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This hand is a minimal takeout double when the opponent opens 1 ♥. With other opening bids, it should be passed. Also, if the opening bid was 3 ♥, the hand would be not strong enough to double. 2) ♠ KQ83 ♥ A52 ♦ 10 ♣ AJ1062: If opponents have bid 1 ♦ – 1 ♥, the takeout double shows the unbid suits (spades and clubs)
To change the effect of a call. For example, passing partner's overcall of 2 ♦ when playing Michaels cue bids converts the overcall from a request to bid a major suit to a contract of 2 ♦. There are many other applications: for example, to pass partner's takeout double is to convert it to a penalty double.
An immediate cue bid is made directly over opponent's opening bid. Traditionally, it denotes a hand unsuited for a takeout double.For example, after RHO [1] opens 1 ♠, a hand such as ♠ — ♥ AKQ10985 ♦ AQ6 ♣ K85 would prefer not to double for takeout, because partner might make a penalty pass.
If requested, the explanation of an alert should describe the meaning of the bid completely; for example: "My partner's response of 2 ♥ shows 4-6 HCP. It says nothing whatsoever about distribution, and in particular neither shows nor denies hearts." or "My partner's double of 2 ♠ shows 7-9 HCP. It says nothing whatsoever about distribution ...
A preemptive opening bid, a high-level bid on a weak hand, attempts to make it more difficult for stronger opponents to enter the bidding. Without the Fishbein convention, the usual way to counter it is to double the bid requesting partner to bid his strongest suit (i.e. a takeout double) or to bid notrumps to play.
Additionally, when opener makes a call other than a support double (including Pass) when the support double is an option, an Alert should be made if the partnership agreement is that opener's failure to double or to raise denies three-card or longer support for responder's suit (normally, one would expect only four-card or longer support to be ...
The no-trump bids at various levels are not affected by this method of advancing partner's overcalls and retain their normal meaning. The claimed advantage over other treatments is that - thanks to the transfer nature of the various bids - hands with a wider range of strengths can be introduced following partner's overcall.
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 ...