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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.
Either limit raises of major suit openings (i.e. the jump raise 1 ♠ – 3 ♠ or 1 ♥ – 3 ♥ shows a game-invitational hand with at least four-card support) or Bergen raises; Inverted minor raises, in which a jump raise of a minor suit opening is a weak preemptive bid, while a single raise is strong and forcing for one round;
An agreement that treats the single raise of a minor suit as strong, and a double raise as preemptive. Invitation A bid which invites the partner to bid on to game or slam if he has extra values. It is a non-forcing bid by definition. Compare semi-forcing bid. IPBM International Popular Bridge Monthly, a British bridge magazine.
A game try (also called a game trial bid) in the card game of bridge is a bid that shows interest in bidding a game and asks partner to help in making the decision.. For example, (using Acol or Standard American bidding) if opener, with around 16-17 HCP, bids 1 ♥ and partner responds 2 ♥ (showing 6 – 9 support points) opener is in a quandary: if responder has a maximum strength hand ...
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The single or double raise promises at least five-card support for the minor. In the original version of K-S, and as further developed by Kaplan through the 1990s, both raises also deny a four-card major. This typical (but minimum) single raise in clubs is taken from the system book: [4] ♠ 765 ♥ K84 ♦ A5 ♣ Q9652.
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