Texas Capital Bridge Association
Intermediate-Advanced Lesson Series
Lecture Handouts

Speaker Topic Date Handout(s)
Scott Humphrey Interfering With The Declarer 3/09/2024 Scott's Notes
George Watkins Card Placement 12/02/2023 George's Notes
Sam Dinkin Team Strategy 11/11/2023 Sam's Notes
Pam LaShelle Exploring for Slam 10/7/2023 Pam's Notes
Slam Tools Glossary
Nancy Joe Defensive Carding Agreements 7/5/2023 Nancy's Notes
Nancy's Powerpoint
Video of Nancy's district lecture on the same topic
Paul Tobias Counting for Better Bridge 6/3/2023 Paul's Notes
Beth Tobias Filling in the New Convention Card 4/1/2023 Beth's Notes
Beth's Video Lecture
Larry Davis End Plays 3/11/2023 Larry's Notes
George Watkins Balancing 1/14/2023 George's Notes
Kim Brinkman Losing Trick Count: Using & Abusing 10/1/2022 Kim's Notes
Example Hands
Phillip Jaeger So you bid Stayman. Now what? 7/6/2022 Phillip's Notes
Nancy Joe Why I Double a Lot 6/4/2022 Nancy's Notes
Larry Davis Conventions & Weak 2 Bids 5/21/2022 Larry's Notes
Paul Tobias Which Card to Play on Offense & Defense Including Restricted Choice 4/2/2022 Paul's Notes
Pam LaShelle The Benefits of Moysian Fits 3/5/2022 Pam's Notes - Spiral
Pam's Notes - Moysian Example 1
Pam's Notes - Moysian Example 2
Pam's Video Lecture
Steve Wood Improve Your Slam Bidding 2/5/2022 Steve's Lecture Notes
Steve's Video Lecture
Jack Lacy New Minor Forcing & XYZ 1/15/2022 Jack's Lecture Notes
Jack's Video Lecture
Beth Tobias Hold-up & Avoidance Plays 9/15/2021 Beth's Presentation Slides
Beth's Video Lecture
Nancy Joe Why I Bid a Lot 8/07/2021 Nancy's Presentation Slides
Nancy's Video Lecture
Buck Buchanan Responding to 2NT Openers 7/24/2021 Structure Handout
Discussion Handout
Buck's Video Lecture
Mitch Towner Making a plan 6/5/2021 Mitch's Lecture Notes
Mitch's Video Lecture
Steve Wood How to Handle Preempts (Part 2) 5/1/2021 Steve's Lecture Notes
Steve's Video Lecture
David Sokolow 1 of a Minor,1 of a Major - Now What? 4/17/2021 David's Lecture Notes
David's Video Lecture
Scott Humphrey Second Hand Play 3/27/2021 Scott's Lecture Notes
Discussion hands
Scotts's Video Lecture
Steve Wood How to Handle Preempts (Part 1) 2/6/2021 Steve's Lecture Notes
Discussion hands
Steve's Video Lecture
Sam Dinkin Lessons as a Junior 1/16/2021 Sam's Video Lecture
Discussion Hands
Steve Wood Two-Way Checkback 12/5/2020 Two-Way Checkback
Discussion Hands
Lecture Video
Steve Wood Smith Echo 11/14/2020 Smith Echo
Discussion Hands
Lecture Video
Jack Lacy What Did My Partner Just Tell Me? 10/10/2020 Jack's Lecture Notes
Paul Tobias Which Card Should I Play? 2/15/2020 Paul's Lecture Notes
Larry Davis Safety Plays 1/25/2020 Larry's Lecture Notes
Jack Lacy Active vs. Passive Defense 10/5/2019 Jack's Lecture Notes
Beth Tobias Reverses 9/7/2019 Beth's Lecture Notes
Charlene Sands Mini Roman 8/24/2019 Charlene's Lecture Notes
Paul Tobias Counting Your Way to Better Bridge 6/22/2019 Paul's Lecture Notes
Scott Humphrey Bridge Conventions You Should Know 5/11/2019 Scott's Lecture Notes
