Bidding
Robert Todd
(554) Competitive Auctions: Good/Bad 2NT in ...

Good/Bad 2NT gives Opener two ways to compete to the 3-level – by bidding directly with a “Good Hand” or by bidding 2NT first with a “Bad Hand”. By using 2NT as a relay bid, instead of a natural call, this allows for a more precise description of Opener’s hand. Let’s see how it works through examples.

(554) Competitive Auctions: Good/Bad 2NT in Competition
Bidding
Robert Todd
(553) Competitive Auctions: 4NT in Competition

When the opponents stay out of our auctions then we usually have clear agreements about the meaning of a 4NT bid – usually Quantitative in a NT auction and Keycard in a suit auction. But in a competitive auction we are more likely to use 4NT as a bid showing 2 places to play. Let’s look at some of these auctions so we know what partner is trying to do to when they use 4NT in a competitive auction.

(553) Competitive Auctions: 4NT in Competition
Bidding
Robert Todd
(552) Competitive Auctions: More Bidding over ...

When the opponents open the bidding with a 3-level preempt then much of the tension in our decision-making process comes around “Should we bid beyond 3NT?” This is especially true when the opponents open the bidding with a 3-Major preempt. Because when we have one long minor suit then we likely want to play in 3NT or 5-minor. This allows us to use 4-minor in some interesting conventional ways, just as we do vs. a 2-level preempt.

(552) Competitive Auctions: More Bidding over 3-Level Preempts
Bidding
Robert Todd
(551) Competitive Auctions: Bidding over ...
(551) Competitive Auctions: Bidding over 3-Level and 4-Level Preempts
Bidding
Robert Todd
(550) Competitive Auctions: Leaping Michaels

When RHO opens a 2-level preempt, they have started eating up our valuable bidding space. But this is just the start of their attack on us. LHO may join in the attack and raise the preempt, making our life even more difficult. When we are bidding over RHO’s 2-level preempt we should keep this in mind. We need lots of tools to deal with this situation. Let’s look at these options.

(550) Competitive Auctions: Leaping Michaels

Responding to NT in Competition Webinar

(82) More Notrump Bidding: Advanced Lebensohl (Delayed Lebensohl)

(82) More Notrump Bidding: Advanced Lebensohl (Delayed Lebensohl)

We use Lebensohl (or Simple-sohl) in auctions where the opponents interfere directly over our 1N opening bid. This week we will examine some more complex auctions where the opponents interfere over our 1N opening bid.  We will see that Lebensohl (or Simple-sohl) can be used to help us deal with these auctions as well.