I was honored to give a talk during the Bridge Club of Martha’s Vineyard tournament that concluded Sunday at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.

Last week I offered some ground rules for takeout doubles in the direct seat. They can be described as SOS.

Standards for game bids have loosened. Back in the day, players thought they needed 26 high-card points in a partnership.

Admit it: you love playing 3NT contracts. You only need to make nine tricks, and your opponents can’t ruff any of them.

Many doubles populate the bridge landscape: penalty doubles, takeout doubles, negative doubles.

When you’re dealt a huge, two-suited hand, do you bid an artificial and forcing 2♣?

Q. 1 — Sitting South and dealing, with North-South vulnerable, you hold: ♠ A K, ♥ 9 7 5 2, ♦5, ♣ A 10 7 5 3 2.

Many bridge players don’t realize it, but the same responses apply to partner’s 2NT opening bid as apply to 1NT.

The Bridge Club of Martha’s Vineyard will open play on Saturday, June 18, at the Tisbury Senior Center.

The Bridge Club of Martha’s Vineyard concluded its 2015 season at the Tisbury Council on Aging the morning of Sept. 12, and it was quite a show.