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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.
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. Iron Duke, Not ...
A 2 ♣ response to a 1NT opening is specified as the "non-forcing" version of the Stayman convention. A 2 ♠ response to a 1NT is a relay to the minors when responder holds a long (at least six card length) minor suit and a weak hand; opener bids 3 ♣ and responder either passes or corrects to 3 ♦ which opener is expected to pass.
Standard American responses to weak twos are as follows: A raise of the bid suit extends the preempt, and is to play. The weak two bidder does not bid again. A bid of 2NT is 17+ artificial forcing enquiry. A new suit is forcing and at least invitational. This is known as RONF for raise only non-forcing bid. After a 2NT enquiry.
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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A cuebid of the opponents’ higher ranking suit shows an invitational limit raise of partner's suit with a likely five-card side suit in the other nonadverse suit. A cuebid of the opponents’ lower ranking suit shows a game forcing raise with a likely five-card side suit in the other nonadverse suit.
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