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In the example on the left, South is the dealer and because he holds 14 high card points (HCP), he must open the bidding. If he were to open 1 ♣, his longest suit, he will get a 1 ♥ response from partner and according to Standard American methods, be obliged to rebid 1NT since a bid of 2 ♦ would be a reverse and show a more powerful hand than he has.
Rubinsohl (also referred to as Rubensohl) is a bridge convention that can be used to counter an opponent's intervention over a 1NT opening bid. After opponent's two-level overcall , all bids starting from 2NT are transfer bids to the next strain.
The book is aimed at beginners, with each chapter outlining a single convention, including takeout doubles, negative doubles, and cuebid raises. [1] All chapters are followed by a quiz. Since its publication, the book has sold over 300,000 copies, [2] and won the American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year (Student) award. [3]
Lionel is a contract bridge bidding convention used in defense against an opposing 1NT openings. Using Lionel, over a 1NT opening of the opponents: a double is conventional and denotes spades and a lower suit (4-4 or longer), a 2 ♣ /2 ♦ overcall denotes hearts and the suit bid (4-4 or longer), and; a 2 ♥ /2 ♠ overcalls is natural.
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 ...
Blackout is a bridge convention for responding to a reverse bid after a one-over-one beginning, whereby the responder can show whether or not he has better than a minimum response. Responder makes the cheapest bid from either the fourth suit or 2NT to show a hand that has no game interest.
The feature distinguishing DONT from other similar conventions such as Cappelletti is the use of the double to show length in one suit, rather than hand strength or for penalty. [2] DONT is played mainly for interference rather than to establish a contract, so it may occasionally be used for low-strength hands.
Multi-coloured 2 diamonds, is a contract bridge convention whereby the opening bid of 2D shows a defined range of hand types. These always include a weak-two bid in a major suit, and the second option, that must be a strong.