Hand Evaluation and Re-Evaluation II
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BIDDING CONVENTIONS and TECHNIQUES CONTENTS 2 . OPENING ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 BALANCING ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54 BIDDING NOTRUMP FIRST ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 53 BIDDING OVER [1./ – P – 1NT …?] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 BIDDING OVER PREEMPTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 49 COMPETING AT THE 5-LEVEL --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57 COMPETING OVER A BIG CLUB (PRECISION) OPENING ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 58 COMPETITIVE BIDDING SUMMARY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 CONSTRUCTIVE RAISES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 63 CUE BID SUMMARY --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 DEFENSE RULES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 80 DEFENSE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 77 DON’T REBID FIVE CARD SUITS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 56 DOUBLES SUMMARY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32 DRURY (2-WAY REVERSE DRURY) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 FINDING 3 – 5 MAJOR SUIT FITS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 GERBER ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 HAND RE-EVALUATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 INITIAL HAND EVALUATION ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3 INITIAL HAND EVALUATION – LENGTH AND TEXTURE -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 INVERTED MINORS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 JACOBY 2NT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59 JORDAN 2NT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 62 JOURNALIST LEADS-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 101 LIMIT RAISES IN COMPETITION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 42 MAJOR SUIT RESPONSES IN COMPETITION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43 MAJOR SUIT RESPONSES WITHOUT COMPETITION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 MICHAELS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 100 MINOR SUIT RESPONSES IN COMPETITION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 46 MINOR SUIT RESPONSES WITHOUT COMPETITION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 MINOR SUIT ROMAN KEY CARD BLACKWOOD (MSRKCB) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 NEGATIVE DOUBLE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 NEW MINOR FORCE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 NOTRUMP OPENINGS AND RESPONSES------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 84 OPENING MARGINAL HANDS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 OVERCALLS AT THE ONE LEVEL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 34 OVERCALLS AT THE TWO LEVEL ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 37 OVERCALLS SUMMARY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 PREEMPTS ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 103 RAISES IN COMPETITION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41 RESPONSIVE DOUBLE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51 ROMAN KEY CARD BLACKWOOD – 1430 STYLE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 SLAM BIDDING WITH CUE BIDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21 SPLINTER BIDS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 STRONG REBIDS BY OPENER ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 STRONG REBIDS BY RESPONDER ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 TAKEOUT DOUBLES AND RESPONSES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 TEXAS TRANSFERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 1 © Bob McConnell, 2015 BIDDING CONVENTIONS and TECHNIQUES TO BALANCE OR NOT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 TONT (TRANSFERS OVER NOTRUMP) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 TRANSFERS AFTER NOTRUMP OPENINGS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 64 TWO OVER ONE AND 1NT FORCING ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 66 UPSIDE-DOWN --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 82 WEAK JUMP OVERCALLS AND WEAK JUMP SHIFTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47 WEAK TWO OPENINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 75 WESTERN CUE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52 “Competition” in this reading material means an opponent has made a call of other than Pass. [1♥ – P – 2♥ …] means there is no competition, so the 2♥ bid is “normal”, showing 3+ trumps and 6 to 9 dummy points. [1♥ – Dbl – 2♥ …] is, of course, a competitive auction, and the 2♥ bid can be considerably weaker that the first example above, playing “all raises in competition are weak” as the author recommends. [1♥ – P – 2♥ – Dbl P – 2 – 3♥ …] The 2♥ call was in a non-competitive auction, but the 3♥ call is in a competitive auction, and does not promise any more than the 6 dummy points implied by the 2♥ call - - specifically, it doesn’t mean the hand is nearer 9 than 6 points. Vulnerability, plus the skill of your opponents, is the key to what and when to bid. This document contains information about how to make many bids, and when to do so. But in any competitive auction, the above factors, and a solid understanding of what your score will be if doubled and set 2, compared with “what they can make” is really the deciding factor - not the mechanics or point range in a non-competitive auction or in this reading. It’s called Judgement. 2 © Bob McConnell, 2015 BIDDING CONVENTIONS and TECHNIQUES INITIAL HAND EVALUATION Opening. What should you open with these hands? Would you open them at all? A. A9 AQ432 K43 .K43 B. KQJ QJ65 QJx .QJx C. AJT98 3 AJT98 .J3 Guidelines for Initial Hand Evaluation - Aces and Kings are worth more than point count (A); Queens and Jacks are worth less (B). - In a close decision to open or not, deduct a point from an Ace-less hand (B) - Honors in long suits are more valuable than their “points” but in short suits, worth less. (C) Examples: AQ987 vs. AQx. Clearly these suits are not worth the same amount. - Two-suited hands are worth more: they have trick taking power beyond their “points” (C) - Add 1 point for each card over 4 in every suit. (C) - Flat hands are worth less because they take no “long” tricks. 4 – 3 – 3 – 3 is the worst distribution at any contract, including NoTrump. Deduct a point. (B) - Connected 10’s, 9’s and 8’s have real value, especially in long suits. (Texture) Examples: AJT98 vs. AJ432 The