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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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Robert Todd. (544) NT Bidding: Transfer Landy+ vs. Weak 1NT ... When the opponents open the bidding with a weak 1NT we need a good method for dealing with their unusual opening bid. The most common range for a weak NT is 12-14 points, but we define 1NT to be weak if the range does not contain 16 points.
After the 3 * answer by Opener, Responder can still show a 4-card Major just as before by bidding the other Major at the 3-level. This approach is an improvement when Responder has a 3-card Major and
When we open the bidding with 2NT then if we find a major suit fit ( 4-4, 5-3, or 6-2), we get to declarer this from the hand that opens 2NT — the strong side. That makes it opening 2NT something we should strive to do.
• XX Asks Opener to answer Stayman • 2 4+card , wanting to declare • 2♠ 4+card ♠, wanting to declare If Responder has a positional stopper in ♣ (like ♣AQ or ♣Kx), Responder wants to be the declarer. In this situation, Responder bids their 4-card Major (2 or 2♠) and then Opener can raise with a fit. This 2M
Most partnerships play this double as a relatively balanced hand with 8+ HCP – invitational or better values. Opener can then make a decision about whether to convert the double to penalty (leave it in) or pull this double to a game or partscore. There are many more uses of card-showing doubles.
Level: 3 of 10 (1 of 6) robert@advinbridge.com General When to use a 2-level preemptive opening bid is a matter of personal and partnership style. There is no absolute right or wrong answer to a preempting style, unless we consistently have a lot of disastrous results, of course.
