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Although they consume bidding space, splinter bids are very descriptive as they help partner to reevaluate his/her hand: soft honors (a king, queen or jack) in the splinter suit lose value, while honors in the other three suits gain value. In some positions if a simple bid of the suit would be forcing then a single jump can be a splinter.
Splinters are used early in the bidding to communicate a strong hand, with a fit for partner's last bid suit and a side-suit singleton or void. The splinter bid is a double jump shift to the singleton or void suit. Partner of the splinter bidder will then typically bid game or proceed with cue-bids to investigate the possibility of a slam.
Jacoby 2NT (Swedish: Stenberg 2NT) is a bridge convention in which a bid of 2NT over partner's opening bid of one heart (1 ♥) or one spade (1 ♠) shows a hand with both opening strength or better - normally at least 12 HCP or a hand meeting the " Rule of 20 " criteria, and
Bridge conventions can be classified according to their purpose: Opening bid conventions. Strong opening bids are used for hands stronger than the "normal" opening bid range (12-20 points in natural systems, 12-15/17 points in artificial systems) Strong two clubs in natural systems denote hands of 22+ high card points; Benjamin Twos in natural ...
This is a list of bidding systems used in contract bridge. [1] [2] Systems listed have either had an historical impact on the development of bidding in the game or have been or are currently being used at the national or international levels of competition. Bidding systems are characterized as belonging to one of two broadly defined categories:
The suit of the fragment bid is often three cards long. Compare with Splinter bid. Freak, or freak hand A hand with a very long suit or suits. Most would regard a hand with two six card suits as a freak. Free bid A bid that is made when a pass would still allow partner to make a bid.
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In contract bridge, a cue bid (also, cuebid or cue-bid) is either a bid of the opponents' suit, or "slam seeking": a slam-investigating bid made during an auction's later rounds that shows control of a suit. Traditionally a cue bid is "slam seeking", but in the early 21st century the usage appears to be giving way to control bid.