Lesson 22 - REVIEW

Print out and fill in the answers

Lesson 22 - Lesson 22 QUIZ - Links page

(Down - Top)

R-BR 22.1 - Cue bidding the Enemy Suit

"Cue bidding the enemy suit" is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

In standard bidding cue bidding the enemy suit shows a . . . . . . . . . . hand, the same as for the artificial . . . . . . . . . . . . opening bid.

For example : (1H) - 2H shows . . . . . . points or . . . . . . . . . . . and is forcing to . . . . . . ..
All following bids by both players are natural, and when one of the Defenders bids NT it promises a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

This situation occurs of course very rarely in bridge. I therefore suggest that when you hold such hand you first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and at your next turn to bid cue bid the enemy suit.

For example : (1H) - . . . . . . . . . - (Pass) - 1S - (Pass) - 2H

Adopting this approach leaves the cue bid of the enemy suit available for other more common situations, as outline in the following two Chapters.

Answer

(Down - Up - Top)

R-BR 22.2 - Natural Cue bids over the Minor suits

In standard bidding with 5-card majors, opening with a short Club (1C) as used in this course or with the better minor (1C or 1D) are often based on . . . or . . . . cards in the minor suit. In the Precision system the 1 Club and 1 Diamond opening bids are artificial and do not reflect . . . . . . . . . in those suits. It occurs therefore quite regularly, that an Opponent opens with a minor in which you have a . . . . . . . . . . . . card holding.

Therefore in such cases use the cue bid of the enemy suit as a . . . . . . . . . . . . . showing a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . suit with . . . . . . points.
For example :

(1C) - 2C : shows a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . suit and . . . . . . points

(1D) - 2D : shows a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . suit and . . . . . . . points
When you hold :
br2201.gif

Bid : (1C) - . . . . . . = . . . . . . . . . . . . .     and : (1D) - . . . . . . . = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Responses to the Cue bid are the same as for a normal overcall at the 2 level.

br2202r.gif

Remember that you will need . . . . . points to reach Game in a minor suite.

Answer

(Down - Up - Top)

R-BR 22.3 - Michaels Cue bid over the Major suits

When the Opponents open the bidding with a major suit it is highly . . . . . . . . . . . . that your side will aim for a contract in . . . . . . . . . . Using a cue bid in their major suite with a . . . . . . . . . . meaning makes therefore little sense. Use Michaels Cue bid instead (I am not the Michael referred to in this convention).

Michaels Cue bid of the enemy suite shows a hand with

  1. . . . . . . . . High Card Points

  2. . . . . - . . . . or longer distribution in the . . . . . . . . . plus one . . . . . . suit.

  3. both suits must contain at least . . . . Honour cards.
With a . . . - . . . distribution you may have less points and only need . . . honour in the . . . card suit.
Hand 2 below is a typical example.
br2203.gif

  1. After (1C) - bid . . . . . . . .

  2. After (1D) - bid . . . . . . . .

  3. After (1H) - bid . . . . . . . = Michael's Cue bid, showing . . . - . . . or better in the . . . . . . suit and a . . . . . suit
Responses by Partner are natural.
If Partner does not have a fit in the major suit he can ask for the minor suite by bidding . . . . . . . . The Michaels Cue bidder will respond with the correct suit at the 3 level.
In above example the bidding would be :
c. (1H) - . . . . . . . . . . - (Pass) - 2NT - (Pass) - . . . . . . . .
br2204r.gif

Answer

(Down - Up - Top)

R-BR 22.4 - The Unusual 2NT Overcall

The Unusual 2NT overcall fits in nicely with the strategy of Michaels Cue bid.

br2205r.gif

A jump overcall of . . . . . . over Opponent's opening bid of 1 in a. . . . . . . suit shows

  1. . . . . . . . . High Card Points

  2. . . . . - . . . or longer distribution in the . . . . . . . . . . . . suits

  3. both suites must contain at least . . . . Honour cards.
The primary objective of this overcall is to present Partner with a clear choice for a . . . . . . . . . . . in case the Opponents reach a . . . . . . . contract in their major suit.
Therefore with a stronger hand prefer to make a . . . . . . . . . . or a suit . . . . . . . . . .
With Hand 3 below :
  1. After (1H) - bid . . . . . . . .

  2. After (1S) - bid . . . . . . . .
br2206.gif
Partner's response :
  • (1H) - 2NT - (Pass) - bid . . . . . . . .
    Unless strong in the major suits Partner should . . . . . . . . . . . the 2NT overcall, but bid his . . . . . . . . . . . . suit at the 3 level. With no preference bid . . . . . . . .

