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Esther says, "These simply ain't
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As advertised in the December, 2023 ACBL Bridge
Bulletin.
Also see the article about
Esther in the Winter, 2024 issue of the
the American Bridge Teachers' Association ABTA Journal, or the
article about Esther in the Summer,
2024 issue of the ABTA Journal.
The "Esther Bridge 'Pop' Quizzes" website includes a series of bridge quizzes developed by Esther. Each
brief quiz poses a bridge quandary or a series of bridge quandaries. Every Quiz also includes a Hyperlink to
Esther's suggested answer(s) to the quandary or series of quandaries on a given Quiz. These answers are
relatively detailed, and include references and links to related content on the "Esther Bridge
Lessons" website.
Unlike the "Esther Bridge Lessons" and the
"Esther Bridge Conventions Lessons", which vary in
levels of focus and difficulty, the "Esther Bridge 'Pop' Quizzes" are more uniformly targeted at
serving newer players. Enjoy! And please please tell all your Bridge Friends!!!
Esther Bridge 'Pop' Quiz" #103
is a very, very special "Esther Bridge 'Pop' Quiz"! This special 'Pop' Quiz
both tests and teaches. Quiz #103 covers (1) your knowledge about Bridge Scoring and (2) your
knowledge about how Duplicate Pairs MatchPoint and Total Percentages are computed. Would you start competing in
football or cricket if you did not really understand how the competition was scored??? To bid and compete
effecively in duplicate bridge you similarly must reasonably soon become facile in your understanding of how
duplicate bridge is scored!!!
BIDDING
Quiz #100: "Several Bidding Conundrums and a
Centennial-Quiz Tribute to Ron Klinger and Klinger's 'Suit Quality Test ('SQT')
Score'".
Quiz #307: "Hone Your Bridge Bidding Skills With These
Assorted Bridge Bidding Conundrums for Beginners". Included are brief discussions of
Marty Bergen's "Rule of 20", Ron Klinger's "Suit Quality Test
('SQT') Score", and "Inverted Minors".
Quiz #317: "Can You Correctly Bid When Both You
and Partner Hold 2 Very 'Long' Suits?: Some Cardinal Bridge Bidding Principles".
Quiz #329: "More Bridge Bidding Conundrums:
How Do Your Bids Compare to Those of the Experts?"
Quiz #346: "Some Bidding Decisions With a Few Comments
by Some Duplicate Bridge Experts".
Quiz #274: "Esther discusses Several 'Flavors'
of What She Considers Possibly the 'Most Important Bid' in Bridge".
Quiz #304: "Hone Your Bridge Bidding 'Hand Evaluation'
Skills With These 7 Michael Berkowitz Hand Comparisons".
Quiz #327: "Some 'Bidding Box'
Problems".
Quiz #330: "Practice Bidding the '2 Over 1'
Convention as Both Opener and Responder".
Some 'Real Deal' Bridge Bidding Conundrums
Quiz #323: "A Rough Day at the Bridge Table: Can You
Correctly Bid These 'Real Deal' Hands with Very Unusual Card Distributions?"
Quiz #335: "Another Tough Day at the Bridge Table: Can You Correctly Bid These 'Real Deal' Hands?"
Quiz #341: "Another Tough Day at the Office: Can You
Correctly Bid These 'Real Deal' Hands?"
Quiz #321: "More Bridge Bidding 'Real Deal'
Conundrums".
Quiz #283: "More 'Quickie' 'Real Deal' Bridge Bidding Conundrums".
Quiz #235: "Some 2C Opening 'Real Deal'
Bidding Conundrums".
Quiz #265: "More 'Real Deal' Bidding
Conundrums".
Quiz #238: "5 'Quickie' 'Real Deal'
Bidding Conundrums".
Quiz #214: "A Series of 'Real Deal' Bidding
Challenges".
Quiz #230: "More 'Real Deal' Bidding
Conundrums: More Fun at the Bridge Table".
Quiz #200: "More 'Real Deal' Bidding
Conundrums".
Quiz #198: "Some 'Real Deal' Bidding
Challenges".
