A bridge deal with all four hands face up. 1. The conventional use of a double by opener to show three-card support for responder's suit after an opponent's overcall. The third stage in declarer's plan. A player in a position to make a call immediately following an opponent's bid. If the total is 20 or more, consider opening the bidding. Two or more cards in sequence in the same suit, such as J10 or 109. Opener's raise of responder's suit (such a 1 -1 -3) is NF (the . A card which can be led to a winner (entry) in the opposite hand. I must admit I'm quite surprised by the general standpoint expressed by all these posts. A suit strong enough to name as trumps without support from partner; a suit with no losers. A defensive signal, typically used in a ruffing situation. The major exception is "cover an honor with an honor" (which also has exceptions). A suit in which the winners cannot be taken immediately because of entry problems. A high trump followed by a low trump shows an odd number of trumpsusually three; a low trump followed by a high trump shows an even numberusually two. Support - GI+ if 3H is preemptive 1st chance to bid after partner opens 1. A consensus bidding system based on the preferences of North American experts. Opener's 2 rebid is a reverse. 2 Q3 Typically used after a natural notrump opening bid or rebid. 2 by responder as an artificial bid, saying that the partnership is going to at least game.Other bids by responder are natural and NOT Forcing; 2-level suit bids are typically weak, 2NT and 3-level bids are invitational. Cards held in a suit that partner has bid. If she has 6-7 she passes because the total cannot exceed 24. A trick won by declarer in excess of the number required to make the contract. seem to have clouded this issue and many, at least of those playing online tournaments, consider some of these bids forcing. Q2 Players take their turn at bidding in turn and in order following a clockwise. Standard bidding in North America, based on five-card major openings and a strong 1NT opening. 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. After 1 - 1 your rebid is? Bid game in NT with the unbid suit(s) well stopped. Declarer can lead dummy's K, planning to ruff if it is covered by the A, establishing dummy's Q as a winner. 1!s is 14-16 balanced or 11-15 unbalanced. A high card is an encouraging signal; a low card is a discouraging signal. The method to determine the value of a particular hand during the auction. We still bid game when the partnership total is 24+. When your side is vulnerable and the opponents are not. In team events, it's important to bid and make your games and slams, and defeat the opponent's contracts. It represents seven tricks. W: 2NT E: 4NT 11-12 points. If the total is 15 or more, the suggestion is to open the bidding. An opening bid of 2 to show a minimum opening bid with four spades and five or more hearts. THE INVITATIONAL 4NT A 4NT immediate response to an opening bid of 1NT or 2NT is invitational and NOT Blackwood. A combined holding in a suit between the partnership hands. A trick that may eventually have to be lost but that the opponents can't immediately take upon gaining the lead. show answer, AJ7 AQJ7 When we open one-of-a-suit, our possible point range is quite wide (12-21). Cards that are likely to be useful in developing tricks. In rubber bridge, a partnership that has not won a game. The dealer, who is the first player to have the chance to bid or pass. The forcing notrump is a bidding convention in the card game of bridge . When he arrives make a complaint about opponents harrassing you and your partner through persistent questioning. The modern form of the game which awards bonuses for bidding and making contracts. A limit raise is a fit response to an opening of one of a suit. This treatment has been steadily gaining in popularity since the turn of the millennium. open until game is reached, where such a bid is available the partnership clearly has plenty of space to discuss the final contract. 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. Knowledge that a player is not entitled to use. 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). I order you to pass if 0-5 balanced (1NT), Pass with a minimum, go ahead with a maximum (3. Its purpose is to fully describe your hand both length and HCP in just one bid, and to make the opposition bid at a higher level than if you had not bid. show answer. Forcing declarer to repeatedly ruff so that declarer eventually runs out of trumps and loses control of the play. Q9 A preemptive bid is an opening bid or overcalling bid in your long suit. The number of tricks required to make the contract. With enough sure tricks to make the contract, declarer should generally take them before anything can go wrong. Also called Dormer or Truscott. That means we need at least 18 points to jump to game. W: 1NT E: 4NT 19 -20 points. When trumping losers, declarer should generally trump as high as can be afforded to avoid being overruffed (overtrumped) by the next player. When we open in a minor suit, we may still find an 8 card major suit fit. 