A favorable division of the missing cards. Bid a new suit even with only three cards in it, when you don't know what game to play in. Rebidding two of your major just promises an extra card. For example: 4-3-3-3 represents four cards in any suit and three cards in each of the others. An artificial opening bid of 2 to show a strong hand of about 22 or more points if balanced or 9 or more tricks if unbalanced. When Opener bids the suit skipped over, it's a reverse. Usually used in competitive auctions. show answer. AKQJT Typically used after a natural notrump opening bid or rebid. It is usually for requirements over $100,000. A lead of the fourth card down from the top in a suit. a suit Partner skipped over when making her one-level response, new suit at the one level (continues search for a major suit fit), single raise of Responder's suit (usually 4 card support), non-jump rebid of original suit (usually with 6+ cards in suit), new suit, lower in rank than original suit (5+ and 4+ cards in the two suits), jump raise of Responder's suit (usually 4 card support), jump rebid of original suit (6+ cards and a "good suit"), 2-level reverse (their can be follow-up problems after this underbid), double jump raise of Responder's suit (usually 4 card support), double jump rebid of original suit (6+ cards in suit). An acronym for Double Even Pass Odd, a method for showing aces after interference over Blackwood. The 2C bid forces partner to bid 2D and after partner didn't raise in spades we simply try to play in the best contract which is likely to be 2D when you hold a 6 card diamond suit and partner is relatively balanced. show answer, KQ2 Responder skipped over hearts to bid on the one level. KQ4 After 1 - 1 your rebid is? A card that can be used to give up the lead. The bonus awarded to the defenders for defeating a contract. After 1 - 3 your rebid is? The conventional use of responder's double of an opponent's overcall as a takeout double rather than a penalty double. KJ32 Because you didn't go through 2, this makes the 2 a non-invitational bid. K2 Cards held in a suit that partner has bid. The level at which the contract should be played. A suit that has not previously been bid in the auction. Same as trumping. show answer, J32 This rebid is called a "jump-shift". When partner has led the fourth highest card in a suit, subtracting the card from eleven gives the number of higher cards in the remaining three hands. Discarding a card that must be lost on a losing trick in another suit. When developing tricks through promotion or length, declarer needs to keep an entry to the hand that will have the established winners. A placement of the missing cards that will make it difficult to take tricks. We then clarify both the strength of our hand and the length of our suits through specific sequences of rebids. Developing one or more cards into winners by driving out any higher-ranking cards held by the opponents. However, there is no invitational bid available with a 5-card major. A reverse shows an invitational hand or better, and is forcing for one round. After you learn the Bridge Bears system, you will be able to play with almost any partner, even one who has never visited the Bridge Bears web site. The cards in each suit are ranked in order during the play: the ace is the highest, then the king, queen, jack, ten, down to the two. Some sequences are different and may be confusing: *responder bids 2H with invitational values (16-18) or a stronger hand to be defined later in the auction. After failing to find a major suit fit, notrump is our next priority. For example, the 2 waiting response to an artificial 2 opening is a relay bid. Bidding box - a device containing all possible bridge bids which all duplicate bridge players must use to communicate their calls during the auction; the use of bidding boxes reduces the possibility of cheating, which can occur if players are allowed to make verbal calls and make their bids using certain intonations. (our 16-17 + Partner's 8 = 24-25) After 1 - 1N your rebid is? KQ7632 show answer. For example, if you hold the K, it would be unfavorable to have the A located on your left. What do we do after Partner has made only a single raise and her point range is wider (1 - 2 = 6-9 points with spade support)? Partner can pass. (our 16-17 + Partner's 9 = 25-26). An overcall made in the balancing position. An artificial 2 response to an opening bid of 1 or 1 in third or fourth position asking whether opener has a light opening bid. To make a forcing bid, we can jump to the three level in a new suit, 3 . I've heard other players talk about reverses. Suppose these are the combined hands: Q 8 A 9 6 2 K 5 4 In notrump, the highest-ranking card played in the suit led wins the tricks. Invites openers to bid . Both partners will bid 4 card suits up-the-line (lowest ranking first), and if we uncover a 4-4 major suit fit, we use the same 24 total point chart to decide how high to raise. For example, when dummy's trumps are needed to ruff losers. When developing extra tricks, one or more tricks may have to be lost. However, East is going to make some decision, so he has to make some assumptions (e.g. After 1 - 1 your rebid is? AK932 Partner raises you to 4 . In Standard American bidding, the response of 1NT to an opening bid of 1 or 1 shows 6 to 9 high card points (HCP) and is non-forcing. Supporting partner's suit by bidding the suit at a higher level. Responses to the 1NT opening bid 2 Stayman. A combined partnership holding of (ideally) eight or more cards in a suit. The number of tricks the partnership contracts to take when it makes a bid. AJ6 An undertaking to win at least a specified number of tricks in a specified denomination. The denomination in which the contract should be played. The method to determine the value of a particular hand during the auction. The exchange of information during the auction through bids