Quiz #188: "4 'Real Deal' Bidding
Challenges".
Quiz #169: "A Couple of 'Quickie' 'Real Deal'
'Bidding Conundrums' Along with Some Double Dummy Analyses".
Quiz #273: "Some Bridge Bidding Conundrums Proposed
by Barbara Seagram".
Quiz #205: "Can You Correctly Bid as Responder When
Partner Opened 1NT, Your RHO PASSed, and You Hold One of These Unusual Distributions?"
Quiz #206: "Can You as Responder 'Correctly' Bid Your
Hand Once Partner Opened and Then Bid a Second Time?"
Quiz #254: "Several 'Quickie' Esther 'Real
Deal' Bidding Conundrums, Including 'The Five Level Belongs to the Opponents'".
Quiz #258: "A Dozen of Marty Bergen's 'Bidding
Conundrums' for You as Bridge Responder".
Quiz #197: "Bridge Bidding Like an Ace". The
bidding challenges presented in this "Esther Bridge 'Pop' Quiz" are drawn from Bobby Wolff's "Aces on
Bridge" website. Wolff played on the very first professional bridge team and this bridge team won the 1970 and 1971
Bermuda Bowls over the vaunted "Italian Blue Team".
Quiz #183: "Beware of Marty Bergen's Bridge 'Rule
of 20".
Quiz #181: "Improving Your 2nd Bridge Bid as
Responder".
Quiz #182: "Deciding Whether to Preempt: The
'Rule of 20', the 'Rule of 2, 3, and 4', and the 'Losing Trick Count'".
Quiz #172: "Can You Sort Out the Relative
Importance of High Card Points (HCPs) versus Trump Card Counts When Bidding Suit Contracts?"
Quiz #176: "As Dealer Opening
1H or 1S, After Partner Gives a 'Constructive' Response, Can You Correctly Apply the Bridge 'Rule of 5'?"
Quiz #156: "Opening and Responding Bids When Opener
Holds a 'Big' Hand". For Beginners.
Quiz #158: "How Would You Bid This Real-Deal
Board Given Its Unusual Distributions?, Along with a Brief Discussion of 'Double Dummy Analyses' of Bridge
Boards".
Quiz #137: "Correctly Bidding a 2-Suited
Distributional Hand: A Quiz for Beginners". Is it better to ruff your "side" Suit loser
in the Dummy "short" on Trump cards or to sluff your "side" Suit loser on one of Dummy's "side" Suit
winners?
Quiz #150: "For Beginners: Bidding Hands
Holding Unusual Distributions".
Quiz #163: "Can You Correctly Bid These 'Real
Deal' Bridge Boards?
Quiz #149: "Responding to Partner's 1NT
Opening Bid When (1) Your Hand is 2-Suited and (2) You Hold Game-Going HCPs: A Review for Beginners".
Quiz #146: "Bidding 2 Boards With Unusual
Distributions".
Quiz #144: "Another Lesson for Beginners:
Bidding Unusual Distributions".
Quiz #141: "Improving Your Bidding as Responder to Partner's 1NT Opening". "Splinter" bids, "Texas Tranfer" bids, what's it all
about, Alphie?
Quiz #140: "Bridge Suit Bidding as Dealer with an
Emphasis on Rebidding".
Quiz #135: "A Few 'Quickie' Bridge Bidding
Conundrums for Beginning Bridge Players".
Quiz #130: "Some Esther 'Quickie' Bidding
Conundrums".
Quiz #128: "Setting Your Final Contract at 3NT
versus 4H or 4S: Can You Correctly Decide?"
Quiz #127: "Can You Correctly Bid This
Somewhat Unusual Board?"
Quiz #126: "Beware the
'Snapdragon' and the 'L-D' DOUBLES".
Quiz #119: "Re-evaluating Your Hand During the Auction
in Response to Partner's and Opponents' Bids".
Quiz #115: "Do You Know How to Correctly
Determine When You Should or Should Not Overcall Your Opponents' Suit Bid?".
