The following lectures have been given since the start of our free lecture series in September, 2008. We thank all of our lecturers for sharing their knowlege with us. Videos expire after several months so you will probably not be able to access them.
There are also several hard-copy collections of all the lecture material available for checkout from the Bridge Center library.
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| Subject | Title | Date | Presenter | Material |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bidding - Competitive | After they double or overcall your partner's opening - I | 2012-05-15 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Competitive | After they double or overcall your partner's opening - II | 2012-06-12 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Competitive | Balancing | 2010-05-13 | Smoot | Handout |
| Bidding - Competitive | Balancing | 2014-03-25 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Competitive | Bidding in the Balancing Seat | 2017-03-14 | Haines | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Competitive | Bidding Over Opponent's Notrump | 2011-03-08 | Leuker | Handout |
| Bidding - Competitive | Competitive Bidding (After they couble or overcall your partner's opening) - I | 2015-09-08 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Competitive | Competitive Bidding (After they couble or overcall your partner's opening) - II | 2015-10-06 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Competitive | Competitive Doubles | 2013-10-29 | Smoot | Handout |
| Bidding - Competitive | Competitive Doubles | 2016-05-10 | Smoot | Handout |
| Bidding - Competitive | Cue Bids | 2010-04-22 | Bennett | Handout |
| Bidding - Competitive | Cue Bids | 2016-09-27 | Smoot | Handout |
| Bidding - Competitive | Cue Bids by Responder and Advancer | 2018-01-30 | Blakely | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Competitive | Cue Bids, continued | 2016-11-22 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Competitive | Defense Against Interference | 2009-11-19 | Mayefsky | Handout |
| Bidding - Competitive | DONT (Disturbance Over No Trump) | February 21 | Steele | |
| Bidding - Competitive | Double, Redouble, Toil and Trouble | 2018-05-22 | MacGregor | Handout |
| Bidding - Competitive | Doubles | 2013-09-17 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Competitive | Doubles | 2016-04-12 | Smoot | Handout |
| Bidding - Competitive | Got-Stoppers Do Tell | 2012-05-01 | Johnston | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Competitive | Interference Bids - 1,2,3 Level | 2009-11-05 | Mayefsky | Handout |
| Bidding - Competitive | Lead Directing Doubles | 2015-01-13 | Rosenberg | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Competitive | Losing Trick Count, A Method of Hand Evaluation. | 2022-12-16 | Ng | Presentation |
| Bidding - Competitive | Negative Doubles | 2010-09-14 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Competitive | Penalty Doubles | 2009-10-08 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Competitive | Penalty Doubles | 2015-03-31 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Competitive | Penalty Doubles Revisited | 2011-05-17 | Smoot | Handout |
| Bidding - Competitive | Raising Partner's Overcall | 2018-03-13 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Competitive | Redouble Trouble | 2009-05-21 | Harper | Handout |
| Bidding - Competitive | Responsive and Maximal Doubles | 2013-10-01 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Competitive | Responsive and Maximal Doubles | 2016-04-26 | Smoot | Handout |
| Bidding - Competitive | Responsive Doubles | 2018-03-27 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Competitive | The Ingredients of Takout Doubles | 2009-04-09 | Karr | Handout |
| Bidding - Competitive | The Law of Total Tricks | 2013-06-11 | Watson | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Competitive | The Law of Total Tricks | 2017-01-31 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Competitive | The World of Bridge - Bennett, the Convention | 2011-09-20 | Bennett | Handout |
| Bidding - Competitive | Two level Balancing | 2012-04-03 | Smoot | Handout |
| Bidding - Competitive | Two Suits Are Better Than One: Michaels, Unusual NT and Other Two-Suited Hands | 2009-01-29 | Mayefsky | Handout |
| Bidding - Competitive | What's Your Problem? Maybe bidding the opponent's suit will help | 2018-09-18 | Glynn | Handout Play on Bridge Baron |
| Bidding - Competitive | When to Sacrifice | 2017-04-25 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Constructive | 2-Way Drury | 2014-05-13 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Constructive | 2-Way New Minor Forcing | 2020-10-20 | Samuels | Slides Video Password: Oz0bKz%= |
