https://lornabridge.com/ https://lornabridge.com/about https://lornabridge.com/community-hub https://lornabridge.com/contact https://lornabridge.com/privacy https://lornabridge.com/register https://lornabridge.com/subscribe https://lornabridge.com/terms https://lornabridge.com/videos https://lornabridge.com/about/from-the-beginning https://lornabridge.com/videos/bridge-from-scratch 2026-06-22 monthly 0.8 https://lornabridge.com/videos/lets-bid-this-hand-together monthly 0.8 https://lornabridge.com/videos/limit-raises-majors monthly 0.8 Limit Raises in the Majors https://lornabridge.com/bidding-cards/2DBB.png An invitational raise: ten to twelve dummy points and four-card support. In Part 1 Lorna builds the theory — why a guaranteed nine-card fit beats an eight, protecting against bad breaks and freeing your trumps for ruffing. In Part 2 she puts it to work across several hands, handling the auction when the opponents overcall and pushing on toward slam when the fit and controls are there. https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/642489/80352972-bd13-4d15-95ce-16f7a947c7a8 Lorna Johnson https://lornabridge.com/videos/limit-raises-minors 2026-06-27 monthly 0.8 Limit Raises in the Minors https://lornabridge.com/bidding-cards/2DBB.png The same invitational raise you learned in the majors — ten to twelve points — but with one important difference: in a minor you need five-card support, not four. Because partner's minor opening can be as short as three cards, only a five-card jump raise guarantees the fit. Lorna keeps it to standard American (no inverted minors), shows why 1♣–3♣ or 1♦–3♦ denies a four-card major and aims the partnership at 3NT, and walks the auction when opener has to bid stoppers up the line instead. https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/642489/777d5b6f-76e3-458c-b76f-39d5662911a4 2026-06-27 Lorna Johnson https://lornabridge.com/videos/responding-1nt-minor monthly 0.8 Responding to 1NT with a Minor Suit https://lornabridge.com/bidding-cards/2DBB.png Five card or six, bust or game-going, balanced or shapely — your response changes for each. Lorna walks the full ladder: pass, relay, invite, force, and a few "exceptional sevens" where judgment beats the rules. Partnership agreements made plain, with five hands to test what you've learned. https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/642489/1624b056-fd0f-4710-a29c-5d489235253b Lorna Johnson https://lornabridge.com/videos/rule-of-20 monthly 0.8 The Rule of 20 https://lornabridge.com/bidding-cards/1DBB.png That borderline hand with shape but not quite enough points — the Rule of 20 helps you decide. Add your high card points to the length of your two longest suits, check for two quick tricks, and you've got a tool that turns hesitation into a clear opening bid. Lorna walks you through four hands so you'll know exactly when to bid and when to pass. https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/642489/49c09427-dfa3-4e45-b293-3f36c703d00c Lorna Johnson https://lornabridge.com/videos/second-hand-low 2026-07-03 monthly 0.8 Second Hand Low https://lornabridge.com/bidding-cards/2SBB.png Defence is Lorna's favourite part of the game, and it starts with one of bridge's best-known sayings: second hand low. When declarer leads toward dummy, the defender in second seat plays small, keeping their honours back to capture declarer's. Part 1 builds the two core principles — play low, and cover an honour with an honour. Part 2 works through the exceptions: when covering sets up nothing for your side, how to split touching honours to promote a trick, the tricky ace-queen-third holding, and the student questions these spots always raise. https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/642489/6f2cdfbe-a1ba-4c0e-b307-5535d76ef7da 2026-07-03 Lorna Johnson https://lornabridge.com/videos/third-hand-play 2026-07-17 monthly 0.8