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DEFENSE VS TRANSFER BIDS
The following defenses against transfer bids will allow you to show
any two-suited hand with one call. They apply not only against
Jacoby and Texas transfers, but against any bid that shows another
specific suit (e.g., opening 3H to show a preemptive bid in
spades). One disadvantage of transfer bids is that they give an
opponent two opportunities for action: immediate or delayed. This
aid to defensive bidding accuracy should be utilized.
When Your Side Has Been Silent
When the transfer bid occurs before your side has bid or doubled
(e.g., vs Jacoby or Texas response to a 1NT opening, or vs an
opening preemptive transfer bid), use the following defense:
-- A notrump bid asks for a preference between the lower two suits,
excluding the one indicated by the transfer bid.
-- A double of the transfer bid shows the higher two suits.
-- A "cue bid" (in the suit indicated by the transfer bid) is top-
and-bottom, asking for a preference between the top and bottom
suits.
For instance, after a 2D Jacoby response to a 1NT opening:
South West North East
1NT Pass 2D 2NT - both minors
Dbl - spades/diamonds
2H - spades/clubs
2S/3C/3D - one suit
The immediate overcall with a one-suited hand should be quite
sound. With a doubtful hand, just pass and reopen the bidding if
the transfer suit gets passed:
South West North East
1NT Pass 2D Pass
2H Pass Pass 2S/3C/3D
These reopening bids can be made with moderate hands, since partner
is marked with some high cards when the opponents stop at the two
level.
You may sometimes have a three-suited hand with shortness in the
suit indicated by the transfer bid. In that case just pass the
transfer, then double for takeout on the next round. You can do
this with a huge hand, since the transfer bid is forcing; there is
no need to jump into the bidding immediately:
South West North East
1NT Pass 2H Pass
2S Pass Pass Dbl - takeout double
If 1NT is a weak notrump, however, it is better to play the double
as showing a good balanced hand and use 2NT as a takeout bid. See
the full text version of DEFENSE VS WEAK NOTRUMP OPENINGS.
The complete text of MARVIN VS TRANSFER BIDS comprises six single-
spaced pages. Besides adding more detail to the above text, it
includes the following subjects:
Defense vs transfer preemptive bids
-- e.g., when a 3D opening shows a preemptive bid in hearts
Defense vs NAMYATS
-- How to cope with the 4C/4D opening that shows hearts/spades
When your side has previously bid a suit
-- How to cope with transfer overcalls of your suit opening
When your side has bid notrump
-- How to cope with transfer overcalls of your 1NT opening