| Bidding - Constructive | Bergen Raises | 2011-06-07 | Williams | Handout |
| Bidding - Constructive | Bergen Raises | 2018-01-16 | Samuels | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Constructive | Bid Your Slam! Continued | 2009-09-24 | Johnston | Handout |
| Bidding - Constructive | Bid Your Slams! | 2009-09-10 | Johnston | Handout |
| Bidding - Constructive | Bidding after a Raise | 2021-10-19 | Smoot | Handout Video |
| Bidding - Constructive | Control Bidding to More Slams | 2011-04-19 | Williams | Handout |
| Bidding - Constructive | Control Bids | 2019-05-07 | Samuels | Handout |
| Bidding - Constructive | Dealing with 5NT | 2017-09-19 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Constructive | Drury | 2011-01-18 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Constructive | Finding NT Contracts I - 5 clubs making and I got a low | 2011-10-04 | Johnston | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Constructive | Finding NT Contracts II - Got stoppers? Do tell. | 2012-05-01 | Johnston | Handout Bridge Baron File 2 |
| Bidding - Constructive | Help Suit Game Try | 2018-11-13 | Blakely | Handout |
| Bidding - Constructive | Inverted Minors | 2010-09-28 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Constructive | Inverted Minors | 2014-11-04 | Smoot | Slides Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Constructive | Inverted Minors | 2017-10-03 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Competitive | Lebensohl | 2021-09-21 | Zuckerberg | Slides Video |
| Bidding - Constructive | New Minor Forcing | 2008-09-25 | Greenberg | |
| Bidding - Constructive | New Minor Forcing | 2020-10-06 | Samuels | Slides Video Password: 2F.G%22% |
| Bidding - Constructive | One NoTrump Forcing | 2016-03-15 | Smoot | Handout |
| Bidding - Constructive | Opening Notrump Bids Revisited - All Seats and Vulnerability | 2009-03-26 | Leuker | Handout |
| Bidding - Constructive | Opening Suit Bids Revisited - All Seats and Vulnerability | 2009-03-12 | Leuker | Handout |
| Bidding - Constructive | Pick-a-Slam and Other Uses for the 5NT Card | 2012-09-18 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Constructive | Preempts - 2 Level (Weak Two) | 2010-03-11 | Smoot | Handout |
| Bidding - Constructive | Preempts - 3/4 Level | 2010-03-25 | Smoot | Handout |
| Bidding - Constructive | Preempts - A Guide To Stick Your Neck Out | 2009-01-15 | Mayefsky | Handout |
| Bidding - Constructive | Preempts - Continued | 2009-01-22 | Mayefsky | Handout |
| Bidding - Constructive | Rebids by Responder | 2014-10-21 | Karr | Slides Handout |
| Bidding - Competitive | Reliable Takeout Doubles | 2021-03-23 | Hoffman | Handout Video |
| Bidding - Constructive | Responding to a 2NT Opener with Major Suit Holdings | 2010-11-09 | Bennett | Handout |
| Bidding - Constructive | Responding to Partners Weak 2 Preempt | 2020-07-21 | Silvia Shi | Slides Video Password: hr=8b.$M |
| Bidding - Constructive | Reverses | 2009-12-10 | Bennett | Handout |
| Bidding - Constructive | Slam Bidding after 1 of a Major | 2014-01-14 | Mandala | Handout |
| Bidding - Constructive | Slam Tries After Partner Opens 2NT | 2016-10-11 | Samuels | Handout |
| Bidding - Constructive | Splinter Bids | 2018-04-17 | Blakely | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Constructive | Splinters | 2010-02-18 | Spaeth | Handout |
| Bidding - Constructive | Splinters | 2014-10-07 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Constructive | Splinters: Enjoy Them | 2012-09-25 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Constructive | The Captain Priciple: Who's in Charge Here | 2012-10-09 | Rothschild | Handout |
| Bidding - Constructive | There are Preempts.. and Then There are Preempts | 2018-05-08 | Glynne | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Constructive | Third Hand Opening Bids and the Drury Convention | 2008-12-11 | Spaeth | Handout |
| Bidding - Constructive | Tips and Tricks for Slams | 2019-05-21 | Youngquist | |
| Bidding - Constructive | Use 5NT Effectively | 2015-05-12 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - Constructive | XYZ Convention | 2014-02-11 | Williams | Handout |
| Bidding - General | Forcing Bids | 2014-02-25 | Siegel | Handout Slides |
| Bidding - General | Hand Evaluation | 2013-11-12 | Stansby | Handout |
| Bidding - General | How To Select and Adopt New Conventions | 2010-05-27 | Bernstein | Handout |
| Bidding - General | Losing Trick Count | 2013-04-30 | Wiliiams | Handout |
| Bidding - General | Losing Trick Count | 2015-04-28 | Leuker | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - General | Losing Trick Count | 2017-02-28 | Williams | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Bidding - General | Losing Trick Count - What Is It? How Does It Work? | 2009-05-07 | Leuker | Handout |
