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- DEFENSE VS TRANSFER BIDS
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- 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.
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- When Your Side Has Been Silent
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- 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:
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- -- A notrump bid asks for a preference between the lower two suits,
- excluding the one indicated by the transfer bid.
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- -- A double of the transfer bid shows the higher two suits.
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- -- 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.
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- For instance, after a 2D Jacoby response to a 1NT opening:
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- South West North East
- 1NT Pass 2D 2NT - both minors
- Dbl - spades/diamonds
- 2H - spades/clubs
- 2S/3C/3D - one suit
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- 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:
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- South West North East
- 1NT Pass 2D Pass
- 2H Pass Pass 2S/3C/3D
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- 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.
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- 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:
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- South West North East
- 1NT Pass 2H Pass
- 2S Pass Pass Dbl - takeout double
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- 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.
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- 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:
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- Defense vs transfer preemptive bids
- -- e.g., when a 3D opening shows a preemptive bid in hearts
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- Defense vs NAMYATS
- -- How to cope with the 4C/4D opening that shows hearts/spades
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- When your side has previously bid a suit
- -- How to cope with transfer overcalls of your suit opening
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- When your side has bid notrump
- -- How to cope with transfer overcalls of your 1NT opening