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ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS
ACBL - American Contract Brige League
Advancer - Partner of an overcaller
Control - Ace is two controls, king is one.
Forcing to a limit situation - A call that forces the partnership
to keep bidding until one of the following situations is reached:
-- The same suit is bid twice in succession by the partnership
(direct raise). A delayed raise is not a limit situation.
-- The same suit is bid twice in succession by the same partner.
-- Game or slam is bid in an agreed suit.
-- A suitable penalty double is imposed on the opponents.
-- Notrump is bid. Exception: A 2NT response to a cue bid by a
person who has not previously bid or doubled is forcing.
-- The person who made the original force has inferentially
given partner a final chance to show any undisclosed values.
For a further discussion, see INTRODUCTION to the book "Cue Bids."
Free Bid - A bid made when partner will have another chance to
call. Free bids with really minimum hands are frowned upon,
especially at IMP scoring or when vulnerable, but free bids and
raises (even jump raises) may be quite weak over an opponent's
takeout double.
HCP - High card points, 4-3-2-1 point count, excluding distribu-
tional or long suit points.
IMP - International Matchpoints
LHO - Left hand opponent
RHO - Right hand opponent
RKCB - Roman Key Card Blackwood