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| Competitive bidding is when the opponents open the bidding. Right away you know where 12+ points reside. That leaves around 28- points for the rest of the table. Under normal random distribution, that means you and your partner have around 18 points between you. Normally not enough for a game, so if your partnership is to get anything normally, it will be a part score. However, miracles do happen. | Competitive bidding is when the opponents open the bidding. Right away you know where 12+ points reside. That leaves around 28- points for the rest of the table. Under normal random distribution, that means you and your partner have around 18 points between you. Normally not enough for a game, so if your partnership is to get anything normally, it will be a part score. However, miracles do happen. | ||
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| + | One of the features of competitive bidding is to exchange distribution for HCP. Many of the competitive bidding conventions outline below make use of distribution to more safely compete with opponents stronger HCP hands. | ||
| **Strong hand (16+ HCP)** | **Strong hand (16+ HCP)** | ||
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| Overcall at the cheapest level if you have a 5+ card suit. | Overcall at the cheapest level if you have a 5+ card suit. | ||
| - | The exception to the 11-15 HCP requirement is when you can overcall on the 1 level. You can do so with 8+ HCP and a 5+ card suit (see Weak hand bids for 6+ card suits) | + | The exception to the 11-15 HCP requirement is when you can overcall on the 1 level. You can do so with 8-15 HCP and a 5+ card suit (see Weak hand bids for 6+ card suits). The responses to the overcall will have to be adjusted to account for the possibly weaker hand. So the Combined Bergen Response of 3C requires 10-12 points and 4+ support. The single raise now includes 6-9 point hands with 4+ support. Do not use the preemptive raise (3M) when vulnerable. Otherwise systems are on. |
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| + | **RUNT (Really Unusual NoTrump)** | ||
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| + | With 8-12 HCP and 3+ cards in the unbid suits, you may bid 1NT (alerted). This is a cheap TakeOut bid. Partner is expected to bid their longest and strongest suit. This bid interferes with 2/1 systems a lot. | ||
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| + | **Takeout Double** | ||
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| + | A double of the opponents 1 level open can represent 3 types of hands: | ||
| + | * 13-15 HCP, 3+ cards in unbid suit | ||
| + | * 13-15 HCP, balanced hand | ||
| + | * 16+ HCP, any distribution | ||
| - | **Against Weak 2s** | + | If Overcaller raises Advancer's suit on rebid, then original bid was 13-15 HCP. |
| + | If Overcaller rebids NT then original bid was 13-15 HCP and balanced hand with stopper. | ||
| + | If Overcaller rebids new suit or jumps in Advancer's suit original bid was 16+ HCP. | ||
| - | In addition to an overcall, one can Double. Partner can bid a suit or initiate a [[transferlebensohl|Transfer Lebensohl]] sequence by bidding 2NT. | + | This means that you do not overcall with 11-12 HCP and a balanced hand. |
| **Weak hand (<11 HCP)** | **Weak hand (<11 HCP)** | ||
| - | With 8+ HCP and a 5 card suit, you may overcall at the one level. | + | With 8-15 HCP and a 5 card suit, you may overcall at the one level. |
| The rest of the bids are preemptive bids meant primarily to interfere with opponents bidding. | The rest of the bids are preemptive bids meant primarily to interfere with opponents bidding. | ||
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