Lesson 16 - REVIEW

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R-BR 16.1 - The Strong 2 Club Opening bid

The opening bid of 2 Clubs is . . . . . . . . . . and shows

a . . . . . . . . . . . . or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . hand

with . . . . . points or . . . . . tricks in hand
This is a . . . . . . . . . . . . bid and bidding must continue until at least a . . . . . . . . contract is reached.
Tricks are counted in the same way as for . . . . . . . . . . opening bids.

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Hand 1
Hand description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

You openning bid . . . . . . . . . .

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Hand 2
Hand description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

You openning bid . . . . . . . . . .

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Hand 3
Hand description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

You openning bid . . . . . . . . . .

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R-BR 16.2 - Responses to a 2 Club Opening bid

The responses after a 2 Club opening bid are straight forward.
A response of . . . . . . . . reveals that a Slam contract is unlikely, but bidding . . . . . . . . . . . . . until a suitable
. . . . . . . . contract has been reached. All other responses indicate the good chance of a . . . . . . contract.

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All suit bids, other than the weak . . . . . . . . response, by either Opener or Responder show a . . . . card suit or longer. With only . . . . card suits Responder bids . . . . . . , after which Opener can bid a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . convention to investigate Responder's . . . . card suit holding.

Bidding after a weak 2 Diamond Response ( . . . . - . . . . pts)
After a 2 Diamond response, Opener will bid his 5 card suit.
For example : 2C - 2D - 2S - ?

Responder then has the following options.

  1. 4S - showing . . . . card trump support , but otherwise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  2. 3S - showing . . . . card trump support , with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  3. 3C, 3D or 3H - with . . . . trump support , but . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  4. 2NT - with . . . . . trump support and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
In case D above Opener may bid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to investigate Responder's 4 card suit holding.

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Hand 4
Partner opened with 2 Club

You hold . . . . . points, but no . . . . card suit. Make therefore a positive response of . . . . . . .

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Opener's reply :
  1. 2C - 2NT - 3C - You ?   >   > . . . . . . .

  2. 2C - 2NT - 3D - You ?   >   > . . . . . . .

  3. 2C - 2NT - 3H - You ?   >   > . . . . . . .

  4. 2C - 2NT - 3S - You ?   >   > . . . . . . .
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Hand 5
Partner opened with 2 Club

You hold . . . . . points and a . . . . card . . . . suit. Make a response of . . . . . . .

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Opener's reply :
  1. 2C - 2S - 3C - You ?   >   > . . . . . . . .

  2. 2C - 2S - 3D - You ?   >   > . . . . . . . .

  3. 2C - 2S - 3H - You ?   >   > . . . . . . . .

  4. 2C - 2S - 4NT - You ?   >   > . . . . . . . .
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Hand 6
Partner opened with 2 Club

You hold . . . . points. Bid therefore . . . . . . .

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Opener's reply :
  1. 2C - 2D - 2H - You ?   >   > . . . . . . . .

  2. 2C - 2D - 2S - You ?   >   > . . . . . . . .

  3. 2C - 2D - 3C - You ?   >   > . . . . . . . .

  4. 2C - 2D - 3D - You ?   >   > . . . . . . . .
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R-BR 16.3 - Weak Two Opening bids

The Opening bids of 2 Diamond, 2 Heart and 2 Spade, are . . . . . . . . , showing . . . . . . . . High Card Points and a . . . .card suit or longer. They are in fact mini . . . . . . . . opening bids.
The complete requirements for such a bid are :

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Before making your bid consider the following points.
  1. If you hold a 4 card . . . . . . . . side suit do not open with a weak two bid when you are the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . player to bid.

  2. If you are . . . . . . . . . . your points should be in the top half of the range (. . . . - . . . . points).
    When in doubt apply the rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  3. If the hand contains a . . . . . . . . or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . it will only have 5-6 losers, and you are too strong for a weak two.
    In such case do not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , but open with 1, or 3 or 4 in the suit instead (depending on HC holdings and Vulnerability) !

  4. After three passes, you, as 4th player, should only open with a weak two bid when you expect to make a . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Hand 7
You have . . . . High Card Points plus a . . . . card . . . . . . . suit. You open . . . . . . .

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Hand 8
You have . . . . High Card Points plus a . . . . card . . . . . . . suit. You open . . . . . . .

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Hand 9
You have . . . . High Card Points plus a . . . . card . . . . . . . suit. You open . . . . . . .

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R-BR 16.4 - Responses to Weak two Openings

Be aware that any weak two opening bid is a . . . . . . . . bid. The Responder may . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Also Opener will have most of his strength in . . . . . . . . . . . . with at best only . . . . . . . . . . . . in one of his other suits.
Responses after a weak two opening bid are :

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Hand 10
Partner has opened with 2H.     Your response is . . . . . . . .

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Hand 11
Partner has opened with 2H.     Your response is . . . . . . . .

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Hand 12
Partner has opened with 2S.     Your response is . . . . . . . .

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R-BR 16.5 - The Ogust Convention

The Ogust . . . . . response after a . . . . . . . opening is an easy and effective way to asses Opener's hand in more detail.
Replies by the Opener are :

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Hand 13
Partner has opened with 2H
Bid Ogust 2NT.

  1. If Opener bids 3C or 3D     You reply with . . . . . . . .

  2. If Opener bids 3H     You reply with . . . . . . . .

  3. If Opener bids 3S     You reply with . . . . . . . .
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Hand 14
Partner has opened with 2H
Bid Ogust 2NT.

  1. If Opener bids 3C or 3D     You reply with . . . . . . . .

  2. If Opener bids 3H     You reply with . . . . . . . .

  3. If Opener bids 3S     You reply with . . . . . . . .
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