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Latest This Week in Bridge (TWIB) Lesson ♣. When we open the bidding with 1NT, showing 15-17 points, if an opponent makes a penalty double, we are less likely to be looking to invite or bid game. We are usually looking to escape from a 1NT contract and attempt to find some safer place to play.
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After partner opens 1NT, we have a good structure for using our bids efficiently to describe our hand to partner. But when the opponents interfere in our auction, we lose some of this valuable bidding space and need to change our approach in order to deal with their interference.
3 lip 2023 · These are powerful competitive bidding tools because they allow us to take away some of the opponents’ valuable bidding space, preempt the auction, and show partner both of our two 5+card suits with one call. Let’s see how to make use of this convention to show our 2-suited overcalls.
A takeout double is one of the most valuable competitive bidding tools in bridge. It allows us to compete in the bidding with a three-suited hand that is short in the opponent’s suit.
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Adventures in Bridge, Inc. www.advinbridge.com TWiB (520) Opponents’ Doubles of Our Stayman & Transfers 4 About the Auction • 4 usually shows a positional control in the doubled suit, like Kx or AQ (or longer). • XX shows the Ace and no other honors (a non-positional control) and forces partner to declare in that game. ...
Adventures in Bridge, Inc. www.advinbridge.com TWiB (521) Stayman then 2♠ 3 Opener’s Continuations Now let’s discuss how Opener continues the auction after Responder’s 2♠ rebid. With a minimum hand and 2- or 3-card ♠ support, Opener can pass since Responder has already indicated they do not want to
