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National Association of Realtors (formerly Sitzer v. National Association of Realtors ) is a class-action lawsuit challenging the fees charged by real estate agents in the United States. The case was filed against the National Association of Realtors and some of the largest brokerages in the country.
Opener is obliged to bid the next available major suit, i.e. after a 4 ♦ bid by responder, he bids 4 ♥ and after a 4 ♥ response, he bids 4 ♠ setting the contract. The standard defense to the Texas transfer: double is one-suited and lead-directing, 4NT is for the minors, four of responder’s suit is a Michaels cuebid. A delayed double ...
In the example on the left, South is the dealer and because he holds 14 high card points (HCP), he must open the bidding. If he were to open 1 ♣, his longest suit, he will get a 1 ♥ response from partner and according to Standard American methods, be obliged to rebid 1NT since a bid of 2 ♦ would be a reverse and show a more powerful hand than he has.
They are given that name because contracts made in those suits score less (20 per contracted trick) than contracts made in the major suits (30 per contracted trick), and they rank lower in bidding. In particular, one can make game with a four-level bid in a major suit, while a five-level bid is required in a minor. Of the two minor suits ...
It covers all opening bids of two of a suit: 2 ♣, 2 ♦, 2 ♥ and 2 ♠, albeit with a focus on the minor suits. Of these opening bids, the 2 ♣ and 2 ♦ are strong artificial opening bids, without a necessary connection to the suit bid whilst 2 ♥ and 2 ♠ are weak, preemptive bids indicating a good six-card ♥ or ♠ suit without much ...
After the opening bid, the five-card limitation is no longer in effect and any other bid typically promises only four cards as before. Bridge partnerships who use five-card majors need some kind of short club [4] opening bid. The most common practice is for 1 ♣ to promise at least a three-card club suit, indicating that opener has:
The forcing notrump is a bidding convention in the card game of bridge. In Standard American bidding, the response of 1NT to an opening bid of 1 ♥ or 1 ♠ shows 6 to 9 high card points (HCP) and is non-forcing. Opener, with a balanced minimum, may pass the 1NT response and, if the opponents also pass, that will become the contract.
The Jacoby transfer, or simply transfers, in the card game contract bridge, is a convention in most bridge bidding systems initiated by responder following partner's notrump opening bid that forces opener to rebid in the suit ranked just above that bid by responder. For example, a response in diamonds forces a rebid in hearts and a response in ...