9-2008 |
1C-1NT-? 1NT-X-? DONT Runouts |
Chat | Hands |
| 2-16-2008 |
Bergen Raises Losing Trick Count Defensive strategies 2NT with 5-card major Puppet Stayman |
Chat | Hands |
| 2-23-2008 | Puppet Stayman |
Chat | Hands 1 Hands 2 |
| 3-1-2008 | Smolen transfers |
Chat | Hands 1 Hands 2 |
| 3-8-2008 | Jordan vs. XX Passive defense Show fit in comp Mini/Maxi Michaels O/E discards |
Chat | Hands |
| 3-15-2008 | Stolen bid Lebensohl Judgment Finding partners |
Chat | Hands |
| 3-22-2008 |
Which slam? RKC with a void Preempt with 9xxxxxx? Rule of 2 and 3 1NT-X-??? |
Chat | Hands |
| 3-29-2008 | Lebensohl Bergen raises |
Chat | Hands |
| 4-5-2008 | 3NT or 4S? Which line of defense? Matchpoints vs. Imps |
Chat | Hands |
| 4-12-2008 | 7NT overcall slam Q ask in RKC Even stars make mistakes 5-3 vs 6-? 3NT showing a trump honor Bergen Rule |
Chat | Hands |
| 4-19-2008 | Misfits | Chat | Hands |
| 4-26-2008 | 7DXX-7 for -4000 on monster misfit |
Chat | Hands |
| 5-3-2008 | Open 1D? Open 1S or 2S? Feature or Ogust? |
Chat | Hands |
| 5-10-2008 | Forcing pass Negative double Is 2/1 forcing in comp? What are your leads? |
Chat | Hands |
Mentoring Sessions with PedroG
in the Beginner-Intermediate Lounge
Lesson Archives
| Date |
Description |
Chat Log |
Bridge Movie |
| 9-16-2007 |
Random Hands - Bridge World Standard Defense, Suit preference signals, High level decisions |
Chat |
Hands |
| 9-23-2007 |
Random Hands, Minorwood, Kickback |
Chat |
Hands |
| 10-14-2007 |
NT Defensive Signals, Attitude, Count, Suit Preference, |
Chat |
Hands |
| 11-11-2007 | Dealing with 4S overcall, Devaluing a 4333 hand, New Minor Forcing with 4522, Defend a misfit hand, Forcing defense |
Chat | Hands |
Mentoring Sessions with norrito1
in BBO-IAC
Lesson Archives
| Date |
Description |
Chat Log |
Bridge Movie |
| 9-16-2007 | Random Hands - Slam leads, Defensive signals, Freak hands, Rule of 2 and 3, Suit combinations, Bridge World Standard |
Chat |
Hands |
| 9-23-2007 |
Random Hands - Minorwood, Jordan, Flip Flop, Kickback |
Chat | Hands |
| 10-14-2007 |
Minorwood Queen ask |
Chat |
Hands |
| 10-28-2007 | Puppet Stayman |
Chat | Hands |
| 11-4-2007 | High level takeouts Reopening doubles Suit preference signals Revised DONT |
Chat | Hands |
| 11-11-2007 | Look for 3NT with misfit HSGT in overcall position Killing opponents' ruffs Drury |
Chat | Hands |
| 11-18-2007 | Calculating odds A98x vs. QT7x AKJxx vs. xx Imps vs. matchpoints Dangerous hand |
Chat |
Hands |