Quiz #106: "Correctly Bidding '2 Over
1'".
Quiz #105: "Partner Opens 1D,
and You Hold (1) 3+ Clubs and (2) 12+ HCPs: A Plethora of Marty Bergen's Bidding Scenarios
for Responder When You and Partner Are Playing '2 Over 1'".
Quiz #101: "Some Bidding Challenges for Bridge Beginners". Included is discussion of Larry Conhen's "CRIFS Rule"
for deciding whether to bid sitting 4th in the auction after 3 PASSes, "Playing the Room", the "Rule of
15", and the "Law of Total Tricks".
Quiz #102: "More Suit Bidding Challenges for
Bridge Beginners".
Quiz #104: "Beginner: Are You Familiar With
the Common Bridge Conventions With Which When Bidding Suit Contracts (1) Responder or (2) Opener Can Publish His
Specific Card Counts?"
Quiz #1: "Responding to Partner's Opening of
a Minor".
Quiz #3: "Responding to Partner's 1NT
Opening When You Hold a 'Big', 'Flat' Hand".
Quiz #4: "Showing Partner Specific
Aces via 'Cue Bidding' Aces 'Up the Line'".
Quiz #7: "Opening with 2-Level Preempt Bids".
Quiz #8: "Deciding Whether or Not to Overcall
Opponents' Spade Bid When Holding a Minimal Hand".
Quiz #10: "Your Important (But Fairly Simple)
New Bidding Opportunities When Opponents Overcall Partner's 1-Level Suit Bid With a 1-Level Suit Bid or a
2-Level Bid in a Lower-Ranking Suit".
Quiz #11: "To Stayman, or to Not Stayman,
When Partner Opens 1NT".
Quiz #12: "Showing Partner a 'Very Strong' Hand
with Fewer than 22 or Even 20 HCPs".
Quiz #15: "A Simple, But Effective Solution When
Opponents 'Interfere' with Your NT Bidding Sequence".
Quiz #16: "4 Conventions
for Showing Partner Specific Trump Card Counts in Suit Contract Auctions".
Quiz #17: "Can You (Really) Open When
Holding Only 10 HCPs, and Sitting in Any Seat, Even First Seat?".
Quiz #18: "To PASS, Overcall, or DOUBLE: That is
the Question!"
Quiz #19: "Various Ways to Support Partner's
Opening Bid When Opponents Have Bid".
Quiz #20: "A Very Special 'Support
Cuebid' After Opponents' 'Unusual 2NT' Overcall Bid".
Quiz #21: "Showing Partner Your HCP Strength
Without Jumping, Jump Shifting, or Opening 2C or 2NT".
Quiz #22: "Opening When Holding 7 of a Major,
Including 6 of the Top Honors!"
Quiz #23: "How Esther Correctly Counts Cards
While Bidding".
Quiz #24: "Evaluating 'Distribution Quality' as
Part of 'Hand Evaluation' When Formulating Suit Bids".
Quiz #26: "You Open 1S or
1H, Partner Gives You a 'Constructive Raise', Should You Bid to Game, or Stop?: The 'Rule of
5'".
Quiz #28: "Partner Opens 1H
or 1S, Your RHO DOUBLES: What are Your Bidding Options, and What Does Each Option Say to
Partner/Opener?"
Quiz #31: "What Should You Bid if Opponents Jump to
a 4-Level Game Bid in a Major, and You Are 2-Suited with Good 'Suit Quality Test' ('SQT') Scores in Both Minors?"
Quiz #32: "You Hold 7 Spades with a Ron Klinger
'SQT' Score of 7 + 2 = 9, a 'Rule of 20' Score of 10 + 11 = 21, and a Club Void: What Are
Your Bidding Options and Which One Is Arguably Best?"
Quiz #33: "Partner Opens 1S, You Hold 3
HCPs and 6 Spades with a Ron Klinger 'SQT' Score of 6 + 1 = 7: What Should You Bid?"
Quiz #34: "Making Inferences from an Auction Which
Includes a Preempt Bid by Opponents, and is DOUBLED by Your Partner".
