Month: September 2018

If you have 6 or more HCP you  MUST bid

Unwritten Law

Suit Sequence to bid

Same as opening bids:-

Bid your longest
2 x 4 card suits bid the lower ranking
2 x 5/6 card suits bid the higher

You can bid a 4 card major over a 5 card minor at the 1 level

You can only bid at the 2 level if you have 10 HCP or more

Even if you have 10+ points, try to keep at level 1 first

The Dustbin Bid

If you have 6 to 9 HCP but can’t support partner or can’t bid at the 2 level then bid 1NT (known lovingly as “the dustbin bid”)

All change of suit responses are FORCING

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If you have 10 or 11 points and you have an unbalanced hand, you can sometimes “open light” . For every suit that you have greater than 4 cards in the suit, you can add on one point for each card ‘over the 4’

The examples below show the case

Suit	Hand 1	Hand 2	Hand 3	Hand 4	Hand 5
♠️	AK1097	KQJ974	AQ752	J	J8
♥️	KJ97	6	KQ1087	K97	9
♦️	674	A87	9	KQJ1092	KQ92
♣️	8	642	96	863	AJ8632
Open 1	♠️	♠️	♠️	♦️	♣️

The hand shape 4441 is a “problem chile” you need to understand what to bid , but the shape comes up only 2% of all hands !! Examples are below

Suit	Hand 1	Hand 2	Hand 3	Hand 4	Hand 5
♠️	AK97	AK97	AK97	8	AQJ8
♥️	KJ92	KJ92	8	AK97	9
♦️	K863	8	KJ92	Kj92	kJ92
♣️	8	K863	K863	K863	AJ63
Open 1	♥️	♣️	♣️	♦️	♣️

Suit	Hand 1	Hand 2	Hand 3	Hand 4	Hand 5
♠️	A	AQ87	Q87	AQ874	84
♥️	AQ975	KQ96	KQ96	KQ965	KQJ65
♦️	KQ73	A2	A2	2	2
♣️	654	QJ5	AQ65	Q5	AQJ1095
Open 1	♥️	♥️	♣️	♠️	♥️

♠️ A
♥️ AQ975
♦️KQ73
♣️ 654 ♠️ A
♥️ AQ975
♦️KQ73
♣️ 654