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Bidding
Before play begins there is a ‘bidding’ phase which determines who is declarer
and what is the contract. The bidding phase is an auction where the highest
bidder wins the contract.
Rules
•Dealer makes opening bid/pass
•Player on dealers left bids/passes next
•Bidding proceeds clockwise round table
•Each bid must outrank the last one made (its an auction!)
•A player who does not want to bid ‘passes’
•A bid is a number from one to seven followed by a suit or no trumps
•The final bid in the auction is reached when there are three consecutive passes
The contract is 6+number in the final bid
Player who bids suit/no trumps first is declarer even if partner bids final contract
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NT
No Trumps
Highest
Spades
Hearts
Diamonds
Clubs
Lowest
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Example Auction
West
North
East
South
pass
2S
pass
1H
pass
pass
2
pass
pass
2
4H
Contract is 4 hearts (10 tricks) played by North
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Card Distribution
•As well as HCPs hands are characterised by their distribution
•Distribution is the number of cards per suit
•Distribution is specified by 4 numbers adding up to 13
•The highest number (longest suit) goes first in the sequence
Eg 5-3-3-2,
6-5-1-1,
4-4-4-1,
5-5-3-0
A 10 9
AQ 6
4-3-3-3
K842
J75
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Card Distribution
•As well as H C Ps hands are characterised by their distribution
•Distribution is the number of cards per suit
•Distribution is specified by 4 numbers adding up to 13
•The highest number (longest suit) goes first in the sequence
Eg 5-3-3-2,
6-5-1-1,
4-4-4-1,
5-5-3-0
A 10 9 7
AQ 6
4-3-3-3
K84
J75
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Card Distribution
•As well as H C Ps hands are characterised by their distribution
•Distribution is the number of cards per suit
•Distribution is specified by 4 numbers adding up to 13
•The highest number (longest suit) goes first in the sequence
Eg 5-3-3-2,
6-5-1-1,
4-4-4-1,
5-5-3-0
A 10 9 7
AQ 6 3 2
5-4-3-1
K
J75
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Card Distribution
•As well as H C Ps hands are characterised by their distribution
•Distribution is the number of cards per suit
•Distribution is specified by 4 numbers adding up to 13
•The highest number (longest suit) goes first in the sequence
Eg 5-3-3-2,
6-5-1-1,
4-4-4-1,
5-5-3-0
A 10 9 7
AQ 6 4 3 2
J75
6-4-3-0
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The One No Trump Opening Bid
A balanced hand, 12-14pts
Balanced means:
•No void
•No singleton
•Not more than 1 doubleton
•No 6 card or longer suit
What are the distributions that meet these criteria ?
Clue: there are only 3
4-3-3-3
4-4-3-2
5-3-3-2
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The One No Trump Opening Bid
A balanced hand, 12-14pts
Balanced means:
•No void
•No singleton
•Not more than 1 doubleton
•No 6 card or longer suit
+
Additional requirement
5 card minor OK but must not contain 5 card major
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A 10 9 7
AQ 6
4-3-3-3
K84
J75
7654
Q 10
4-4-3-2
AK J 8
QJ7
75
A6 3
5-3-3-2
(5card minor)
KQ8
A 10 7 5 4
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A 10 9 7
AQ 6
4-3-3-3
K84
J75
7654
Q 10
4-4-3-2
AK J 8
QJ7
AK 7 5 2
A6 3
5-3-3-2
(5card major)
KQ8
A 10
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Make up hands that are worth one NT opener, change 1 card so that its not.
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Responses to 1NT with Balanced Hands
0-10
13-19
11-12
Pass
3 NT
2 NT
There is no prospect of game
Combined points are enough for game
Have we got enough combined points
for game partner? Partner will bid 3NT
14 points or pass with 12.
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Hand 1
North
KQ3
J 10 2
10 8 7 3
West
Pass
Pass
East
A 10 3
542
943
AK Q9 4
92
986
AK 8 6
2
J7654
South
Pass
A J 10 7
Q75
J65
KQ8
Pass
Pass
1NT
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Hand 2
North
A8 7
Q42
K9876
West
1NT
pass
East
A9
J95
K97
10 4 2
Q754
Q 10 6
A 10 6 5
J3
J 10 3 2
South
pass
K432
J83
AQ 5
K86
pass
pass
3NT
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North
Hand 3
754
9732
A9 8 7
West
pass
pass
East
42
AQ 6
AQ8
J 10 2
J 10 8 6
K32
KJ6
KQ53
975
South
1NT
2NT
pass
J 10 9 8
10 5 4
64
AK Q3
3NT
pass
pass
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North
Hand 4
10 9 8 7
J 10 5
10 8
West
pass
pass
K982
East
AK J2
KQ3
AK 3 2
Q7
Q3
A9 8 4
QJ65
A J 10
South
6 NT
1 NT
pass
654
762
974
6543
pass
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RECAP
The One No Trump Opening Bid
A balanced hand, 12-14pts
Balanced means:
•No void
•No singleton
•Not more than 1 doubleton
•No 6 card or longer suit
+
Additional requirement
5 card minor OK but must not contain 5 card major
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Homework!
•Recap today’s lesson
Pg 23 - 26
•Quiz Pg 31 (before looking at answers Pg 32!)
•Responding to partner’s 1 NT opener
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