| Bidding - General | Partnership Checklist | 2011-02-01 | Simpson | Handout |
| Declarer Plauy | Finesses | 2019-04-09 | Blakely | Handout |
| Declarer Play | Being a Detective in San Francisco | 2019-09-24 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Declarer Play | Card Combinations | 2008-11-06 | Bernstien | Handout Exercise |
| Declarer Play | Card Combinations | 2020-06-02 | Karr | Slides Video |
| Declarer Play | Card Combinations -Continued | 2008-11-20 | Bernstein | Handout |
| Declarer Play | Combining Chances To Play | 2011-04-05 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Declarer Play | Counting as Declarer | 2020-02-11 | Youngquist | Handout |
| Declarer Play | Counting The Hand: Distribution | 2008-10-23 | Leuker | Handout |
| Declarer Play | Counting The Hand: High Card Points | 2008-10-16 | Leuker | Handout |
| Declarer Play | Counting Your Tricks | 2010-10-26 | Leuker | Handout |
| Declarer Play | Declaring Difficult NoTrump Hands | 2021-01-19 | Zuckerberg | Video Passcode: edz-3nt! |
| Declarer Play | End Plays | 2010-12-07 | Johnston | Handout |
| Declarer Play | End Plays | 2014-12-02 | Leuker | Handout |
| Declarer Play | Endplays | 2023-04-04 | Davis | |
| Declarer Play | Extra Precautions During Play of the Hand | 2019-11-19 | Schmickrath | Slides Handout |
| Declarer Play | Fitting Honors | 2020-06-16 | Wilson | Handout Video Password: 0u%$&@?= |
| Declarer Play | Get the Children Off the Street | 2013-05-21 | Johnston | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Declarer Play | How To Play the Odds as Declarer | 2011-02-22 | Karr | Handout |
| Declarer Play | How to Play the Odds as Declarer | 2020-01-14 | Karr | Handout |
| Declarer Play | How To Play the Suit the Opponents Lead | 2012-05-29 | Karr | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Declarer Play | Importance of Entries to Dummy | 2016-10-25 | Dewell | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Declarer Play | Managing Trump as Declarer | 2020-05-12 | Youngquist | Handout Video Password: 9E*6&mTx |
| Declarer Play | Matchpoint Declarer Ply | 2010-01-14 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Declarer Play | On Your Mark - Get Set - Stop! Adventures at Trick One | 2011-03-22 | Johnston | Handout |
| Declarer Play | Principles of Declarer Play | 2010-10-12 | Barlow | Handout |
| Declarer Play | Simple Squeezes | 2022-11-16 | Martelli | Handout Video |
| Declarer Play | Suit Establishment: Trump your way to more tricks | 2013-03-05 | Rosenberg | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Declarer Play | Topics in Declarer & Defender Play | 2013-04-02 | Leuker | Handout |
| Declarer Play | When to Postpone Drawing Trump | 2016-09-13 | Blakely | Handout |
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| Defense | ABC's of Defensive Signals | 2013-10-15 | Johnston | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Defense | Active vs Passive Defense | 2017-05-16 | Samuels | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Defense | Active vs. Passive Defense | 2020-08-25 | Youngquist | Video Password: ?*ex2cis |
| Defense | Defender Cooperation | 2016-12-06 | Bunni | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Defense | Defender Play | 2009-10-22 | Leuker | Handout |
| Defense | Defensive Carding | 2019-03-26 | Luttrell | Handout |
| Defense | Defensive Ruffing and Overruffing | 2011-05-03 | Leuker | Handout |
| Defense | Don't Hesitate as the Defender | 2019-04-23 | Smoot | Handout Play on Bridge Baron |
| Defense | Expert Defense | 2014-04-08 | Stansby | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Defense | It's your lead. | 2012-04-17 | Lueker | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Defense | Leads | 2019-02-26 | Lane | Handout |
| Defense | Leads against NT and Suit Contracts | 2008-09-11 | Joel | Handout |
| Defense | Opening Leads | 2010-01-28 | Johnston | Handout |
| Defense | Second Hand High | 2016-03-01 | Johnston | Slides Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Defense | Signals: Attitude & Count | 2017-01-17 | Blakely | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Defense | Signals: Suit Preference | 2017-02-14 | Blakeley | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Defense | Slippery Defensive Holdings: Mid-hand decisions | 2012-10-23 | Smoot | Handout |
| Defense | Slippery Defensive Holdings: Mid-Hand Decisions | 2016-01-19 | Smoot | Handout |
| Defense | Slippery Defensive Holdings: Mid-Hand Decisions - cont'd | 2016-02-16 | Smoot | Handout |
| Defense | Slippery Defensive Holdings: Mid-hand decisions, continued. | 2012-11-06 | Smoot | |
