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Read hundreds of bridge bidding conventions used in contract bridge. Blackwood, limit raises, and more exotic bids are explained in detail.
Four-suit transfer bids work like this: A response of 2 is a transfer to 2 . A response of 2 is a transfer to 2 . A response of 2 is a transfer to 3 . A response of 2NT is a transfer to 3 . The first two responses are the standard Jacoby transfers for the major suits.
There are many contract bridge bidding conventions. Most players only use a few. The Bridge Burglar's guide explains the ones most commonly used.
In contract bridge, Jacoby Transfers are a convention used when a player bids 1NT and his partner holds at least one 5-card major suit.
The four new convention charts are listed in order from least to most permissive: the Basic Chart, Basic+ Chart, Open Chart, and Open+ Chart. The Basic and Basic+ Charts are intended for limited master point events.
The convention, typically used in a game forcing auction after the Big Club opener makes a jump bid response (bypassing other possible asking bids by responder), asks responder to cuebid Aces up the line.
“If you are thinking of bidding a slam in notrump, the points are mostly high-card points, although you can still include length points when you have a five-card or longer suit. In a suit contract, distribution will play a much larger role, and you will be valuing shortness — singletons and voids.