Succeed in taking enough tricks to fulfill a contract. With these few samples in mind I would postulate a rule that a raise of a narrowly defined bid is always invitational. A bid which conveys a meaning other than what would normally be attributed to it. In both cases, of course, the 2-of-a-minor bid is completely artificial. The Stayman convention can also be used after a notrump overcall or higher-level notrump bids. A rebid by opener in a new suit that prevents responder from returning to opener's original suit at the two level. A common example is after a simple rebid: As two hearts is limited three hearts is invitational and non forcing. 1. With Lawrence and Morehead in mind 3 Spades ask opener to evaluate his hand in terms of previous bidding and with a maximum bid again but with a minimum he may pass. show answer, AJ932 A scheme of major suit responses where a jump raise to the three level is preemptive, 3 shows a limit raise, and 3 shows a constructive four-card raise. My question is: Is it regular to say "I don't know" when there is no agreed meaning for a bid? A hand strong enough to commit the partnership to at least a game contract. This treatment has been steadily gaining in popularity since the turn of the millennium. A3 We do this by adding the exact points we know for our own hand to the point range Partner shows with her bid. An ace or void is a 'first-round' control; a king or a singleton is a 'second-round' control. Length and strength in a suit bid by the opponents. A suit previously bid by the partnership. A2 Spot cardsany card from two through nine. For example, an ace is one quick trick; an ace and king in the same suit are two quick tricks. Having the same conventional agreement in a competitive auction as in a non-competitive auction. Spades are ranked highest; hearts are second; diamonds are third; clubs are the lowest-ranking suit. show answer, K98532 How am I to explain signoff and invitational bids? KQJ63 We even define cuebids by whether they are below 3NT or not. We add Partner's points to our own and we get a two-point range for the total points in the partnership. 7 A defensive signal made when following suit that indicates preference for another suit. Typically, the cuebid of an opponent's minor-suit opening shows both major suits and the cuebid of an opponent's major suit opening shows the other major suit and an unspecified minor suit. When Opener bids the suit skipped over, it's a reverse. When your hand is so strong that any response from Partner, even on only 6 points, tells you there is enough total strength in the partnership to make a game (based on 24+ points), you make a bid to tell Partner the good news. A guideline on how much a partnership can afford to overbid on the assumption the contract will be doubled but the opponents can make at least a game. Q2 Suit holdings that need some work to develop into sure tricks. Support - GI+ if 3H is preemptive 1st chance to bid after partner opens 1. A jump raise of partner's suit with a weak hand, typically showing four-card or longer support and about 07 points. Do something other than pass after the previous call has been followed by two passes. A method of estimating the value of a hand during the auction, usually a combination of values for high cards and length. show answer, QT54 Should he tell them what he assumes too? Cards held in a suit that partner has bid. Most team games are scored by International Match Points (IMPs). A rebid of the same suit at more than the minimum level available. A defensive convention after an opponent's 1NT opening (Double=Penalty; 2=One-suiter; 2=Both majors; 2=Hearts and minor; 2=Spades and minor; 2NT=Both minors). A bid for more tricks than can reasonably be expected to be taken. For example, if West has bid hearts and South holds A-Q and North holds 4-3, the contract is better played by South than North. After 1 - 3 your rebid is? It can also be used to ask partner to bid a suit. show answer, 8 The player to the left of the dealer, who is the second player to have the chance to bid or pass. A method of building extra tricks by trapping an opponent's high card(s). You may also wish to send a private message to to request him or her to edit or remove the . show answer, K9 Choosing one of the suits suggested by partner. With A jump raise of opener's suit typically shows invitational values (10-12 points). The number of tricks required to make the contract. show answer, K98532 If opener bids 3, responder's only choice is to bid 3NT with a weak hand. An artificial forcing bid in a suit bid by the opponents. A deal on which both sides can make a partscore contract. AK3 partner dutifully bids 2 . Holding up with the Ace with both the Ace and Jack when left-hand opponent leads the King. There are three suggested stages, the ABC's: Assess the Situation, Browse Declarer's Checklist to Develop Extra Tricks, and Consider the Order. "up the line bidding" refers to auctions