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. Other actions as above.B]1-11:Nothing changes. When the opening lead is made and dummy appears, declarer should make a plan for taking enough tricks to make the contract. A trick that the opponents are ready to take upon gaining the lead. QJ963 It is usually bid to imply shortness or weakness elsewhere. A reverse shows an invitational hand or better, and is forcing for one round. After 1 - 1 your rebid is? In Bridge World Standard, most weak or invitational responses to major-suit openings are conditioned by the forcing one-notrump response. KQ52 A direct cuebid over an opponent's opening bid to show a distributional takeout. It can be used by responder after an opponent overcalls to show a fit with opener's suit and by advancer after partner overcalls to show a fit with partner's suit. Declaring from the more favorable side of the table. Opener should bid game in a major suit with 15 points and pass otherwise.. Limit raises were developed because the original natural system for responding to suit openings made it very difficult to describe a hand with invitational values (the only . I've heard other players talk about reverses. 18-19 point balanced hands make a jump rebid in NT. 1N semi-forcing. A suit that is lower on the Bidding Ladder than another suit. One advantage is to have the stronger hand, the notrump opener, as declarer in the major suit. Bidding. For example, dummy has the K-Q and declarer is void. 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. A spade can't be led without assuring declarer of a trick with the king. Responders new suits are always forcing unless Opener's last bid was 1NT. You have a minimum balanced hand, and no major suit to bid at the one level. In notrump, the highest-ranking card played in the suit led wins the tricks. A2 A forcing bid in a situation where it is unnecessary to bid to give partner another chance to make a call. The fourth player to have the chance to make a call. Bonuses and penalties are higher when declarer's side is vulnerable. KQ7632 Often presented as a problem on how to make, or defeat, a contract. How am I to explain signoff and invitational bids? AJ3 A5 After Opener's diamond bid, Responder passed over hearts to respond in spades. When an honor is led by declarer or from dummy and you have a higher honor, a popular defensive guideline is to cover (play) your honor. 7 If partner . We then clarify both the strength of our hand and the length of our suits through specific sequences of rebids. The idea is to make declarer use two honors to capture one of yours. After 1 - 1 your rebid is? Ruffing dummy's losers in declarer's hand so that dummy ends up with more trumps than declarer. show answer, 8 When we have an unbalanced hand of game-going strength, we jump the bidding in a new suit. After 1 - 1 your rebid is? For example, an ace is one quick trick; an ace and king in the same suit are two quick tricks. If opener bids 3, responder's only choice is to bid 3NT with a weak hand. After 1 - 3 your rebid is? Q9743 A8632 8 42 2. A bid or double suggesting the suit that partner should lead as a defender. K9 A finesse that takes advantage of the ability to trump a high card in a side suit. A scheme of major suit responses where a jump raise to the three level is preemptive, 3 shows a constructive four-card raise, and 3 shows a limit raise. (18 + Partner's 6-9 = 24-27), And we pass with 12-15 because the total cannot exceed 24. Showing preference for opener's first bid suit despite holding more cards in another suit shown by opener. The four cards contributed during each round of the play. If using XYZ, it does not matter what the first 3 bids were, as long as opener's rebid is 1 or 1. An artificial response of 2NT to an opening bid of 1 or 1 that shows support for opener's suit and at least enough strength for the partnership to get to game. After 1 - 1 your rebid is? The conventional use of a double by advancer for takeout when responder raises opener's suit following a takeout double. It is most akin to what is called Yellow Card. A double, especially of a slam, to suggest an unusual opening lead. A3 A double of a partscore contract that will give the opponents enough points for a game bonus if the contract is made. The player to declarer's left leads first. The opponent may have winners to take or be in a position to make a damaging lead that could defeat the contract. Declarer should not be afraid to lose such tricks early, while keeping sure tricks in other suits to regain the lead and then take the established winners. The hand playing the second card to a trick. After 1 - 1N your rebid is? The original pass limits the 2H call and therefore the Morehead rule would apply making the 3H call invitational but it seems few ever pass. It can also be used whenever a forcing call is needed. Pass otherwise. KQJ63 . Bridge, golf, wine (red), cooking, reading eclectically but insatiably, travelling, making bad posts. 