6
7
6
Q
7 5
What
do you respond?
When responding with a very weak hand, you must be prepared to cope with the most inconvenient bid your partner can make, which he always make!!.Usually this bid is a leap to 2NT or 3NT.If the bidding goes:-
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1H P 1S P
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|
2N P ?
|
Is
3S forcing or not in your system? How
do you differentiate between the following hands?
|
K
10 9 x x x
Q
x
x
x x
x
x |
K
10 9 x x
Q
x
J
x x
K
x x |
To
cope with bidding weak hands as responder, I’ve invented the Rule of Ten
– simply add the number of points to the number of cards in your longest
(one) suited hand – if it comes to ten then bid, if not then pass.
With
6 points and a 4 card suit, bid, as long as you can deal with partner’s
rebid
With
5 points and a 5 card suit, bid, as long as you can deal with partner’s
rebid
With
4 points and a 6 card suit, bid, as long as you can deal with partner’s
rebid
With
3 points and a 7 card suit, bid, as long as you can deal with partner’s
rebid
etc.
The
following hand came up in a match a little while ago.
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|
5
3
A
K J 9 4
A
5
A
9 8 4
|
|
|
A
K
7
5 3
K
J 10 8 4 2
J
3
|
|
Q
4
Q
10 8 2
Q
9 3
K
10 6 2
|
|
|
J
10 9 8 7 6 2
6
7
6
Q75
|
|
Dealer
North
1H P 1S 2D
3C P 3S P
4S
4S
came rolling in.
Moral
: if you don’t bid game, you
won’t make one………………………