WARNING! The following post talks about Pre-emptive Bidding. Pre-empts are bids used by more experienced players. If you are a new player do NOT bother reading this post. When you have played a bit more and know a bit more you can learn how to use them. For now, do not bother.
Here is a hand from today.
The Opponents are vulnerable.
You and Partner are non-vulnerable.
Your Partner opens the bidding 2♠. RHO Passes. Your bid. What is your call?
♠Q863
♥T
♦QJT763
♣J8
So it is your bid. What will you do?
Show Answer
If you bid 4♠ you get a good board.
Why you ask? How can you possible make 4♠? Partner is weak and you have nothing? How can this be good?
Well Partner does have a weak hand. They have:
♠AKJT94
♥J84
♦94
♣T5
4♠ goes down 2. Partner has no play.
So why is this good? Let's take a look at what happens if you PASS 2♠. After all 2♠ should make if 4♠ goes down 2.
True. 2♠ will make. However the Opponents will NOT allow you to play in 2♠. They will bid. And they will bid 4
♥.
Can you defeat 4
♥? No. You have no defence. You can't even defeat 6
♥. They will take 12 tricks if
♥ is trump.
This is easy for the Opponents to figure out when you pass 2♠.
MUCH more difficult to figure out if you bid 4♠.
Most Opponents will let you play in 4♠ and be happy they defeated you two tricks. They will leave oblivious to the fact that they missed their
♥ slam.
I set this up as a little test. I was watching my students bid. My one student bid 4♠ with such confidence I actually thought they were going to make it even though I knew they couldn't. Good job for them! Next time you get a hand like that bid game with confidence. The Opponents just might not find their game!
Check out this post to learn how to UP the PRE-EMPT:
Pre-emptive Bidding -- Upping the Pre-empt
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