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Read hundreds of bridge bidding conventions used in contract bridge. Blackwood, limit raises, and more exotic bids are explained in detail.
- Maximal Double
A double of an enemy game contract, in hopes of stopping the...
- Lebensohl
Note that in this second auction, partner is NOT invited to...
- Ogust
It is an artificial strong bid, showing 15+ points with...
- Responsive Double
In their excellent book "Modern Bridge Conventions", Bill...
- Strong Jump Shifts
A strong jump shift is a response to an opening bid of 1, 1,...
- Minor Suit Transfers
A reasonable notrump game may be found even with less than...
- Reverse Bids
Here, your 2 bid is natural (4+ cards) and forcing for one...
- Gambling 3NT
South dealt and opened 3NT, which was passed out. Sitting...
- Maximal Double
Opener rebids 2NT with no four-card or longer minor suit, rebids 3 or 3 with one four-card minor suit, and rebids the longer major — 3 or 3 — with four cards in both minor suits. The 2 response can also be used when responder holds a five-card or longer minor suit and is interested in slam.
There are many contract bridge bidding conventions. Most players only use a few. The Bridge Burglar's guide explains the ones most commonly used.
The convention, typically used in a game forcing auction after the Big Club opener makes a jump bid response (bypassing other possible asking bids by responder), asks responder to cuebid Aces up the line.
Many conventions have more advanced variations or alternatives, as explained in later chapters. Included are an expanded discussion of Bergen Raises and popular defenses to 1N openers, advanced runouts, etc.
A bridge convention is an agreement about an artificial call or a set of related artificial calls. Calls made during the auction phase of a contract bridge game convey information about the player's card holdings.
the partnership has a number of familiar conventions, such as Stayman and Jacoby transfers, to help reach the best contract. 1 Since some players prefer the range to be stated in terms of high-card points, it [s acceptable to announce a range