where the person choosing a suit to respond is fairly confident that there will be more bidding by partner. This rebid is called a "jump-shift". A favorable division of the missing cards. A situation in a trump contract where both partnership hands have at least one trump and are void in a suit led by the opponents. A bid or double suggesting the suit that partner should lead as a defender. A slam-investigating bid made during an auction's later rounds that shows control of a suit. The dealer is the player who starts the bidding even if its a pass. We still bid game when the partnership total is 24+. You are the declarer in this case, not partner. Sequence. In rubber bridge, a partnership that has won a game. A guideline for deciding whether to finesse for a missing queen. The horizontal line on a rubber bridge score sheet that divides the bonuses from the trick scores. Conventional plays made by the defenders to give each other information. A double made with the expectation of defeating the opponents' contract. Otherwise, the only forcing bid is a new suit. Well Little Bear, they're actually asking about the strength required for certain bids. An overcall at the minimum available level. The value of high cards in a hand: ace, 4; king, 3; queen, 2; jack, 1. A suit in which the winners cannot be taken immediately because of entry problems. A bid that takes up a lot of bidding room in the auction. An expression meaning that a bid is followed by three passes, ending the auction. The denomination in which the contract should be played. It is usually for requirements over $100,000. Conventional agreement that when opener bids 1 or 1 in first or second position, and the next player passes, a response of 1NT shows about 6-12 points and is forcing. It is a forcing bid, hoping to get help from partner in choosing the best contract. For example: 1 -1 -1 or 1 -1 -2 . A slang term for singletonone card in a suit. A bonus score awarded in rubber bridge for holding four or more honors in the trump suit, or all four aces in a notrump contract. KQJ8 Masterminding (pron. Also called Dormer or Truscott. With Hand A, of course, you plan to pass partner's Three Club response. An artificial opening bid of 2 to show a strong hand of about 22 or more points if balanced or 9 or more tricks if unbalanced. The EB interpretation applies to certain jumps that name an excluded suit, and also when a player makes a slam-try, indicates a short suit, receives no encouragement, and then bids four notrump (in which case the indicated short suit is an excluded suit). A bid after partner has made a penalty double, expecting you to pass. Supporting partner's suit by bidding the suit at a higher level. The conventional use of a jump to 2NT by responder after opener's suit has been doubled for takeout to show a limit raise or better in opener's suit. This is a perfectly good auction, but there is a risk. AJ763 In traditional literature the most common examples of invitational raises are after a 1NT opening bid: Both 1NT and 2NT limited and therefore 2NT is NF. The opponent may have winners to take or be in a position to make a damaging lead that could defeat the contract. For example, if partner holds the KJ2, the Q in your hand would be a valuable asset. The fourth player to have the chance to make a call. The call of 3 spades also contains 5 spades and 5 hearts, but this time responder insists that game be bid. For example, leading the 2 when holding A-9-6-2. For example: 4-3-3-3 represents four cards in any suit and three cards in each of the others. A variation of Garbage Stayman in which responder's bid of 2 after a 2 reply is weak and non-forcing with at least four cards in each major suit. Many also include the feature that hands with 5S and invitational values use 2C followed by 2S to show this as an alternative to, or addition to, the standard treatment of 2H transfer to 2S followed by 2NT (or other non-game-forcing bid). Developing one or more cards into winners by driving out any higher-ranking cards held by the opponents. AK97 After 1 - 1 your rebid is? 18-19 point balanced hands make a jump rebid in NT. A trick that can be taken without giving up the lead to the opponents. open until game is reached, where such a bid is available the partnership clearly has plenty of space to discuss the final contract. If Responder wants to choose Opener's first suit, she has to bid on the three level. An opening bid of 2 to show a minimum opening bid with four spades and five or more hearts. After 1 - 1N your rebid is? KQ743 A8632 8 42 With hand 1, bid 3 hearts, inviting game. An artificial response of 2 to an opening bid of 1NT, asking if opener has a four-card major suit. So maybe there's a 4-4 fit. (18 + Partner's 6-9 = 24-27), And we pass with 12-15 because the total cannot exceed 24. After 1 - 1N your rebid is? Standard bidding in North America, based on five-card major openings and a strong 1NT opening. A convention