Pam LaShelle Matchpoint vs IMP Bidding 4/13/2019 Pam's Lecture Notes
Jack Lacy Art of the Discard 3/16/2019 Jack's Lecture Notes
Beth Tobias Trump Management 2/22/2019 Beth's Lecture Notes
Larry Davis Bridge Player's Potpourri 1/19/2019 Larry's Lecture Notes
Paul Tobias Major Suit Game Tries 12/8/2018 Paul's Lecture Handout
Jack Lacy Wolff Sign Off 10/13/2018 Jack's Lecture Notes
Scott Humphrey Three Hands from Atlanta 9/8/2018 Scott's Lecture Notes
Pam LaShelle Bidding in a Bind 8/17/2018 Pam's Lecture Notes
Swadesh Mahajan Beyond Probabilities 6/2/2018 Swadesh's Lecture Notes
Beth Tobias Defensive Signals 5/5/2018 Beth's Lecture Notes
Jack Lacy Active vs. Passive Defense 3/3/2018 Jack's Lecture Notes
Paul Tobias Play Hands With Paul 2/17/2018 Paul's Lecture Handout
Beth Tobias Fourth Suit Forcing 12/2/2017 Beth's Lecture Notes
Pam LaShelle Step up to Lebensohl 11/4/2017 Pam's Lecture Handout
Larry Davis New Laws of Bridge 10/7/2017 Larry's Lecture Notes
Paul Tobias Major Suit Raises 9/2/2017 Paul's Lecture Handout
Paul Tobias How to Play Common Card Holdings 6/3/2017 Paul's Lecture Handout
Paul Tobias Hand Evaluation & Loser Count 11/5/2016 Paul's Lecture Handout
Mary Anne Laier My Partner Doesn't Understand Me 9/10/2016 Mary Anne's Handout
Jack Lacy Double Touble Redux 8/6/2016 Jack's Lecture Notes
Beth Tobias Slam Bidding Tools 7/9/2016 Beth's Lecture Notes
Paul Tobias Bridge Squeezes ll 6/4/2016 Paul's Lecture Notes
Jack Lacy The Art of the Discard 5/14/2016 Jack's Lecture Notes
Beth Tobias Counting at Bridge 3/5/2016 Beth's Lecture Notes
Paul Tobias Bridge Squeezes 2/6/2016 Paul's Lecture Notes
Jack Lacy The Law 11/7/2015 Jack's Lecture Notes
Beth Tobias Inverted Minors 10/3/2015 Inverted Minors Notes
Paul Tobias Restricted Choice 9/5/2015 Restricted Choice Notes
Pam LaShelle Balancing 8/1/2015 Balancing
Mary Ann Laier Points not the Point 6/6/2015 Points not the Point
Jack Lacy Opening Leads 5/9/2015 Opening Lead Process
Opening Lead Problems
Paul Tobias Better Bidding Thru Partnership Discipline 4/4/2015 Paul's Lecture Notes
Beth Tobias Hold-up Plays 3/7/2015 Beth's Handout
Leonard McCormick Better Partnerships 2/7/2015 Happier Partnerships
Notes
Mary Ann Laier Unbalanced Hands 1/10/2015 Michaels
Sandwich NT
Jack Lacy Double Trouble 11/1/2014 Jack's Handout
Paul Tobias False Carding 10/4/2014 Paul's Lecture Notes
Beth Tobias Trump Management 9/20/2014 Beth's Lecture Notes/Hands
Mary Anne Laier 2 Club Openers 8/2/2014 Mary Anne's Lecture Notes
Jack Lacy Minorwood 7/12/2014 Minorwood What, Why, When
Minorwood Responses
Leonard McCormick Ace-asking Review 6/7/2014 Leonard's Lecture Notes
Paul Tobias Endplays 5/10/2014 Paul's Lecture Notes/Hands
Beth Tobias Q's about Cues 4/5/2014 Beth's Lecture Notes
Beth's Sample Hands
Jack Lacy Wolff Sign Off 3/8/2014 Jack's Lecture Notes
Paul Tobias When and How to Finesse 12/72013 Paul's Lecture Notes
Beth Tobias Why use Lebensohl 11/2/2013 Beth's Lebensohl Notes
Beth's Lebensohl Sample Hands