Lesson 7a - REVIEW

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R-BR 7.3 - Some General Principles

I. The Skip-over Principle
Bids by Opener shown in bold. What can the Opener deduct from Partner's response ?

  • 1C - 1H   -------------   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • 1C - 1S   --------------   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • 1D - 1NT   -----------   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • 1C - 1D - 1S   -------   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • 1D - 1H - 1NT   -----   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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II. Major suit Trump fits
Most . . . .card trump fits either consist of each player having . . . . cards in the trump suit (a . . . - . . . split), or of one player having . . . . . while the other has . . . . cards in the trump suit (a . . . - . . . split).
In a Bidding system using 5 card major Opening bids (as in this course) life is made very easy for the Responder.

  • When Opener opens with 1H or with 1S - Responder knows there is a trump fit when he holds only . . . . cards in that suit.

  • When Opener opens with a minor suit and bids 1H or 1S at his next turn - Responder knows he must have . . . . cards in the major suit for a trump fit.

For the Opener the choice is not that clear. Any new suit bid by the Responder promises only . . . . cards in that suit.
Opener can therefore only raise Responder's suit with . . . . card support. With only . . . . cards in that suit he should wait until Responder rebids his suit (showing now at least . . . . . . . . . . in the suit), or raise Responder's suit at his next turn (showing . . . . card support).

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III. Balanced hand Openings
Here is the full range of Opening bids with a balanced hand.

  • 13-15 pts = Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • 16-18 pts = Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • 19-21 pts = Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • 22-14 pts = Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • 25-27 pts = Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

With . . . . . . . . pts or . . . . . . . . pts you still can explore the possibility of a major suit trump fit by bidding your . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . before bidding . . . . . . .

In Example 13 you have a . . . . . . . . . . hand with . . . .points and open the bidding with . . . . . .

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  1. If your Partner responds with 1S or 2C, or single raises your opening bid ---- you reply : . . . . . . . . .

  2. If your Partner responds with 1H ---- you reply : . . . . . . . . .

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IV. Responses with 11-12 points
With . . . . . . . . pts you can not immediately respond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . when you have trump support (or with a . . . . . . . bid when you are balanced).
In these cases always . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and raise Opener's suit on your next turn to bid.

In rare instances you may not have a 4 card suit to bid. In such case bid a . . . . . . . . . . suit at the 2 level. (Partner will be unlikely to raise that suit unless he has . . . . . . card support.)

For example with :

S - A 10 4 2     H - 9 5 4     C - K 6 3   D - A 9 8

  • after an Opening of 1S : respond with . . . . . . . . .

  • plan to raise Opener's Spades when . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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V. Responder's 10 points Barrier
As a Responder you can not bid a new suit at the . . . . level with . . . . . points or less.
You may raise Opener's suit at the . . . . level which shows . . . . . . . . pts, but otherwise the highest you may bid (after a 1 in a suit opening) is . . . . . . . .

For example with :

S - 9 2     H - 9 5 4 2     C - K 9 6   D - A 9 8 2

  • After an Opening bid of 1H : respond with . . . . . . . .

  • After an Opening bid of 1S : respond with . . . . . . . .

Example 14 is an extreme case where you hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . hand with . . . . . points.

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  1. If your Partner opens with : 1C or 1D ---- you reply : . . . . . . . . .

  2. If your Partner opens with 1H ---- you reply : . . . . . . . . . . .

  3. If your Partner opens with : 1S ---- you reply : . . . . . . . . . .
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VI. Opener's 15 points Barrier
There is also a barrier for weak Opening hands.
With . . . . . . points or less Opener (at his second turn to bid) should not bid a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . which is . . . . . . . . . . . . than his opening suit bid.

Such bid is called a . . . . . . . . . . . . . It promises at least . . . . . points with . . . . cards in the first suit bid and . . . . . cards in the second (a . . . - . . . . distribution is also possible).
For example :

  • 1C - 1H - 2D = . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Promising . . . . . . pts, with . . . . Clubs and . . . . Diamonds

  • 1H - 2D - 2S = . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Promising . . . . . . . pts, with . . . . Hearts and . . . . Spades

  • 1H - 2C - 2D = . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    It shows . . . . . . . . . pts.

Exception : If the bidding is gone beyond the Opener's barrier before it is his turn to bid again.
This can happen when

  1. Responder makes a Jumpshift : 1C - 2D - 2H = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  2. Opponents interfere in the bidding : 1C - 1S - (Opponent : 2D) - 2H = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


For example with :     S - 9     H - A Q 4 2     C - K 9 6   D - A K 9 8 2

After Opening 1D and a Response of 1S you make a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


But with :     S - 9     H - A Q 4 2     C - K 9 6   D - A 10 9 8 2

After Opening 1D and a Response of 1S you are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for a . . . . . . . . . . . . .
and should therefore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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R-BR 7.4 - The Limit Bid Concept

Bids of a new suit (by Opener as well as Responder) are . . . . . . . bids. They have a . . . . . . . points range and/or a . . . . . upper points limit. In either case the possibility of a . . . . . . . contract can usually not . . . . . . . . . .

Bids of a new suit are therefore always . . . . . . . . . . . . , and the bidding must continue until a . . . . . . . . bid is reached.

  1. Most bidding sequences commence with one or more . . . . . . . bids (usually bids of new suits)

  2. until a . . . . . . . . bid is made. This is the . . . . . . . . . . point of the auction.

  3. After the limit bid
    • either a . . . . . . . bid is reached quickly,

    • or the limit bid is followed by one or more . . . . . . . . . . . . bids
      (such as . . . . . . . . . . . bids, . . . . . . . . . . . bids, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bids)
      before the final contract bid is made.

There are three types of limit bids.

  1. the first . . . . . bid in the bidding sequence (unless it is preceded by an earlier limit bid), or

  2. the . . . . . . . . time a suit is bid, either as a . . . . . . . . or as a . . . . . . .

    Exception : the jump raise by Responder of 1 in a suit to . . . . in the same suit,
    which is an open bid promising . . . . . pts or more.

  3. All Responses by a . . . . . . . . . hand

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R-BR 7.5 - Bidding two-suited Hands

When you hold a hand with two biddable suits, bid them in the following way.

  1. 4-4 : two (or three) 4 card suits
    Bid your suits . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . one first.

  2. 5-4 two suiter
    Bid your . . . . card suit first. If possible bid your . . . . card suit second time around, but don't do a . . . . . . . . . . bid with a weak hand.

  3. 5-5 two suiter
    Bid the . . . . . . . . . ranking suit first, the . . . . . . . . . ranking one second,
    and the . . . . . . . . . ranking one again if required.

  4. 6-5 two suiter
    Bid your . . . . . . . . . suit first, the . . . . . . . . . one second, and the . . . . . . . . . one again if required.
    If the . . . . card suit is the . . . . . . . . ranking one, your bidding will clearly show a 6-5 distribution.
    If your . . . . card suit is the . . . . . . . . . ranking one it shows 5-5 or a possible 6-5.

  5. 6-4 two suiter
    Bid your . . . . card suit first, your . . . card suit second, and then your . . . . card suit again if required. This clearly shows a 6-4 distribution.

  6. 6-6 two suiter
    Bid your . . . . . . . . ranking suit first, your . . . . . . ranking one second, and . . . . . . . and then . . . . . . . . . . . . if required.
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