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The 5-4-3 rule ensures this. Each segment and repeater that a signal goes through adds a small amount of time to the process, so the rule is designed to minimize transmission times of the signals. For the purposes of this rule, a segment is in accordance with the IEEE definition: an electrical connection between networked devices.
However, unlike the "fellow" Roman Club, there are many exceptions to this rule in Blue Club. 1NT ranging from 13 to 17 high card points . It can be either 13-15 points, which is essentially a replacement bid for a balanced club suit with two specific shapes, 3-3-3-4 and 3-3-2-5, or 16-17 pts and balanced.
For example, 5-3 and 4-4 are among the most common trump distributions on the declarer and dummy's hands. In cases, if an opponent shows out on the second trump round, then 5-3-1 or 4-4-1 is known, and the pattern 5-3-4-1 or 4-4-4-1 comes up automatically, and the other defender is known to have begun with four. Counting as a defender
The Strong Club System is a set of bidding conventions and agreements used in the game of contract bridge and is based upon an opening bid of 1 ♣ as being an artificial forcing bid promising a strong hand. [1] The strong 1 ♣ opening is assigned a minimum strength promising 16 or more high card points. All other bids would therefore be ...
If the N-S diamonds were divided 4-2 instead of 5-1, with clubs consequently divided 3-3, the available total tricks would be only 8 for N-S + 8 for E-W = 16 If, on the other hand, the E-W spades were divided 3-1 instead of 2-2 (with appropriate minor-suit rearrangement), they could make 2 ♥ , while N-S could still make 4 ♠ , giving 18 ...
In most strong club systems, the opening bid of 2 ♣ is natural and promises a hand with long clubs (for example, in both Precision and Blue club, it shows 11-15 high card points and either a 6-card club suit or at least a 5-card club suit and a 4-card major suit). As such, it makes overcalls more difficult, since they have to be made at the ...
In the 5-3 case, the two remaining established cards (assuming the opponents cards are 3-2 or 2-3) can also bring tricks in no trumps, if there is an entry to the hand which owns these cards. Immediate discovering of 5-4 fits is possible on one way with five-card majors, and on two ways with four-card majors.
Other popular Precision variations on opening bids are using a strong 1NT (14–16 is most common), using 2 ♣ to show only a 6+ club suit and expanding the possible hand patterns for the 2 ♦ bid to include the usual 4–4–1–4 and 4–4–0–5 as well as 4–3–1–5 and 3–4–1–5,1 ♦ bid promises at least 2 diamonds.