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JUST BRIDGE...
SOMETIMES ON SUNDAY
FOLLOWING UP A TWO-OVER-ONE
by Beverly Kraft -Eric Kokish
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From George Benesh, Montreal and Palm Springs
In the (uncontested) sequence: 1-2;
2-2;
2NT-3
... is 3
forcing?
Yes, 3
is forcing. In modern standard methods, the
two-over-one response promises a second bid.
To merely invite game, responder could
continue with 2NT or 3
or 3.
To establish a game force, he must follow up
his two-over-one by bidding a new suit.
Even in so-called standard systems, responder will on occasion be forced
to "invent" a rebid on a three-card suit.
For example, with:
A32
KJ2
AKJ32
64, responder is too strong to jump to 4,
which would suggest about 13-14 playing
points. One solution to this awkward rebid
problem is to jump to 3
(strong) over 1,
sending an early slam-interest signal. For
those who can't live with this type of jump-shift
response, what is there to bid now but 2?
Is this dangerous?
Only to a degree. Opener might raise to 3,
showing four-card support. Responder will
convert to 4,
telling opener that 2
was a bid of convenience.
Over responder's third-round 3,
opener signs off in 4
or 3NT or cue-bids a control if he likes his
hand. As the two-over-one response promised
a rebid, opener might rebid 2
on a good hand with a suit neither long
enough nor strong enough for a jump to 3. |
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