Countering interference to our Colorado 2♣ opening
Written by Keith Schwols in ModernSPC on Tue 03 June 2025. Tags: ModernAmerican, SPC, Colorado2Club,
Opponents have interfered over our 2♣ opening bid, how should we proceed?
Opponents have interfered over our 2♣ opening bid, how should we proceed?
The "Rule of 17" is a bidding guideline used when your partner opens with a weak two bid.
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 …
We have covered opening 1 of a major bids (5+ card suit) with our new bidding conventions nonForcingNT, Extensile2♣, GameForce2♦ and Two Face 2♥, Compressed Bergen and others.
For minor suit opening bids we have covered the requirements for ToucanClub and Macaw (Unbalanced) Diamond.
This section covers bidding Strong, Preemptive …