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- ASKING BIDS
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- The following bids, and no others, are asking bids:
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- -- A new suit rebid by a 2C opener after he has jumped to set the
- trump suit:
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- Opener Responder
- 2C 2D
- 3S 3NT
- 4C/4D/4H - asking bid
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- -- A four-level minor suit response to an opening three bid:
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- Opener Responder
- 3H 3S - natural, forcing
- 4C/4D - asking bids
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- -- A 5D response to a 5C opening:
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- Opener Responder
- 5C 5D - asking bid
- 5H/5S - natural, sign-off
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- -- A takeout of an opening 4H or 4S to five of a new suit:
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- Opener Responder
- 4H 4S - natural
- 5C/5D - asking bids
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- Opener Responder
- 4S 5C/5D/5H - asking bids
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- -- A rebid by opener or responder that is one level higher than a
- splinter rebid:
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- Opener Responder
- 1C 1H
- 3S - splinter bid
- 4S - asking bid
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- South West North East
- 1C 1D 1H Pass
- 3D - splinter bid
- 4D - asking bid
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- This principle applies to rebids only, not original responses:
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- Opener Responder
- 1S 4C - splinter bid
- 5C - natural preemptive bid
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- It does not apply after a notrump opening:
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- Opener Responder
- 1NT 2D
- 2H 3S - splinter bid
- 4S - artificial notrump raise
- 4NT - notrump raise
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- The 4S notrump raise implies that responder's hearts need a good
- fit to be useful for slam (e.g., five card suit headed by only
- one of the top three honors).
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- -- A jump rebid in a new suit at the five level:
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- Opener Responder
- 1S 3S
- 5C/5D/5H - asking bid
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- Opener Responder
- 1NT 2H
- 2S 5C/5D/5H - asking bid
- 4C/4D/4H - splinter bid
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- Opener Responder
- 1H 5C/5D - natural preemptive bid
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- Opener Responder
- 1NT 5C - Miller (see chapter MILLER)
- 5D - natural, sign-off
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- -- A "new suit" bid by a NAMYATS opener, after responder has shown
- two or more key cards (see chapter HIGH LEVEL PREEMPTIVE OPENINGS
- in the book "Weak Bidding").
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- Responses to Asking Bids
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- Responses to asking bids are as follows: (x) means "or more"
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- Response (Steps are suits only) Holding in the Asked Suit
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- Minimum bid in notrump Kx(x), KQ(x) (guarded king)
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- First step Qx(x), xx(x) (no control)
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- Second step x (singleton)
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- Third step Ax(x) (first round only)
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- Fourth step (raise asking bid) A, AK(x) (two round control)
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- Fifth step void
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- Generally you do not indicate a singleton or void with less than
- two cards in the probable trump suit. If you have discards for
- partner in a side suit, you can indicate a singleton or void when
- holding only a singleton trump.
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- Memory aid: Steps 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 show no control, second round,
- first round, first and second, and void, respectively: 0, 2, 1,
- 1 and 2, void.
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- A repeat asking bid in the same suit asks for clarification of the
- first response. Rather than make a table of detailed responses
- based on the original response, let's just say that the first step
- shows a poor holding for the first response (e.g., xxx for no
- control, Axx(x) for first round only, short trumps to go with a
- short suit, etc.), second step better, third step better yet, etc.
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- Some partnerships may prefer to stick to the simple "two of the top
- three honors" instead of using this more detailed response table.