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 …
Opening 2♣ shows a balanced hand with 18-19 HCP.
Why do we adopt this bid?
We have a couple of reasons
1) Did you every open this strong of a hand with 1 of a minor, intended to jump rebid at 2NT, and your partner passed you? Annoying right? The …
Opponents have interfered over our 2♣ opening bid, how should we proceed?
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 …
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 …