Difference between revisions of "User:Brian/Bridge/Rebids after opening one of a major"

==Without interference==

A single raise means that partner responded 2 of your major, showing 3+ card support and 6 to 10 points. Be sure to re-evaluate your hand now that a fit has been found.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have 19+ total points and I'm interested in slam → Start with a help-suit game try, possibly artificial, which is one-round forcing. After hearing partner's response, you can decide whether to pass, initiate [[User:Brian/Bridge/Control bidding|control bidding]], or bid 4NT, [[User:Brian/Bridge/Blackwood|Blackwood]].

 

====Jump raise====

 

 

 

 

A double jump raise (to 4 of the major) is preemptive and shows 5+ card support with very little strength. Therefore, you are expected to pass. This is an instance of the "slow shows, fast denies" principle—if partner actually had a game-forcing hand, they would have made a different response in order to leave room for investigating the possibility of slam.

 

A double jump shift is a splinter raise. Alert the bid, then see [[User:Brian/Bridge/Responding to a splinter|Responding to a splinter]].

 

A response of 2NT is a game-forcing raise showing 4+ card support for your major, slam interest, and no splinter. Alert partner's bid.

 

* If partner responds 4 of your major, it is a sign-off. If you still have slam interest, make a [[User:Brian/Bridge/Control bidding|control bid]] or bid 4NT, [[User:Brian/Bridge/Blackwood|Blackwood]].

* If partner makes any other non-jump bid, it is a [[User:Brian/Bridge/Control bidding|control bid]] or [[User:Brian/Bridge/Responding to Blackwood|Blackwood]].

 

I have a singleton or void in a side suit → Bid the short suit at the 3 level. For subsequent bidding, see the previous paragraph.

 

* Minimum (12 to 15 total points) → Rebid 4 of your major.

If partner bids anything other than 4M in response, it should be interpreted as a [[User:Brian/Bridge/Control bidding|control bid]] or [[User:Brian/Bridge/Responding to Blackwood|Blackwood]].

 

===Semi-forcing 1NT response===

 

 

I have a one-suited hand with 16- total points → Rebid your major.

 

I have a one-suited hand with 17+ total points → Jump-rebid your major.

 

I have a lower 4-card suit with 18- total points → Bid your other suit.

 

I have a lower 4-card suit with 19+ total points &rarr; Jump-shift into your other suit (<i>i.e.</i>, bid it at the 3 level).

 

I have a higher 4-card suit with 17+ total points &rarr; Bid your other suit. (This is called a '''reverse'''.)

 

I have a higher 4-card suit with 16- total points &rarr; Don't bid the other suit, <i>i.e.</i>, spades; your partner's 1NT response has already denied 4 spades, and you are not strong enough for a reverse. Instead, keep reading...

 

I have a balanced hand with 17-18 HCP &rarr; Respond 2NT, which is an invitation to 3NT.

 

I have a balanced hand with 19+ HCP &rarr; Respond 3NT.

 

I have a balanced hand with minimum opening strength (12 to 14 HCP) &rarr; Pass. Your partner has 12- HCP, so you most likely don't have a game... so stopping in 1NT isn't the worst thing you can do.

 

Otherwise (intermediate strength with no lower 4-card suit) &rarr; Bid a lower 3-card suit. (Yes, bidding a 3-card suit sucks&mdash;it's the yucky part of the 2/1 system. Hopefully the auction works out in the end.)

 

 

 

Partner responded 2 of a lower suit and is a passed hand &rarr; See [[User:Brian/Bridge/Opener's rebids following non-game-forcing two-over-one|Opener's rebids after non-game-forcing 2/1]].

 

 

 

 

Partner responded 3NT and I have a balanced hand lacking ruffing values &rarr; Pass. When both hands are balanced, you will probably get the same number of tricks in notrump as in a suit, therefore 3NT is more likely to make than 4 of a suit. This is especially true when you have only third-round control in a side suit&mdash;opponents may have 2- of the suit and be able to get in a ruff in a suit contract. Even if both 3NT and 4M make, notrump is worth 10 extra points for the same number of tricks.

 

 

Partner responded 4NT &rarr; This is [[User:Brian/Bridge/Responding to Blackwood|Blackwood]].