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. See also 'balancing position'. There can be no 4-4 spade fit because Responder skipped over a 1 response. A slang term for singletonone card in a suit. The lead of a the top card from a holding of three or more cards with no honor in the suit. 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.) show answer. The second stage in declarer's plan. After 1 - 1 your rebid is? Never mind, I will certainly follow your advise about giving my opponents their beloved numbers, being carefull to start with "about" of course. Some bids demand opener bid again. An artificial forcing bid in a suit bid by the opponents. show answer. High cards and long suits that are likely to take tricks if your side loses the auction. A partnership agreement that a two-over-one response is forcing to game if responder has not passed originally. We call these two types of bids non-forcing bids (NF) and forcing bids (F). AJ2 A2 This bid is a "puppet" and in this situation partner has to bid Three Clubs. 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). In a suit contract, a trump played to a trick automatically wins unless a higher trump is played. A modification of the Guideline of 20 that adds the requirement of having two defensive tricks. After a major suit fit has been found Remember you are always trying to push your opponents to the highest level contract. A tournament in which teams with similar scores play against one another. Vulnerable, the guideline is to overbid by two tricks since the penalty for being doubled and down two is 500; Non vulnerable, the guideline is to overbid by three tricks since the penalty for being doubled down three is 500. show answer, AKQT82 "forcing"), and after a minor opening that could be fewer than three cards ("may be short"). Since the one spade bidder may hold no HCPs and two spades would confirm no interest the three spade bid must be invitational (about 6-8) and can be passed. The Stayman convention can also be used after a notrump overcall or higher-level notrump bids. A suit in which high cards in partner's hand would be useful. The third player to have an opportunity to open the bidding; the hand playing the third card to a trick. bid again is called an invitational bid. A defensive carding signal to let partner know whether you want a particular suit led. show answer, QJ7 Usually used in competitive auctions. So playing standard methods we have: - Hand 7 Hand 8 With Hand 7 partner has opened 2 . I'm not finished describing what I've got.". show answer, J32 Starting with the player on lead, each player contributes a card in clockwise rotation. In a position in which pass will end the auction. A play designed to gain information about the unseen cards. The unit of play in rubber bridge which ends when one partnership wins two games. A contract to take twelve or thirteen tricks. show answer. After 1 - 1N your rebid is? show answer. Opener's rebid of his own suit is NF (a jump rebid such as 1 -1 -3 is only invitational). The four groups of cards in the deck, each having a characteristic symbol: spades (), hearts (), diamonds (), and clubs (). A trump holding of four cards in one hand and three in the other. The suit can be ruffed (trumped) in one hand while a loser can be discarded (sluffed) from the other hand. Same as trumping. Summary for after Partner raises to 2 or 2 (4-point range) Before looking at these hands you may want to review how to count points. "15 to 17"), after a transfer bid to hearts or spades ("transfer"), after a forcing or semi-forcing 1NT response (e.g. A method of displaying the bidding and play on a screen for viewing by an audience. 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. (our 16-17 + Partner's 9 = 25-26). A player who passed when given an opportunity to open the bidding and, therefore, is assumed to hold fewer than 13 points. A reverse is a bid of a suit that Partner passed over for her one-level response. The denomination in which the contract should be played. It says nothing about the quality of your suit. After 1 - 1 your rebid is? Partner is expected to pass. A bridge event in which every partnership is composed of one player of each sex. A bid that commits the partnership to at least a game contract, unless the opponents interfere and are doubled for penalty. Some sequences are complete descriptions of strength and distribution, allowing partner to pass. KQJ8 AT932 J52 show answer. Predictably a sign-off bid often follows a limit bid . show answer, KQ2 KT52 "I will be with you, whatever". QJT7 Bonuses and penalties are greater when a partnership is vulnerable than when it is non-vulnerable. A conventional notrump bid to show a two-suited hand. Used as a guideline for whether to open in fourth position. With six missing cards, for example, a 33 break is very favorable, and a 42 break is less favorablealthough more likely. For example: AJ8642, as opposed to AJ10987. Declarer must often plan to be in the appropriate hand to take or establish winners. 