consisting of a number and a denomination. By opener (16-18 pts. seem to have clouded this issue and many, at least of those playing online tournaments, consider some of these bids forcing. Using Lebensohl, you would start by bidding 2NT. KJ9 with 9 combined trumps, compete to the 3 level9 tricks). Reverses use up a lot of bidding space. The sum of the high-card points plus the number of spades in a hand. An extreme example would be something like A432K43232A32. If the opponents have a partscore when a non-vulnerable game is made in rubber bridge, the partscore is cut off and doesn't count toward the next game. A response in a lower-ranking suit than opener's suit, which must be made at the two level. A suit that is lower on the Bidding Ladder than another suit. If you are lucky enough to have a strong 6+ suit and invitational strength (16-17 pts), you can show all this with one rebid a jump in your original 6+ suit. In rubber bridge, a partnership that has won a game. Aops WootID Title Point of Contact Author Status SAAOP Status MIE AO OECD Status OECD Project; 450: Inhibition of AChE and activation of. AQ2 How do you do that? An opening bid of 2 to show a minimum opening bid with four spades and five or more hearts. A trick won by declarer in excess of the number required to make the contract. KQJ63 A defensive convention after an opponent's 1NT opening (Double=Penalty; 2=One-suiter; 2=Both majors; 2=Hearts and minor; 2=Spades and minor; 2NT=Both minors). show answer, AJ952 If opened, there is a solid suit with no . A way to get from one hand to the opposite hand. 32 J52 Responder's 2 relay is used to either place the contract in 2, or to be followed by an invitational bid. For example: 1 -1 -1 or 1 -1 -2 . Also called Dormer or Jordan. It can also be used to ask partner to bid a suit. The number of cards held in each suit in a player's hand. A hand with no voids, no singletons, and no more than one doubleton. A variation of Garbage Stayman in which responder's bid of 2 after a 2 reply is weak and non-forcing with at least four cards in each major suit. QJ963 We call these two types of bids non-forcing bids (NF) and forcing bids (F). Of course, the major downside (other than forgetting) is that the partnership can't play in a 2 contract after a 1 opening. For example, if West has bid hearts and South holds A-Q and North holds 4-3, the contract is better played by South than North. A87 A balancing overcall may be made with fewer values than in the direct position. A non-sequential holding in a suit such as A-Q or K-J. Little Bear asks, "Do you really think that made sense to a beginning bridge player like me? Used as a guideline for whether to open in fourth position. So it would be a reverse for Opener to rebid hearts. Bid suit at appropriate level - 3H is stronger than 4H If SI, control bid, splinter . Responder can also bid 2 to set up a Game Force. After 1 - 2 your rebid is? Perhaps the most important concept for rebids is this: We call these two types of bids non-forcing bids (NF) and forcing bids (F). An area that seems to be changing in competitive bidding is that of raising an invitational bid. An observation that the total number of tricks that can be taken by both sides is usually equal to the combined length of each sides' best trump suit. The responses are: 5=0 or 4; 5=1; 5=2; 5=3. A3 Other sequences are incomplete desriptions, which include the message, "Don't pass yet, Partner. Three clubs is limited and therefore the raise is only invitational. 1NT 2C is Stayman, promising some 4+ card major and asking partner to bid her 4-card major (2H or 2S) if she has one, otherwise to bid 2D. If the partnership is interested in grand slam, a subsequent bid of 5NT asks about kings. If partner . A reverse is a bid of a suit that Partner passed over for her one-level response. This is not a popular agreement among most experienced players. With eight or fewer combined cards, the guideline is to finesse; with nine or more, the guideline is to play the ace and king. The only point ranges a balanced hand might have after opening one-of-a-suit are 12-14 points or 18-19 points. Other bridge professionals have retained the jump shift by responder as a game force. The order in which bids can be made, starting with 1 and ending with 7NT. Since Mr. Hardy first published his 2/1 texts, other bridge professionals have advocated that jump shifts by responder be played as invitational, about 10-12 HCP and a good 5-card or 6-card suit. A defensive play which promotes a trump card into a winning trick. A defensive signal showing an odd or even number of cards in a suit. "Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry, 2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant". After 1 - 1N your rebid is? A holding that is likely to prevent the opponents from immediately taking all the tricks in the suit. The responses are: 4, 0 or 4; 4, 1; 4, 2; 4NT, 3. After 1 - 3 your rebid is? A deal on which both sides can make a partscore contract. A slang term for singletonone card in a suit. AJ53 In standard Drury, a rebid of 2 by opener shows a light opening bid; in reverse Drury, a rebid of the major suit shows a light opening bid. The confusion, again is the terminology. Declarer must often plan to be in the appropriate hand to take or establish winners. A slam-investigating bid made during an auction's later rounds that shows control of a suit. An invitation to bid, also called an invitation for bid or sealed bid, is a call to contractors to submit a proposal on a project for a specific product or service. A jump response in a new suit used as a preemptive bid. A bid that is less than that warranted by the strength of the hand. East can anticipate making a game if west has the maximum of his 16 to 18 point range. Q7 A trump holding of four cards in one hand and three in the other. (See also Broken Sequence and Interior Sequence.). If the player in the balancing position passes, the auction is over. It's a bidding convention and agreement used in a game of contract bridge and is based on an opening bid of 1 club, which is an artificial forcing bid promising a strong hand. A holding that prevents the opponents from taking the first two tricks in a suit. The principle that bidding quickly to a contract shows no interest in going any higher. 