| Defense | Strategy and Tactics - The End Game | 2013-02-12 | Johnston | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Defense | Strategy and Tactics - The Opening Gambit | 2013-01-22 | Johnston | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| Defense | The ABCs of Defensive Signals | 2009-02-05 | Johnston | Handout |
| Defense | The Art of the Discard | 2009-06-04 | Johnston | Handout Exercise |
| Defense | To Cover or Not to Cover | 2014-03-11 | Rosenberg | Handout |
| Defense | Topics in Declarer & Defender Play II | 2013-04-16 | Leuker | Handout |
| Defense | Useful But Often Neglected Lead Treatments | 2018-10-02 | Luttrell | Handout |
| Defense | Using the Bidding in the Play | 2021-04-20 | Youngquist | Handout Video Passcode: pabc-sarah4 |
| Defense | Using the Bidding on Defense | 2021-08-17 | Youngquist | Handout Video |
| Defense | Using Dummy on Defense | 2020-09-15 | Compton | Handout Video |
| Defense | Your Partners Opening Lead | 2014-11-18 | Johnston | Slides Handout Bridge Baron File |
| General | Art of the Discard | 2014-05-27 | Johnston | Handout |
| General | Colin's Collection | 2021-06-15 | Porch | VideoPasscode: ^%diA7gX |
| General | Common Bridge Guidelines ...and When to Ignore Them | 2021-07-20 | Barrere | Handout Video |
| General | Completing the New Convention Card | 2023-1-10 | Ravenscroft | Presentation |
| General | Developing Winning Habits | 2017-12-12 | Ng | Handout |
| General | Director Calls - don't be deer in the headlights | 2019-01-29 | MacDonald | Handout |
| General | Director Please! | 2016-05-24 | Johnston | Handout |
| General | Do The Right Thing | 2016-01-02 | Rosenberg | Handout |
| General | Four Hands | 2023-05-18 | Yokel | Handout |
| General | Four Hands | 2023-10-31 | Yokel | Handout |
| General | Halloween at Palo Alto | 2022-10-31 | Yokel | Handout |
| General | How to Improve Your Bridge Game at Any Level: Introducing Tricks and Tools for Learning | 2014-09-23 | Joel | Slides Handout |
| General | I Know I Should Be Thinking - But What Should I Be Thinking About? | 2015-03-17 | Johnston | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| General | Improve Your Game | 2010-04-08 | Joel | Handout |
| General | Improve Your Game Using BBO and Pianola | 2020-01-28 | Martelli and Ravenscroft | Handout |
| General | Learn From My Mistakes | 2019-11-05 | Schireson | Slides |
| General | Learn How to Improve Your Bridge Game | 2019-03-12 | Joel | Lecture Slides |
| General | Lessons from Monterey | 2019-01-08 | Smoot | Handout Play on Bridge Baron |
| General | Matchpoint Declarer Play | 2015-02-24 | Smoot | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| General | NABC Scheduling Strategy | 2019-10-22 | MacDonald and Spaeth | Slides Handout |
| General | New Alert Rules | 2022-11-15 | Watson | |
| General | Pairs vs. Team Games: Differences in Bidding and Play | 2012-12-11 | Karr | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| General | Pairs vs. Team Games: Differences in Bidding and Play | 2016-03-29 | Karr | Handout |
| General | Rosie's Rules | 2021-02-23 | Boden | Handout Video |
| General | Rules of Competition | June 20 | Luttrell | Handout |
| General | Six Hands | 2014-01-28 | Yokel | Handout |
| General | Six Hands | 2014-04-22 | Yokel | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| General | Six Hands | 2015-01-27 | Yokel | Handout |
| General | Six Hands | 2015-11-17 | Yokel | Handout |
| General | Six Hands | 2016-02-02 | Yokel | Handout |
| General | Six Hands | 2017-11-14 | Yokel | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| General | Six Hands | 2018-02-27 | Yokel | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| General | Six Hands | 2019-02-12 | Yokel | Handout |
| General | Six Hands | 2020-02-25 | Yokel | Handout |
| General | Six Hands | 2020-07-07 | Yokel | Handout Video Password: 6Q$=^==5 |
| General | Six Hands, Eight Lessons | 2013-03-19 | Yokel | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| General | Six Hands: Play and Discussion | 2016-11-8 | Yokel | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| General | Six Hands: Play and Discussion (Different than November 8) | 2017-04-11 | Yokel | Handout Bridge Baron File |
| General | Swiss Teams | 2023-06-27 | Cervellino, Saunders & Watson | Presentation |
| General | Swiss Team Strategy | 2023-08-18 | Cervellino | Presentation |
| General | Table Rules, Etiquette and Director Calls | 2017-10-31 | Mac Gregor & Yuenger | Handout |
| General | Table Rules, Etiquette and Director Calls - Continued | 2018-02-13 | Yuenger | Handout |
| General | Team Game Strategy | 2018-10-30 | Smoot | Handout Play on Bridge Baron |
| General | Understanding the Matchpoint Game | 2021-05-18 | Ng | Handout Example Hands Video Passcode: mp-strat-05 |