2/1 Game Force A Modern Approach -4th Edition For Beginning and Intermediate Players With Chapters on Precision and Fantunes NEIL H. TIMM, PH.D. 2014 Order this book online at www.traff ord.com or email orders@traff ord.com Most Traff ord titles are also available at major online book retailers. © Copyright 2014 Neil H. Timm, Ph.D.. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author. Printed in the United States of America. isbn: 978-1-4907-2442-3 (sc) isbn: 978-1-4907-2443-0 (e) Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. 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Traff ord rev. 01/21/2014 www.traff ord.com North America & international toll-free: 1 888 232 4444 (USA & Canada) fax: 812 355 4082 CONTENTS Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................xvii Introduction ................................................................................................................................xxi Chapter 1 Hand Evaluation, Opening Bids, and Rebids ...........................................................1 Hand Evaluation—Starter Points ............................................................................1 Opening Notrump Bids ...........................................................................................5 Opening One of a Suit (Major or Minor) ................................................................9 Hand Evaluation - Dummy Points .........................................................................12 Minor suit Dummy Points ................................................................................ 14 Responses to one-level major suit bids ...................................................................14 Game forcing Responses .................................................................................. 14 2/1 Game Forcing Responses .....................................................................14 Jacoby 2NT (forcing to game, with perhaps slam interest) ........................16 Splinter Bids ..............................................................................................17 Swiss Bids .................................................................................................20 Semi - Forcing Responses ................................................................................21 1NT (semi-forcing) ..................................................................................... 21 Constructive Raises (non-forcing fi t bid - invitational)..............................22 Non-forcing responses (with a fi t) ....................................................................23 Bergen Raises and Combined Bergen Raises ............................................23 Combined Bergen with a Spade Gadget ...................................................25 Preemptive Bids ........................................................................................26 Overview Combined Bergen And Bergen Raises ............................................27 Walsh Bidding System ...............................................................................28 Responses to one-level minor suit bids ..................................................................29 Non-Forcing Responses ....................................................................................30 Walsh Responses to the one club (1♣) opening ..........................................30 Weak Jump Shifts (Preemptive Bid) ..........................................................32 Forcing Responses ............................................................................................ 32 The bid of 2♣ over 1♦ (game force) ............................................................32 Inverted Minors and Crisscross (game forcing and invitational bids) .......33 Minor Suit Splinter Bids ............................................................................34 Review of responses to minor suit opening of (1♣) ................................... 35 Review of responses to minor suit opening of (1♦) .................................... 35 Meckwell 2NT Response to Minors Suit Openings ..............................................35 Hand Evaluation—Bergen Points ...........................................................................36 Overview of Forcing and Semi-Forcing Rebids by Opener ..................................38 Strong Jump Shift .............................................................................................38 Reverses ............................................................................................................ 39 Jump Reverses (Mini Splinters) ........................................................................40 Jump Rebids into opening suit bid ....................................................................40 Full Splinters or reverse jump shifts .................................................................40 Fit Bids (Jump Minor Suit Support Splinters)................................................... 41 Jumps into Notrump ......................................................................................... 41 Rebids by Opener after Major opening bids........................................................... 41 After 1NT (semi-forcing) ..................................................................................41 Basic Lisa ...................................................................................................44 Responder’s Rebids without Basic Lisa .....................................................44 Gazilli Convention ............................................................................................46 After 2/1 game force bids .................................................................................49 After Jacoby 2NT* ........................................................................................... 51 Examples Responses to Jacoby 2NT ................................................................ 51 After Concealed/Ambiguous Splinters .............................................................52 After Swiss bid of 4♣ ........................................................................................ 53 After Swiss bid of 4♦ ........................................................................................ 53 After Constructive Raises (support at the two-level) ........................................53 Help Suit Game Try Bids ...........................................................................53 Two-Way Game Try Bids ...........................................................................54 Short Suit Game Try Bids .................................................................................55 Help “Asking” vs. Game Try “Telling” Bids .............................................56 After 3♣* and 3♦* (Bergen Raises) .................................................................. 58 After 3♣* and 3♦* (Combined Bergen Raises) .................................................58 Rebids by Opener after Minor opening bids (1♣/1♦) ............................................. 58 After 1♣-1♥ ....................................................................................................... 58 After 1♣ - 1♠ ..................................................................................................... 59 After 1♦ -1♥ ....................................................................................................... 59 After 1♦ - 1♠ ......................................................................................................60 3344 Convention ........................................................................................60 Point Count Game Try Convention (PCGT) ..............................................61 After 1NT .........................................................................................................62 After weak minor suit responses ......................................................................63 After inverted minor and crisscross .................................................................64 Inverted minor ..........................................................................................64 Slam investigation after inverted minor bid ..............................................65 Crisscross ..................................................................................................65 What is Flip-Flop? .....................................................................................66 After 2/1 game force bid (1♦ - 2♣) ....................................................................66 Golady Convention .................................................................................... 67 Responses to 1NT opening bid ..............................................................................68 Stayman Convention ........................................................................................69