1NT 2D, 2H, or 2S is a sign-off; partner must pass. A forcing Such is the case when responding to an opening 1m and you have 4-4 in the majors. Every bid fits into one category or the other. As with any convention, the partnership must decide if this is on in competition (I recommend NO) or by a Passed Hand (I recommend NO). You can subsequently shift to a major to show a 5-card suit and invite game. The Gambling 3NT opening or overcall is a good descriptive bid. Invites openers to bid 6NT if he has 14 points. With 25+ you don't want to miss the chance for a 4 or 4 game bonus. Otherwise pass - Mike Lawrence. AK53 To ruff with a higher trump after another player has already trumped. Examples below: A] 1-1 1: The responder can bid 2 to force opener to bid 2. A suit in which the winners cannot be taken immediately because of entry problems. 3NT over 1 /. Support - GF+ if 3H is invitational 2. With no four-card major suit, opener bids 2. You should try to be as helpful as possible. A scoring format in team play in which each deal is scored as 1 point for a win, 1/2 point for a tie, and 0 for a loss. The lowest level at which the auction can start. With 4 and 4, respond 2 to Stayman. A raise of partner's suit to the minimum available level. The position with an opening bid on the left, a pass from partner, and a response on the right. Two cards adjacent in rank and thus equivalent in trick-taking potential. A defensive suit combination where a defender has to lead the second-highest card from a broken holding in order to trap declarer's high cards in the suit. An opening suit bid at the two level, other than 2, to show a long suit, typically six cards, with less than the values for an opening bid at the one level. A card held by one of the players that will win a trick when it is played. No part of this website may be copied, displayed on another website, or distributed in any way without permission from the author. 24 points gives about a 50-50 chance of making game. A play technique for winning a trick with a low trump when an opponent has a favorably located higher trump. A hand strong enough to commit the partnership to at least a game contract. "up the line bidding" refers to auctions where the person choosing a suit to respond is fairly confident that there will be more bidding by partner. The bonus awarded for winning the rubber when playing rubber bridge. In a auction where you could have raised partner directly with an invitational jump, of course a cuebid is a game force when you support partner. Promises at least one 4-card major and an invitational hand. 2 A convention used in response to a notrump opening bid when holding a five-card or longer major suit. Now this all works, but it is nowhere near as efficient as the SARS sequences defined in the No Trump bidding book. AKJ2 The original pass limits the 2H call and therefore the Morehead rule would apply making the 3H call invitational but it seems few ever pass. A2 . A guideline on how much a partnership can afford to overbid on the assumption the contract will be doubled but the opponents can make at least a game. There are other rebids other than a jump to show invitational hands with HCP's. Bid a 3 card minor for instance with invitational values in HCP's but lacking good suit quality. The partnership hand with fewer cards in a specific suit. When there is no major suit fit, we turn our attention to notrump before choosing to play in a minor suit. In standard methods, a high-low signal shows an even number of cards; a low-high signal shows an odd number. Whether a bid is forcing, invitational or signoff. An artificial bid of 4NT after a trump suit has been agreed to ask for the number of aces held. show answer. show answer, AJ932 Letting the opponents win a trick that you could win. A rebid of the same suit at the minimum level available. JT7 AKJ532 The older literature makes it clear that once a bid is defined within a narrow range a simple raise is an invitation but modern bidding theory (negative doubles, fit jumps, etc.) So maybe there's a 4-4 fit. Don't you just love bridge? The conventional use of a jump to 2NT by responder after opener's suit has been doubled for takeout to show a limit raise or better in opener's suit. A raise of partner's suit to more than the minimum level available. An agreement that a bid of the fourth suit is artificial and forcing; usually played as forcing to game. For example, 2 would be a jump overcall over an opening bid of 1 because it is only necessary to bid 1. A variation of Drury where opener's rebid of the major at the two level shows a minimum hand. AK7 An acronym for Double 0 Pass 1dd, a method for showing aces after interference over Blackwood. Suppose East opens 1 and North holds the K. A double that asks partner to bid an unbid suit. A holding in a suit that contains a sequence and a higher-ranking card that is not part of the sequence. Never mind, I will certainly follow your advise about giving my opponents their beloved numbers, being carefull to start with "about" of course. Some players prefer the cheapest bid in a minor to bidding 2NT to show this really poor hand. 1!s is 14-16 balanced or 11-15 unbalanced. 1!s-3!h would have been invitational (saying nothing about spade shortness); 1!s-1N-2minor-3!h undiscussed, although we're an established partnership. It is usually bid to imply shortness or weakness elsewhere. Use of the Stayman convention after a rebid of 1NT or 2NT by opener to check if the partnership has an eight-card major suit fit.