Free Acol Bridge Lessons, Quizzes and Interactive Practice
Learn and practise Acol bridge with Cardiff Bridge Tutors. Work on bidding, competitive bidding, hand evaluation, declarer play, opening leads, defence, signals and discards, and slam bidding using interactive hands, quizzes and guided teaching points. When you are ready, use the Complete Game tests to mix the topics together and discover which areas need more practice.
Interactive Bridge Practice
Play hands, test decisions and practise Acol bidding, declarer play and defence.
Test Your Complete Game
These mixed tests do not tell you which convention or technique is being examined. Make the decision first, then use the result to identify what you should practise next.
Complete Bidding Diagnostic
100 mixed bidding hands covering conventions, responses, rebids, overcalls, doubles, competition, game and slam decisions.
Question first — convention revealed only after you answer.
♥Declarer Strategy Test
TESTING VERSION
100 positions asking the essential question before play: What is your plan?
Trumps, entries, finesses, hold-ups, ruffs, suit establishment, endplays, squeezes and more.
♣Defence Strategy Test
TESTING VERSION
Scenario-first defence tutorial covering opening leads, current-game-state decisions, active and passive defence, signals, count, McKenney, ruffs and defensive planning.
Read the auction, choose the opening lead with dummy hidden, then follow the actual play to the current defensive decision.
Getting started & reminders
Minibridge
A game style tutorial.
♥Bid and Play Bridge
A guide to bidding and play.
Handy hints to improve.
Beginners and Improvers.
♦Tips & Hints
Quick reminders of useful bridge principles.
Declarer play, defence, leads, signals and bidding.
Declarer play
No Trump trainer
Practice declarer play in no trump contracts.
You will be guided through planning and playing the contract.
♠Suit contract trainer
Practice declarer play in suit contracts.
You will be guided through planning and playing the contract.
♥Understanding Hand Evaluation
The place of HCP, Losing Trick Count, Evaluating balanced hands.
Defence
Opening leads
Study and practice opening lead decisions.
There is a bank of 500 hands for you to play.
Changed each month.
♣Signals and Discards
Build your skill of signalling.
Choose a simple system - Hi-Lo.
Or our recommendation McKenney.
♠Improve your Defence
Develop your defensive play after the opening lead.
Practice timing, entries, suit choices and working with partner.
Beta test version.
Further study
Practice Slam bidding
Gerber, Blackwood, RKC, Quantitive, Cue bid.
Practice Roman Key Card bidding using 0314 or 1430.
Hands provided to hone your skills.
♦Losing Trick Count
A quiz to help you learn and apply LTC for hand evaluation in suit contracts.
♣Competitive Bidding
Compete — or Keep Quiet?
Beta test version.
♠Awkward Hands
Practise the hands that do not fit neatly into the standard bidding rules.
Misfits, difficult rebids and judgement calls.
Bridge Articles & Learning Guides
READING SECTION: These are articles to read, not interactive trainers. Read the principle first, then move into the practice suite above.
Acol Bidding Guide
Opening bids, responses, weak 1NT, Stayman, transfers and forcing auctions.
ARTICLE♥Overcalls & Competition
Suit quality, Rule of 8, doubles, Law of Total Trumps and sacrifices.
ARTICLE♦Losing Trick Count
How LTC complements points when a trump fit is known.
ARTICLE♣Opening Leads Guide
Choose the suit first, then the card — for No Trump and suit contracts.
ARTICLE♠Signals & Discards Guide
Attitude, count, Hi–Lo, McKenney and Odd–Even.
ARTICLE♥Declarer Play Guide
Plan No Trump and suit contracts before trick one.