Quiz #35: "Overcalling Opponents' 2-Level Bid in a
Major".
Quiz #37: "Selecting Suit as Against NT
Game Contracts.
Quiz #38: "When Bidding, Count Trump Cards in Suit
Contract Bids, and Even HCPs, But Also Always Ask: 'What Does Partner Not Know?'"
Quiz #39: "When Opening 'Strong 2C', and
Partner Shows an Ace or King, Is 3NT or a Suit Contract Preferred?'"
Quiz #40: "As Responder You Know that Your Partnership
Holds 11 Trump Spade Cards: 'Do NOT Be a Results Player'!"
Quiz #41: "When You Open a 2-Level 'Weak' Pre-empt
Bid, Who 'The Captain', and What Are Your Bidding Options if Responder Bids a New Suit, and Not
2NT?"
Quiz #42: "When You Hold 19 HCPs, Open 1C, and
Partner as a PASSed Hand Responds 1S, What Should You Bid With Opponents PASSing at Every Turn?"
Quiz #45: "Hand Evaluation as 'Responder' Is a
Multi-Stage Process!"
Quiz #46: "Hand Evaluation When Considering a
1NT Opening Bid".
Quiz #48: "Bidding When Your RHO Opens 1NT,
and You Hold 13 HCPs and a 'Long' Major". REVISED 04/14/24
for emphasis.
Quiz #49: "What Do DOUBLEs in a Competitive Auction
Say to Partner?"
Quiz #50: "Can You Correctly Count the Number of
Tricks Your Partnership Will Take on Defense, to Know Whether You Should 'Double for Penalty' Your Opponents'
Bid?"
Quiz #53: "Partner Opens 1D
You Hold A,K,J,T,x,x,x,x of Hearts: What's Your Response Bid, and How Should Opener Respond?"
Quiz #56: "A Few Quick Bidding Conundrums".
Quiz #57: "A 'Non-Random Walk' Through
an Auction Bidding in Turn as Both Opener and Responder". In this "Esther 'Pop' Quiz", Esther
asks you a bidding question, then teaches the "correct" decision(s), then asks a new question, and then teaches the
"correct" answer. Repeat, rinse, repeat, rinse, again, again, again.
Quiz #58: "Thinking About Your Second
Bid BEFORE You Make Your First Bid". This "Esther 'Pop' Quiz" is based on some
recent issues of Bobby Wolff's "The Aces on Bridge" Blog.
Quiz #59: "A Quick, Brief, Fast Quiz:
Can the 'Rule of 5' Be Useful in Contexts Other than Opener Evaluating Partner's 'Contructive' Raise of An
Initial 1H or 1S Bid?"
Quiz #60: "During a Competitive Auction, NEVER Lie to
Partner, and NEVER Forget to Show Partner Your 'Side' Suits!"
Quiz #61: "Both SOUTH and NORTH Have BIG,
IMPORTANT Secrets to Tell: How Would You Bid This Board Sitting in Their Seats?"
Quiz #63: "Can You Handle the 2-Step or
3-Step Preempt Opening Bid Dance?: Suit Bids Are All About the Shape, Darlin'!"
Quiz #65: "Some Quick Bidding
Quandaries".
Quiz #67: "Responding to Partner's 1NT
Opening Bid When You Hold an Extremely Weak Hand, Including the Importance of 'Playing the Room'". Included in Esther's answer to the quiz is discussion of some relevant important
bridge computer simulation research.
Quiz #72: "Some Nuances About the '2 Over 1'
('2/1') Bridge Convention: The Most Important Convention in Bridge, Especially for Newer Players".
Quiz #73: "To Stayman, or
Not?; To Roman Key Card (RKC) 1430, or NOT?"
Quiz #74: "Esther
'Quickie' 'Pop' Quiz #74 for Beginners: What are the Implications of 'Limiting' Supportive Bids by Responder to Partner's Opening Bid of a Major?"
Quiz #76: "To Takeout/DEMAND DOUBLE, or Not
Takeout/DEMAND DOUBLE?"
