Return to the Bridge Burglar's Guide to Bridge Bidding Conventions To explore the opportunity of playing a Slam, which can earn the partnership big points bonuses, one player in the partnership usually needs to have at least a stronger-than-average opening like a One No-Trump bid (minimum 15 … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2012
Bergen raise
January 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
Return to the Bridge Burglar's Guide to Bridge Bidding Conventions The so-called Bergen raise is a bidding system devised by its inventor, Mary Bergen, to determine, with great precision, the total point strength between partners to have a better idea whether the contract should be played in a … [Read more...]
Jacoby 2 No Trump
January 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Return to the Bridge Burglar's Guide to Bridge Bidding Conventions The Jacoby 2 No Trump bid is an artificial bid designed to determine right away if you and partner have the combined strength to play at least at the Game level in 4 of a major suit – perhaps even more. It is also one of those … [Read more...]
Inverted minors
January 26, 2012 By 1 Comment
Return to the Bridge Burglar's Guide to Bridge Bidding Conventions The inverted minors bidding system is designed to find a fit for at least a Game contract between the partners by leaving bidding room at the beginning to find the best fit. In normal bidding systems, a response of 2 in a minor … [Read more...]
Flannery bidding convention
January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Return to the Bridge Burglar's Guide to Bridge Bidding Conventions The Flannery bidding convention (all these bidding conventions are named after their inventors) is a typical example of the modern bidding conventions in which a player uses one bid to convey two – or maybe even three – different … [Read more...]
Precision bidding in bridge
January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Return to the Bridge Burglar's Guide to Bidding Conventions There are several different kinds of precision bidding systems in use around the tournament circuit, but in the best-known one, players open all 11-point hands (some people play a modified version in which they even open all 10-point … [Read more...]
Drury and Reverse Drury bidding convention
January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Return to the Bridge Burglar's Guide to Bridge Bidding Conventions The purpose of the Drury bidding convention is to find out if someone who opened in 3rd or 4th position had a real opening or not. This dilemma often comes up when the partner of the opener has a pretty good support hand with … [Read more...]
Two-over-one bidding convention
January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Return to the Bridge Burglar's Guide to Bridge Bidding Conventions The two-over-one bidding system is designed to determine early on in the auction if the partners have enough combined values to play at least a Game contract. If you are playing the 2-over-1 system, you can only bid 2 of a … [Read more...]
Stayman convention
January 26, 2012 By 1 Comment
Return to the Bridge Burglar's Guide to Bridge Bidding Conventions The Stayman convention (just like Jacoby transfers) is only used after a 1 No-Trump opening bid. It is also designed to find a fit for a Game level contract in a major suit, Spades or Hearts. Transfers make it easy to find that … [Read more...]
Jacoby transfers
January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Return to Bridge Burglar's Guide to Bridge Bidding Conventions Jacoby tranfers are bids that use one artificial bid to invite the partner to “transfer” the bid to another suit. Transfer bids only occur after a 1 No-Trump opening bid. The strategy behind transfer bids is to try and find a fit in a … [Read more...]