Jim Berglund’s Lessons


Jim Berglund’s Bridge Lessons

 

Jim Berglund has created over 40 separate bridge lessons using PowerPoint to build the presentations.

A note from Jim:

Note that the lessons are stored as Microsoft PowerPoint files, and will display best on a PC or MacIntosh with Microsoft PowerPoint installed – if you are asked what program to use to open the file, normally choose the default offered (preferably Microsoft Powerpoint).

These presentations can be viewed on an iPad or other mobile devices, but will not be displayed as a “slide show” (some of the text and graphics may not be properly justified, and some of the largest presentations may not open at all on some devices).

If you have any questions or issues with these lessons please contact Jim Berglund.

Using a Powerpoint Viewer:

You can also use a free online Powerpoint Viewer.

You can find one at the following website: https://products.aspose.app/slides/viewer

Simply grab a lesson with your mouse by clicking on it; then drag it and drop it within the light blue dotted lines on the viewer website.

Or you can grab a lesson and drop it unto your desktop; and then grab it from your desktop and drag it and drop it within the light blue dotted lines on the viewer website.


Click on any lesson below to open its PowerPoint presentation.

Lessons Available
00  –  Common Bridge Infractions & Misunderstandings
01  –  How to Play Bridge
02  –  Let’s Play a Bridge Hand
03  –  How to Bid
04  –  Opening Bid Considerations
05  –  Bidding and Responding
06  –  Basic 2 Over 1
07  –  General Bidding Practices – Rules and Recommendations
08  –  Bidding Discipline Guidelines
09  –  Bidding with 5-5 Hands
10  –  The ACBL General Convention Chart
11  –  Bidding Over Preempts
12  –  Opening a Short Club
13  –  The Drury Convention
14  –  Lebensohl – Over 1NT
15  –  Lebensohl – Other Uses
16  –  Slam Bidding
17  –  Balancing
18  –  Opening Leads
19  –  Reverses and Jump Shifts – a new look
20  –  X-Y-Z
21  –  Overcalls
22a  –  Basic 2 Over 1 – Revisited
22  –  Calgary 2 Over 1 with Right-siding Transfers – Part 1
23  –  Calgary 2 Over 1 with Right-siding Transfers – Part 2
24  –  Filling out the convention card
25  –  Doubles – Overview
26  –  The Takeout Double
27  –  Responding to the Takeout Double
28  –  Negative Doubles
29  –  Responding to Negative Doubles
30  –  Responsive Doubles
31  –  Penalty Doubles
32  –  DSIP Doubles
33  –  Support Doubles
34  –  Balancing Doubles
35  –  Signalling
36  –  Eddie Kantar’s 66 Bidding Treatments You Need to Know
37  –  The Bidding Box
38  –  Rubensohl
39  –  Embarassing Actions in Bridge
40  –  Listen & Think
41  –  The Two Club Opener