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  2. Takeout double - Wikipedia

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    A typical treatment is that a double up to the level of 4 ♥ is takeout, while doubles on higher levels are for penalties or "cooperative" (i.e. the partner is supposed to pass unless his distribution and/or strength indicates that playing a contract of their own on a higher level is a better prospect).

  3. Glossary of contract bridge terms - Wikipedia

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    To change the effect of a call. For example, passing partner's overcall of 2 ♦ when playing Michaels cue bids converts the overcall from a request to bid a major suit to a contract of 2 ♦. There are many other applications: for example, to pass partner's takeout double is to convert it to a penalty double.

  4. Strong two clubs - Wikipedia

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    If requested, the explanation of an alert should describe the meaning of the bid completely; for example: "My partner's response of 2 ♥ shows 4-6 HCP. It says nothing whatsoever about distribution, and in particular neither shows nor denies hearts." or "My partner's double of 2 ♠ shows 7-9 HCP. It says nothing whatsoever about distribution ...

  5. Contract bridge - Wikipedia

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    A natural, or penalty double, is one used to try to gain extra points when the defenders are confident of setting (defeating) the contract. The most common example of a conventional double is the takeout double of a low-level suit bid, implying support for the unbid suits or the unbid major suits and asking partner to choose one of them.

  6. Cue bid - Wikipedia

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    An immediate cue bid is made directly over opponent's opening bid. Traditionally, it denotes a hand unsuited for a takeout double.For example, after RHO [1] opens 1 ♠, a hand such as ♠ — ♥ AKQ10985 ♦ AQ6 ♣ K85 would prefer not to double for takeout, because partner might make a penalty pass.

  7. Jacoby transfer - Wikipedia

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    The Jacoby transfer, or simply transfers, in the card game contract bridge, is a convention in most bridge bidding systems initiated by responder following partner's notrump opening bid that forces opener to rebid in the suit ranked just above that bid by responder. For example, a response in diamonds forces a rebid in hearts and a response in ...

  8. Drury convention - Wikipedia

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    Drury allows responding partner to learn if his opening partner has opened with a normal opening hand or has a light opening hand. If it is a light hand, or even a minimum normal opening hand, the contract can be set at the two-level, whereas non-Drury partnerships, with the same hands, would have to sign off at greater risk at the three-level.

  9. Rubens advances - Wikipedia

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    The no-trump bids at various levels are not affected by this method of advancing partner's overcalls and retain their normal meaning. The claimed advantage over other treatments is that - thanks to the transfer nature of the various bids - hands with a wider range of strengths can be introduced following partner's overcall.