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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.
It is a natural system: most opening bids, responses and rebids are made with at least four cards in the suit bid, and most no trump bids are made with balanced hands. It is a four-card major system: only four-card suits are required to open 1 ♠ or 1 ♥, unlike Standard American and many other systems where five-card suits are typically ...
An EHAA two-bid shows six to twelve high card points, and a five card or longer suit.There are no restrictions on suit quality (xxxxx and AKQJxxxx both qualify). EHAA bidders use a "get in quick, get out quick" style, which permits interference or an opening bid in nearly every auction, protected by fairly strict requirements on further bids by the partnership.
A bidding convention initiated by responder following partner's notrump opening bid that requests opener rebid in the suit ranked just above that bid by responder, i.e. a response in diamonds requests a rebid in hearts and a response in hearts requests a rebid in spades; other responses may carry other meanings; designed to make the stronger ...
A small number of modern bidding systems systemically utilize multiple responses and rebids after the opening bid to refine LTC evaluation and to allow further adjustments to be made based on combined suit length, shortages found, and high cards held.
In most early bidding systems, opening bids of two of a suit signified a very strong hand and were referred to as strong two bids. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] However, pioneer bridge inventors like Pierre Albarran and David Burnstine [ 3 ] saw that the frequency of such bids is fairly low, and that a 2 ♣ bid can be used for all strong hands, leaving other ...
Stayman is a bidding convention in the card game contract bridge.It is used by a partnership to find a 4-4 or 5-3 trump fit in a major suit after making a one notrump (1NT) opening bid and it has been adapted for use after a 2NT opening, a 1NT overcall, and many other natural notrump bids.
a non-jump response in a new suit at the two-level is forcing to game, and; a 1NT response to a major opening is forcing for one round and indicates insufficient values to immediately commit to game or bid a suit at the one-level. The 2/1 game force does not apply to responses by a passed hand, or if there is an intervening call by an opponent ...