Rocksohl to counter opponent's interference to our 1NT opening
The opponents will interfere after our 1NT opening as often as possible. Even more likely in tournament competitive play. Most interference bids are designed around bidding a long (6 card) suit or a shapely (2-suit hand). They are consuming our communication space. We want to be able to communicate invitational and game strength. We also want to know when to compete for just a part-score or to penalize the opponents inteference.
In our Modern Approach, we like the Lebensohl approach of using 2NT as a relay request to bid 3♣ and then bids from there can be used to differeniate invitational and game strength hands.
We also prefer to use the 3-level bids as transfer requests. The transfer bid retains the captainency in the auction for the responser. So, a responder can choose to transfer and pass with weaker hands or bid to game with stronger hands.
Rocksohl
- Double - Penalty suggestion
- 2-level (convienent low bid to play)
- 2NT - relay request to bid 3♣.
- 3-level bids, transfer to next higher suit
- 4-level bids: Texas Transfers