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1 ♠ – 2 ♣ 2 ♠ – 2NT. Forcing to game, with balanced hand and a good club suit. 1 ♠ – 2 ♣ 2 ♦ – 3 ♣ Forcing, unless the partnership has agreed that this is an exception to the "2/1 rule." 1 ♦ – 2 ♣ Forcing for one round only (as in Standard American), except in the variant of 2/1 where this sequence is game forcing as ...
The vocabulary of bidding is limited to 38 different calls - 35 level/denomination bids [1] plus pass, double and redouble. Any bid becomes a contract if followed by three successive passes, therefore every bridge bid is a potential contract. By the rules of the game, the agreed meanings of all calls must be public and known to the opponents ...
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.
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:
In the card game contract bridge, a forcing bid is any call that obliges the partner to bid over an intermediate opposing pass. Owing to the partnership's bidding system or a bridge convention, partner must "keep the bidding open", [1] i.e. not pass, thereby preventing his left-hand opponent from ending the auction with a pass and enabling the "forcing bidder" to bid further.
Strong hands, with 19 high card points plus, start with a double and then rebid 2 Notrump (or double) to try to expose a psychic bid. Good 4-4=4-1 distributional hands with a stiff minor suit can start with 2 ♣. Single-suited minor hands often start with double, hoping to be able to play at the two-level. These hands will pass a 2 ♦ asking bid.
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 ]
In the card game of bridge, the unusual notrump [1] is a conventional overcall showing a two-suited hand. It was originally devised by Al Roth in 1948 with Tobias Stone, [2] to show the minor suits after the opponents opened in a major.