Quiz #77: "What You Can Do if Opponent RHO "Steals"
Your Stayman or Jacoby Transfer Bid"?
Quiz #78: "Can You Correctly Bid This Potential
6NT Slam Contract?"
Quiz #79: "Some Bidding Conundrums Illustrating
Some Cardinal Bridge Bidding Principles".
Quiz #81: "One Opponent Opens One Suit, You Show a
Different Suit, Partner Shows Both the Remaining Two Suits: If You 'Listen to the Auction', What Is the
Auction Telling You Not to Bid?"
Quiz #82: "Opener's Rebid Options After Responder Triggers '2 Over 1' During the Auction".
Quiz #84: "Some Bidding Quandaries for the
New or Advancing Bridge Player".
Quiz #87: "Bidding in Accordance with the 'Law of
Total Tricks' and Points Schmoints!: Do You Want to Play Like a 'Bridge Champ'
or Like a 'Bridge Chump'?" In her extensive answers,
Esther takes Bruce "to the woodshed" over his continuing failure to believe in and
bid based on the "Law of Total Tricks".
Quiz #89: "Can You Correctly Bid This
Board?"
Quiz #90: "Can You Correctly Bid These 2
Boards?"
Quiz #91: "When to Open, or Not, with a
'Weak 2' Preempt Bid".
Quiz #92: "Do You Know These 2
Semi-Exotic Special-Situation Bidding Conventions?"
Quiz #93: "Some Bridge Bidding Quandaries:
The 'Rule of 5' and the Ron Klinger 'Suit Quality Test ('SQT') Score'".
Quiz #94: "Bidding When Your Partnership Holds a
Plethora of Both HCPs and Trump Cards".
Quiz #96: Correctly "Asking for Aces Using
the Gerber Convention".
You may also be interested in "The Bridge World 'Learning Center' Bridge Quizzes". Click
"Bridge Play on Defense Quiz #1" to
go to Bridge Play on Defense Quiz #1 of the 25 of these TBW Bridge Play on Defense Quizzes.
Special "Esther Bridge 'Pop' Quiz"
In February, 2024 Esther added a new Special Quiz,
"Test Your Knowledge of the Plethora of Some of the More Exotic Bidding Conventions: A Special (and Challenging) Esther Bridge 'Pop' Quiz". ["con_quiz.pdf" =]
This Special Quiz involves a comprehensive overview of Conventions, but is not intended for beginners.
Esther says, "Even if you are not yet ready to play some of these more Advanced Conventions, it may help you
to (1) get a general 'lay of the land' about what your bridge future may eventually involve, and (2) have some (albeit vague) understanding of some of these Conventions in case you encounter Opponents who are bidding these Conventions!"
Another and Recommended
"Bridge Quiz" Website
For a very good and diverse set of bridge web-based quizzes that provide immediate feedback, albeit with very terse/brief explanations, see the Quizzes section of Grand Lifemaster (20K+ MPs) Richard Pavliceck's bridge teaching
website: rpbridge.net. For example, the Bidding Quizes each consist of about 15 questions. Your bridge Hand is
presented, along with any prior bidding, and you are asked to type what you would bid. Immediate feedback is given.
The next few bids are given. Then you are asked what you would bid next, and so forth, until the contract is set on a
given Board. Each quiz consists of a series of 3 or 4 Boards.
Although the website is not secure, the website does not collect any information of any kind from
users, and certainly not any sensitive information, so obviously therefore none of your personal information
can be stolen on his website! Click Richard's Bridge Quizzes to go to
Richard's website.
A Free Bridge Bidding
Practice Website
A free Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC) bridge bidding practice website is the
SAYC Bridge Bidding website. The website lets you select what type of
Hands you wish to bid (i.e., random, NT, preempts, or "strong" 2C openings). Then the website shows you your
Hand and the bidding by Partner and Opponents. Once your Hand is revealed you can skip the Hand, ask for the answer, bid,
or if you wich correct your initial bid. Then the website will tell you if your bid is correct or if your bid is incorrect
will tell you the correct bid.
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