The Forgotten Bid
19th May – Board 11: Love All. Dealer South.
It is imperative that as a player you should not only think about the bid you are about to make but any follow up bids as well. People who ignored that precept came unstuck on the featured hand as they were left trying to make a number of ‘catch up’ bids.
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West
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North
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East
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South
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1C
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No
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2H
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No
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2S
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No
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3H
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No
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4H
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End
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The jump shift is the forgotten bid of bridge but used in the right place it has the merit of making subsequent bids so much easier to find. So 2H in the above sequence shows at least a good five card suit and usually upwards of 16 points. And when the suit is rebid it more or less demands that that suit is going to be trumps. After South bids 4H North might make another try by bidding 5D I guess but South will surely rebuff any thoughts of a slam. Can you see that if North had started by simply bidding 1H he would have an impossible rebid, as any bid he makes would have to be forcing. A jump rebid of 3H is not forcing so the only alternative would be to employ the ‘pitiful crutch’ of 2D, Fourth Suit Forcing, but then of course the quality of the main suit never comes across.
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