What should you think when you pick up a hand with a solid, long running minor suit and opening values? No trump!

Because of the pandemic, there’s currently little club play that I know of, at least not in person.

Here are some decisions that arose from casual and Internet play.

Here’s an object lesson on the merits of pre-empting aggressively and fighting through pre-empts. South was dealing, with no one vulnerable:

Here’s a bidding guide for deciding whether to double an opponent’s contract. It’s called the Rule of Nine. It works as follows.

Don’t help your opponents. That’s simple enough in concept but more complex in action.