Saturday, January 28, 2017

Weak 2 Bids -- Responding to 2NT

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.

Please read these posts first to learn a little bit about pre-emptive bidding:
Pre-emptive Bidding -- An Introduction
Responding to a Weak 2

Last post talked a little bit about asking Partner for an outside feature. We talked about this hand:
♠95
AJ65
AJT
♣KQ73

and discussed some of the hands we wanted to be in 3NT in. Let's take a look at four hands Partner could have and see where we want to play.

Hand A Hand B Hand C Hand D
♠KQJT76
432
84
♣62
♠KQJT76
K32
84
♣62
♠AKQT76
432
84
♣62
♠KQJT76
432
K4
♣62
♠95
AJ65
AJT
♣KQ73
♠95
AJ65
AJT
♣KQ73
♠95
AJ65
AJT
♣KQ73
♠95
AJ65
AJT
♣KQ73
With this hand we do NOT want to be in 3NT. The Opponents might not take their A♠ right away and then I have no way back to Dummy. With this hand we DO want to be in 3NT. The Opponents might not take their A♠ right away but I can get back to Dummy with the K. With this hand we DO want to be in 3NT. We can take six ♠ tricks if they split nicely and I should get three outside tricks. With this hand we DO want to be in 3NT. The Opponents might not take their A♠ right away but I can get back to Dummy with the K.

So how do we figure that out?

We bid 2NT to ASK Partner if they have an outside feature to their hand. That means an Ace or King OUTSIDE the suit they pre-empted in. Partner can also tell us if we don't NEED an outside feature because their suit is SOOO good.

The responses are:
Partner rebids their suit if they do not have an Ace or King outside the suit and their suit is not headed by the AKQ.
If Partner has an outside Ace or King they bid 3 of the suit where they have the outside feature.
If Partner has a suit headed by the AKQ they bid 3NT.

So let's go back to those hands to see what Partner will bid over our 2NT response:
Hand A Hand B Hand C Hand D
♠KQJT76
432
84
♣62
♠KQJT76
K32
84
♣62
♠AKQT76
432
84
♣62
♠KQJT76
432
K4
♣62
Partner rebids 3♠ to say they do not have an Ace or a King outside the ♠ suit. We will then PASS. Partner rebids 3 to say they have the Ace or the King. We will then bid 3NT. Partner rebids 3NT to say they have a solid suit -- the ♠AKQxxx. We will PASS. Partner rebids 3 to say they have the Ace or the King. We will then bid 3NT.


Let's practice responding to our Partner's 2NT bid. On all the following hands you opened 2♠. Partner then bid 2NT. What is your bid?

You Partner
2♠ 2NT
???


Hand 1

♠AKT876
T4
863
♣75



Hand 2

♠KQT876
65
A84
♣85



Hand 3

♠AQJT87
T
J63
♣765



Hand 4

♠AKJ976
T83
53
♣96



Hand 5

♠AKQT86
97
9754
♣8



Hand 6

♠KQT876
65
K84
♣85



Hand 7

♠KQ8754
J6
9
♣KT95



Hand 8

♠KQT876
K84
65
♣85



Hand 9

♠AKQT86
423
754
♣8



Hand 10

♠AKJT85
962
2
♣Q64



Hand 11

♠KQT984
K6
9
♣9542



Hand 12

♠AKT987
74
T84
♣Q7



Hand 13

♠AQT975
65
K84
♣85



Hand 14

♠KQJT65
865
Q8
♣94



Hand 15

♠KQJT85
962
2
♣K64



Hand 16

♠AKQT86
4
9754
♣65



Hand 17

♠AKT974
87
97
♣J32



Hand 18

♠KQT986
96
92
♣A95



Hand 19

♠KQT985
A65
84
♣85

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