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The Strong Club System is a set of bidding conventions and agreements used in the game of contract bridge and is based upon an opening bid of 1 ♣ as being an artificial forcing bid promising a strong hand. [1] The strong 1 ♣ opening is assigned a minimum strength promising 16 or more high card points. All other bids would therefore be ...
However, unlike the "fellow" Roman Club, there are many exceptions to this rule in Blue Club. 1NT ranging from 13 to 17 high card points. It can be either 13-15 points, which is essentially a replacement bid for a balanced club suit with two specific shapes, 3-3-3-4 and 3-3-2-5, or 16-17 pts and balanced.
The bid has the dual objectives of preempting the opponents' bidding should they hold the majors and trying for a game in notrump on the gamble that partner might hold adequate support. Because this conventional bid replaces the standard use of opening 3NT (a hand with 25-27 high card points and a balanced distribution), partnerships must use ...
The Baron Three Clubs is an alternative to the responder using Stayman over a 2NT opening bid. The responder will have five points or more and an unbalanced hand. The responder bids 3 ♣, which asks opener to bid his four-card suits in ascending order. If clubs are the only four-card suit, the opener bids 3NT.
According to Marston, they switched from their strong pass system because of tightening restrictions on such systems pushed by American representatives on the World Bridge Federation. Moscito is a strong club systems with limited one and two openings like Precision club , but follows the MAFIA (Majors First Always) principle where 4+ card ...
2NT is a transfer to clubs; 3 ♣ shows both minors (responder may pass or adjust to 3 ♦) 3 ♦ shows both Majors with massive playing strength (responder takes a preference to 3 ♥ or 3 ♠, or jumps to 4 ♥ or 4 ♠ with supporting values) By design, in many cases, the advancer will become declarer, thus placing the strong 1NT hand on ...
Australian Bridge magazine, December 2000, pages 20-21. List of defenses against a 1NT opening (text corrupted, but does provide a listing). Official website; Bridge Buff website: commentary on the MONK convention. Pattaya Bridge Club website: list of defenses against a 1NT opening are briefly reviewed, including a comparison of Cappelletti and ...
In the card game of bridge, a strong pass is an opening pass that indicates a strong hand, typically with a minimum of 11–16 points. Strong pass bidding systems are of a quite different nature from the more typical "natural" systems, but share some similarities with strong club systems .