used in response to a notrump opening bid when holding a five-card or longer major suit. 1 NT = 15-17 HCP 2 = Stayman; if followed by: 2 or 2 = invitational 3 or 3 = game forcing Jacoby transfer (off with any interference) 2 = minor-suit Stayman (at least invitational) 3 or 3 = weak Texas transfer (also in comp. Inverted Minor Suit Raise (Inverted Minors). The Bridge Bears bidding system is a simple version of Standard American. Both partners will bid 4 card suits up-the-line (lowest ranking first), and if we uncover a 4-4 major suit fit, we use the same 24 total point chart to decide how high to raise. show answer, AQT3 seem to have clouded this issue and many, at least of those playing online tournaments, consider some of these bids forcing. It is used when a direct double would be for takeout, not for penalty. J52 Jacoby transfers can also be used after notrump overcalls or higher-level notrump opening bids. A raise of partner's suit from the one level to the three level that invites partner to continue to game. The highest card played in the suit led wins the trick. A combined partnership holding of (ideally) eight or more cards in a suit. After opener denies a four-card major in reply to Stayman, a bid of three of a major by responder to show five cards in the other major. The older literature makes it clear that once a bid is defined within a narrow range a simple raise is an invitation but modern bidding theory (negative doubles, fit jumps, etc.) Bridge, golf, wine (red), cooking, reading eclectically but insatiably, travelling, making bad posts. After 1 - 1 your rebid is? A card held by one of the players that will win a trick when it is played. All rights reserved. Use of the Stayman convention after a rebid of 1NT or 2NT by opener to check if the partnership has an eight-card major suit fit. They don't they may never understand that point count is just a guide, and not a very good one at that. A strong holding of two or three high cards, typically in a short suit. Since Mr. Hardy first published his 2/1 texts, other bridge professionals have advocated that jump shifts by responder be played as invitational, about 10-12 HCP and a good 5-card or 6-card suit. (our 16-17 + Partner's 8 = 24-25) (our 16-17 + Partner's 6 = 22-23) For example: 5=4=3=1 denotes five spades, four hearts, three diamonds, and one club. To find the best contract in any bridge auction, one partner must confirm a trump suit (or the lack of one) and limit his hand (show his point-count range). For example, if opener bids 1 and responder bids 1, a rebid of 3 by opener would be a jump shift because it is only necessary to rebid 2. I don't claim to be one of the top players, but I do understand how slowly beginners need to go when they are trying to learn how to play bridge. A reverse is a bid of a suit that Partner passed over for her one-level response. With eight or fewer combined cards, the guideline is to finesse; with nine or more, the guideline is to play the ace and king. A combined holding of eight or more cards will usually be a suitable trump fit. For example, using the same conventions when advancing a 1NT overcall that you use when responding to a 1NT opening bid. With 4 and 4, respond 2 to Stayman. A forcing AJ53 Declaring from the more favorable side of the table. Starting with the player on lead, each player contributes a card in clockwise rotation. An artificial bid of 4NT after a trump suit has been agreed to ask for the number of aces held. The partnership hand with fewer cards in a specific suit. Bidding 5-4 and 4-5 Hands Without Smolen. A spade can't be led without assuring declarer of a trick with the king. QJ963 You have a minimum balanced hand, and no major suit to bid at the one level. 1NT 2C is Stayman, promising some 4+ card major and asking partner to bid her 4-card major (2H or 2S) if she has one, otherwise to bid 2D. Little Bear asks, "Do you really think that made sense to a beginning bridge player like me? A raise of partner's suit to the minimum available level. In rubber bridge, a partnership that has not won a game. A call requesting partner to either pass or to make an alternative call when partner has shown an as yet unspecified hand type. Bridge bidding can be an intricate dialogue between partners, trying to find ways to show Minimum, Maximum and Invitational values, yet Keep It Simple, Sweetheart: KISS. When Partner raises our 1 or 1 opening, we know we will play in that suit. It would be better for North to become declarer so that East cannot lead a heart without giving North a trick with the K. Invites openers to bid 6NT if he has 14 points. When we have an unbalanced hand of game-going strength, we jump the bidding in a new suit. The lowest level at which the auction can start. Promises at least one 4-card major and an invitational hand. 1!s is 14-16 balanced or 11-15 unbalanced. Partner is expected to pass. For example, when dummy's trumps are needed to ruff losers.