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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 ...
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 ...
Opening bids of 3 of any suit are preemptive, showing a 7+ card suit and 6-10 points (mostly inside the bid suit). The meaning of 2 ♦, 2 ♥ and 2 ♠ varies. One common usage is that the bid shows a weak two bid, similar to a preemptive bid. Another is the strong two bid, which is natural and shows a very strong hand (too strong for a 1 ...
New Minor Forcing (NMF), is a contract bridge bidding convention used to find a 5-3 or 4-4 major suit fit after a specific sequence of bids in which opener has rebid one notrump. The convention is triggered by responder at his second turn by an artificial bid of two in an unbid minor; it requires that he hold five cards in the major he has ...
With only four cards in a major suit, the opening bidder is expected to open one of a minor suit (which may show less than four cards in that suit) or 1NT if in the agreed points range. After the opening bid, the five-card limitation is no longer in effect and any other bid typically promises only four cards as before.
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;
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 ...
Suction is a contract bridge bidding convention used to intervene over an opponent's 1NT opening. [1] Using the suction convention, a suit overcall of a 1NT opening is conventional and denies the suit actually bid. It shows either: a one-suiter in the next higher ranking suit or; a two suiter in the other two suits.