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2/1 game forcing (Two-over-one game forcing) is a bidding system in modern contract bridge structured around the following responses to a one-level opening bid: a non-jump response in a new suit at the one-level is constructive and forcing for one round, a non-jump response in a new suit at the two-level is forcing to game, and
For example, on the sequence 1 ♣-1 ♠ (with or without opponent's interfering);1NT-2 ♣;2 ♦,2 ♥ will show an invitational hand with minimum five spades and four hearts, 2 ♠ an invitational hand with minimum five spades (in which case one does not have four hearts) or possibly six spades with or without four hearts. 2NT will show a balanced invitational hand, 3 ♣ typically an ...
Cohen's most important work on "the Law" was To Bid or Not to Bid: The LAW of Total Tricks, published in 1992. It was the best-selling bridge book of the 1990s with more than 90,000 copies sold in six different languages and its sequel Following the Law was another bridge best seller. [ 1 ]
With a spade stopper, bid 2NT first. With values for game and 0-3 hearts, bid 3NT. With a spade stopper, bid 2NT first. Example 2: There is space to bid a suit at the 2 level; e.g. after (2 ♥) – Dbl – (P) and the suit held is spades: With 0-7 points and 4+ spades bid 2 ♠; With 8-11 points and FOUR spade cards, 2NT is bid forcing a relay ...
To Bid or Not to Bid: The Law of Total Tricks by Larry N. Cohen; Right Through the Pack by Robert Darvas and Norman de V. Hart; Bridge with the Blue Team by Pietro Forquet; Commonly Used Conventions in the 21st Century by Audrey Grant; How the Experts Win at Bridge by Burt and Rose Hall; Two Over One Game Force (Revised and Expanded) by Max Hardy
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A double shows the ability to penalize at least one of the opponent's two specified suits. Any subsequent double by the partnership is for penalty. Only one suit is specified. A bid in partner's suit or a new nonadverse suit is competitive without showing game interest. A cuebid of the opponents’ known suit shows a raise of partner's suit.
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