When your partnership adopts the Colorado2Club conventions you have a great bid to show those awkward 18-19 HCP hands.
In the Extensile 2clubs convention, we have a bid sequences after 1 of a major - 2♣ to show a balanced 18-19 HCP. We no longer need this bid because we would …
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Opponents have interfered over our 2♣ opening bid, how should we proceed?
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The "Rule of 17" is a bidding guideline used when your partner opens with a weak two bid.
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Today let's consider the benefits and disadvantages of two systems used to respond to opening 1NT (15-17HCP) bids. These systems are:
Range Ask and 4-way transfer
To review: Range Ask is bidding 2♠ with 8 or 9 HCP and No 4-card major. It 'asks' opening to bid 2NT or 3 …
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Transfer and Shape bidding after opponents open a strong NT or strong 1♣ (precision) hand.
An overview reminder of TRaSh against opponents opening a strong 1NT.
All the reasons we want to compete against opponent's opening 1NT exist when strong
club players open 1♣. Typically, precision (and variants) use the …
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