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2/1 game forcing (Two-over-one game forcing) is a bidding system in modern contract bridge structured around the following responses to a one-level opening bid: a non-jump response in a new suit at the one-level is constructive and forcing for one round, a non-jump response in a new suit at the two-level is forcing to game, and
For example, on the sequence 1 ♣-1 ♠ (with or without opponent's interfering);1NT-2 ♣;2 ♦,2 ♥ will show an invitational hand with minimum five spades and four hearts, 2 ♠ an invitational hand with minimum five spades (in which case one does not have four hearts) or possibly six spades with or without four hearts. 2NT will show a balanced invitational hand, 3 ♣ typically an ...
Larry Cohen Teaching Bridge. Larry Neil Cohen (born April 14, 1959) is an American bridge player, writer and teacher. He is best known as an advocate for the "Law of Total Tricks" as a guide in the bidding.
To Bid or Not to Bid: The Law of Total Tricks by Larry N. Cohen; Right Through the Pack by Robert Darvas and Norman de V. Hart; Bridge with the Blue Team by Pietro Forquet; Commonly Used Conventions in the 21st Century by Audrey Grant; How the Experts Win at Bridge by Burt and Rose Hall; Two Over One Game Force (Revised and Expanded) by Max Hardy
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 ...
A double shows the ability to penalize at least one of the opponent's two specified suits. Any subsequent double by the partnership is for penalty. Only one suit is specified. A bid in partner's suit or a new nonadverse suit is competitive without showing game interest. A cuebid of the opponents’ known suit shows a raise of partner's suit.
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The convention concept is now generally extended to show the "two lowest unbid" suits. Thus, over 1 ♣, 2NT shows diamonds and hearts; and over 1 ♦, it shows clubs and hearts. In addition to succinctly describing the hand to the partner, it deprives the opponents of bidding space, i.e. it has a preemptive effect. A drawback is that it ...