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Before looking at the detail, it is necessary to understand that bridge theory and practice suggest that the HCP method of hand evaluation, together with common sense concerning balance and cover in all suits, is the best for deciding the level of NT contracts, thus: 25+ HCP is sufficient for a game 3NT; 33+ HCP should yield 12 tricks
The Baron Three Clubs is an alternative to the responder using Stayman over a 2NT opening bid. The responder will have five points or more and an unbalanced hand. The responder bids 3 ♣, which asks opener to bid his four-card suits in ascending order. If clubs are the only four-card suit, the opener bids 3NT.
W E ♠ K 10 3 ♥ A Q ♥ K J 9 4 ♦ K Q 3 2 ♦ A J ♣ A 4 3 ♣ 8 7 6 5 ♠ A Q J W E ♠ K 10 3 ♥ A Q 3 2 ♥ K J 9 4 ♦ K Q ♦ A J ♣ A 4 3 2 ♣ 8 7 6 5 Both East hands are exactly the same, and both West hands have the same shape, the same HCP count, and the same high cards. The only difference between the West hands is that two low red cards and one low black card have been ...
Bridge base basic, also known as BBO basic, is a bidding system for the game of bridge based on the Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC). It is simplified, suitable for beginners, and widely used in internet bridge, particularly on Bridge Base Online . [ 1 ]
"Standard American" was the label given to the bridge bidding system developed by Charles Goren and his contemporaries in the 1940s. This system employed the 1915 point-count method to evaluate the strength of a bridge hand. Most bids had fairly specific requirements regarding hand strength and suit distribution.
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 ...
The Drury convention is a bridge convention, used to show a game-invitational major suit raise by a passed hand while guarding against a light opening by partner in third or fourth seat. It is initiated by an artificial and forcing 2 ♣ response by the passed hand to a 1 ♥ or 1 ♠ opening by partner.
In the game of contract bridge, it denotes a hand of thirteen cards which contains no singleton or void and at most one doubleton. Three hand patterns are classified as truly balanced: 4-3-3-3, 4-4-3-2 and 5-3-3-2. The hand patterns 5-4-2-2 (an example of a two-suiter) and 6-3-2-2 (a single-suiter) are generally referred to as semi-balanced.