  • (1H) - 2NT - (Pass) - bid . . . . . . . . . .
    With a strong hand Partner may jump to 4 or 5 as required.

  • (1H) - 2NT - (4H) - bid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    If the Opponents do reach a . . . . . . . . . . contract in their major suit, Partner can . . . . . . . . . . . , bidding . . . . . . . . with a weak hand

The combined approach of Michael's Cue bid and the unusual 2NT covers all 5-5 suit combinations except the one where you hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
In such case it is best to either overcall the . . . . . . . . . suit, and perhaps the Heart . . . . . . . next round if required, or to make a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and be guided for your next bid by Partner's response.

Answer

(Down - Up - Top)

R-BR 22.5 - Takeout Double over 1 NT Opening

The point range of the 1 NT opening bid differs considerably for the various bidding system. Common ranges (other than the 16-18 points used in standard bidding) are . . . - . . . , . . . - . . ., or . . . - . . .. Some players use the . . . - . . . points for their 1NT range when vulnerable and . . . - . . . points when not vulnerable.
The lower point ranges are very aggressive and aim to obstruct the bidding by the opposition, blocking any suit overcall at the 1 level.

A simple but very effective defence against this practice is to . . . . . . . . . the Opponent's 1NT opening bid.

  • (1NT) - . . . . . . : shows a balanced hand with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . point range as the . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
If the Opponent's 1NT shows 12-14 points, your . . . . . . . . .. shows . . . - . . . points, if the 1NT shows a 13-15 points range, your . . . . . . . . .. shows . . . - . . . points

Hand 4
You have . . . . . points and a balanced hand
  1. (1NT = 12-14 pts) - bid . . . . . . .

  2. (1NT = 13-15 pts) - bid . . . . . . .

  3. (1NT = 15-17 pts) - bid . . . . . . .

  4. (1NT = 16-18 pts) - bid . . . . . . .
br2207.gif

This puts your Partner in a strong position.

  • If he considers your side has more points than the Opponents he can . . . . . . . and by doing so converts the . . . . . . . . . . into a . . . . . . . . . .

  • With a weak hand he can bid a suit at the . . . . level

  • With a a good supporting hand he can bid a . . . . . card suit at the . . . level.
When playing duplicate bridge each player has a bidding system card on the table which lists the meaning of all their system's opening bids. Alternatively, when it is your turn to bid, you may ask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . what the bid's points range is.

Answer

(Down Fast - Up - Top)

R-BR 22.6 - Defence against Weak Two Opening bids

To enter the bidding after an Opponent's weak two opening bid you should hold a hand with . . . . . . . . . . bid values. Subject to this requirement bid . . . . . . . . . as if Opponent had opened at the . . . . . level.

  1. Double for takeout with . . . . points and . . . cards in the . . . . . . . . . . . suit
    With stronger hands the shape becomes . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  2. Bid your . . . . card suit with . . . . points

  3. Bid 2NT with 1. . . - . . . points and a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  4. Cue bid the enemy suit with . . . . . points or ". . . . . . . . . . . . "
    This is a . . . . . force, similar to the . . . . . . . . . . opening bid
Partner should respond . . . . . . . . . . . . to your bid, and has the added option of a . . . . . . . converting the . . . . . . . . . . into a . . . . . . . . . . . if he considers this is the most profitable course of action.
Here are a few typical examples.

Answer

(Down - Up)

Hand 5
You have . . . . . . . points and . . . Spades.
  • (2H) - bid . . . . . . . . . . .
br2208.gif

Answer

(Down - Up)

Hand 6
You have . . . . . points and . . . . . Spades.
  • (2H) - bid . . . . . . . .
br2209.gif

Answer

(Down - Up)

Hand 7
You have . . . . points and . . . . . Spades.
  • (2H) - bid . . . . . . . . .
br2210.gif

Answer

(Down - Up - Top)

R-BR 22.7 - Defence against Preemptive Opening bids

There are many different approaches to defence against preemptive opening bids.
A sensible way is to approach it in the same way as defence against weak twos. However to enter the bidding you need to be stronger with at least . . . . points. As . . th player you may drop that a point or so with an interesting distribution. In general.

  • Double for Takeout with . . . . points and no good . . . card suit
    Partner may convert this into a . . . . . . double (by bidding . . . . . ) if he has strength in the . . . . . . . . suit

  • Bid a good . . . . card suit at the 3 level with . . . points or at the 4 level with . . . . . points

  • bid 3NT with . . . . points and a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • Cue bid the enemy suit with . . . . . points, a bid forcing to . . . . . . .
Answer

(Up - Top - Links page)

Copyright © 2006 Michael Furstner. All rights reserved.