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. However, there exists another kind of bidding situations which present me with an "explanation" problem. Make a bid, other than pass, when partner has previously made a bid. A scoring format in team play in which each deal is scored as 1 point for a win, 1/2 point for a tie, and 0 for a loss. A combination in which there is the possibility of finessing against either opponent for a missing card. Some players prefer the cheapest bid in a minor to bidding 2NT to show this really poor hand. A technique to draw the opponents' attention to a conventional partnership agreement. A hand that has not had an opportunity to open the bidding. The various bids which make up the auction. You may also wish to send a private message to to request him or her to edit or remove the . The opponent is not in a position to immediately make a damaging lead that could defeat the contract. The cards held by one player. 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. "Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry, 2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant". The strong 1 club opening is assigned a minimum strength that promises 16 or more HCP, or high-card points. For example, 2 would be a jump overcall over an opening bid of 1 because it is only necessary to bid 1. Sign-off Bids North's 2 said that he was convinced that this was the best contract and demanded that South pass, called a sign-off. After 1 - 1N your rebid is? A double made by a player in the pass out position. Jacoby transfers can also be used after notrump overcalls or higher-level notrump opening bids. Jumps in opener's suit are invitational, showing 4+ card fit and a game invite hand. Also called Dormer or Jordan. Examples below: A] 1-1 1: The responder can bid 2 to force opener to bid 2. A defensive signal showing an odd or even number of cards in a suit. Every bid fits into one category or the other. The number of cards held in each suit by a particular player; the number of cards held in a particular suit by the partnership. A common example is after a simple rebid: As two hearts is limited three hearts is invitational and non forcing. A suit that has not previously been bid in the auction. KQ4 you have enough points to bid game, so you should make an invitational bid, like 2NT, to ask whether partner has a good hand. show answer, K98532 An undertaking to win at least a specified number of tricks in a specified denomination. It typically occurs near the end of the deal when other options have been removed from the opponents' hands. That's why reverses require extra strength. The player from the side that won the auction who first bid the denomination named in the contract. The opponent that declarer does not want to see gain the lead. I rather expected the opposite. Whether a bid is forcing, invitational or signoff. (See also Broken Sequence and Interior Sequence.). Should he tell them what he assumes too? Using A jump to 4 or 4 over an opposing weak 2 or 2 opening to show a two-suiter with that minor and the unbid major. It includes an assumed six tricks (see Book). Then the above sequences can be used for more difficult hand types instead. 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. For example: KQJ10, QJ105. These are called forcing bids. Also, any play which reduces the risk of being defeated in the contract, even at the sacrifice of one or more overtricks. b)1 - 1 - 1NT - 2. The shortening of one's trumps to enable the eventual lead of a different suit to substitute for the lead of a trump to take a finesse. The conventional use of a responder's bid of a previously unbid minor suit as artificial and forcing after opener's 1NT rebid. (See also Reverse Bergen Raises.). A jump shift is typically used to show a strong hand, although the partnership can have other agreements. A rebid by opener in a new suit that prevents responder from returning to opener's original suit at the two level. Responder's 2 relay is used to either place the contract in 2, or to be followed by an invitational bid. AQJ983 Bid suit at appropriate level; can "waffle" if room; Does not promise another bid and opponent overcalls If SI, control bid, splinter, ace-ask 2. An opening bid of 3NT based on the playing tricks from a long, solid suit rather than high-card points. KQJ982 A bid of the opponents' suit asking partner to bid notrump with a stopper in that suit. A device with the bids displayed on cards to allow the auction to be conducted silently. (our 16-17 + Partner's 6 = 22-23) For example, ace=1, ace-king=2, king=1/2. Open with 15 or more; consider opening with 14; pass with fewer than 14. An area that seems to be changing in competitive bidding is that of raising an invitational bid. KQJ86 After 1 - 2 your rebid is? If your suit was diamonds or hearts, then you would bid your suit over Three Clubs and partner would be expected to put down dummy.