2 Bidding Aims To introduce bidding The aims
2. Bidding Aims: • To introduce bidding. • The aims of bidding – to reach the best denomination • The concept of the auction – the bidding ladder • How it is decided who will be declarer • The side with more points has usually more chance of making more than 7 tricks • The requirements for an opening bid • Simple opening bids: 1 NT and 1 of a suit
5. Bidding Partnerships attempt to find their best denomination ♣ ♦ ♥ ♠ NT (usually an 8+ card trump fit or no-trump, as in Minibridge) Each bid must be higher than the previous one Declarer: the first member of the partnership to mention the final denomination Dummy: declarer’s partner Opening leader: the defender on declarer’s left
5. Bidding To open the bidding You must have 12+points A balanced hand with 12 -14 points opens 1 NT (“Balanced” = 4333, 4432, 5332 – no singletons or voids) A balanced hand with 15+ points, or an unbalanced hand, opens 1 of a suit The auction ends after three passes
5. Bidding Which suit to bid? We open our longest suit, looking for the best trump fit Suits are ranked ♣ ♦ ♥ ♠ NT With two suits of the same length we open the higher-ranking (This is to make it easier to bid the second suit – compare 1 -1 -2 with 1 -1 -2
5. Bidding Auction 1 A 7 QJ 97 K 1093 K 72 West North East 1 Pass KQ 532 A 43 A 54 Q 6 N W E S J 1084 K 6 QJ 82 543 South 2 Dealer N 96 10852 76 AJ 1098
5. Bidding Auction 2 107 AKJ 63 A 10963 7 KJ 9653 974 8 Q 93 N W E S AQ 82 2 J 52 AKJ 54 Dealer E 4 Q 1085 KQ 74 10862 West North - - - 1 Pass 1 4 East South Pass 1 2 Pass 3 Pass
5. Bidding West 1 3 Pass North East 2 2 4 4 Pass South 3 Pass West - 1 2 Pass North Pass 1 3 Pass East South Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass Who is the Opening Bidder? Does his partner respond? Does the other side overcall? Does anybody raise (support) partner? What is the Final Contract and who is declarer?
5. Bidding Deal 5. 1 A 86 J 97 10987 A 74 KQ 52 A 43 K 654 Q 6 Dealer N N 973 W E Q 105 S A 3 KJ 532 J 104 K 862 QJ 2 1098 West North East South 1 NT All Pass Using mini bridge techniques, who would play the hands? Now try bidding, N the dealer.
5. Bidding The Bidding staircase 6 NT 6♠ 6♥ 6♦ 5 NT 6♣ 5♠ 5♥ 5♦ 5♣ 4 NT 3 NT 1♠ 1♥ 1♦ 1♣ 2 NT 2♠ 2♥ 3♦ 2♣ 3♠ 3♥ 3♦ 3♣ 4♠ 4♥ 4♦ 4♣ 7 NT 7♠ 7♥ 7♦ 7♣ Grand Slam zone Collect an ENORMOUS Bonus 1000 non-vulnerable, 1500 Vulnerable Slam Zone Collect a Bigger Bonus 500 non-vulnerable, 750 Vulnerable Game zone Bonus 300 non-vulnerable, 500 vulnerable You need not start at the very bottom nor need you make every possible bid! But you MUST move upwards
5. Bidding You are the dealer, and start the bidding. What is your call with these hands? a) AJ 3 b) J 1082 KQ 75 K 7 1 NT AJ 3 A 1083 QJ 6 K 7 1 C ) A 3 Q 10872 AKJ 65 7 1 d) KQJ 2 109873 AK 5 7 1
If the dealer starts the auction with “Pass” can he make a ‘real’ bid later YES Which bid is higher? 2 H 2 or 2 5 NT or 5 5 NT 3 or 3 3 D
West is the dealer and the West North East South Pass 1 2 3 bidding goes like this Pass 4 Pass Who is declarer? S How many tricks must he make? 10 Who makes the opening lead? E What do we call the 3 bid? A response Could East have bid 1 as an overcall? Yes
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