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Playing 2/1 is there consensus of the meaning of Opener's rebid in the following auction: 1S - 1NT, 2NT? The partnership regularly opens 1NT with with a 5 card major.
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Opener's rebid
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Posted 2020-August-20, 19:17
18-19 balanced is quite standard if not playing specialized gadgets. Can include some 17s deemed too strong to open 1nt.
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Posted 2020-August-20, 23:09
relpar, on 2020-August-20, 19:12, said:
Playing 2/1 is there consensus of the meaning of Opener's rebid in the following auction: 1S - 1NT, 2NT? The partnership regularly opens 1NT with with a 5 card major.
I like to play this as 18-19 HCP. With most of my partners we play transfers are on after the 2NT response which allows Responder to describe their hand shape or strength of a major raise:
- 3♣ Transfer to ♦, Responder may pass with ♦, no ♠ fit, and a weak hand.
- 3♦ Transfer to ♥, Responder may pass with ♥, no ♠ fit, and a weak hand.
- 3♥ Transfer to ♠, stronger ♠ raise.
- 3♠ Weak ♠ raise.
This is described in detail in Max Hardy's book "Advanced Bridge Bidding in the 21st Century.
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