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Used to describe two-suited hands, these bids can be very useful to a partnership that wants to make the opponents work for every contract, or even to take some away from them. Both bids are used after opponents have opened the bidding, and both bids serve similar purposes: In each case, the suits MUST be at least 5-cards in length. In the case of a Cuebid of the opponents Major suit opening bid, the other Major suit and an unspecified Minor suit are shown. A 2 NT asking bid requests that the Cuebidder show the Minor suit.

Both of these bids can show either a weak hand, or a strong hand Mini-Maxi. Intermediates strength hands must be bid naturally. Chapter 17 describes the Landy Convention for bidding over a Notrump opening by Opponents.

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It is made by bidding Two Clubs to show both Major suits at least Many players today choose the more descriptive Hamilton-Cappelletti or Meckwell conventions over Landy, but many others still use it. Chapter 18 begins Part 3 of the book titled: The first convention described in the Chapter is the Lebensohl Convention.

An important concept when using this convention is called Slow Shows. Using Lebensohl shows a weaker hand than bidding a suit directly at the three level. Chapter 19 describes the Reverse Drury Convention. It is a way to determine whether Partner has opened one of a Major suit in 3rd or 4th position with a full opening hand, or a light one.

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Chapter 20 is an expansion of the Blackwood Ace and King seeking convention originally described in Chapter 6. It can make all the difference in finding a slam contract in a suit. Two versions of this convention are currently in popular use: These numbers refer to the possible responses of the Club bid meaning either zero or three, or it meaning one or four. It is a more powerful tool than simple Blackwood. Responder has forced to game, but which contract?

This is a situation that probably comes up more frequently than one might think.

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In this convention, bidding the other Minor after opener opens with one of a Minor, responder bids one of a Major, then opener bids one NT, is an artificial and forcing bid showing at least 11 HCP and interest in game. It also shows a that a Major suit response to the one of a Minor opening is a 5-card suit. This auction might occur when responder is in the Majors with five Spades and 4 Hearts. Opener might have points, a relatively flat hand with 4 of the bid Minor, and a 4-card Heart suit. With distribution in the Majors, responder has no particular desire to play in Notrump, so an 8-card Heart fit might easily produce a winning game contract.

This is a very powerful convention in my estimation, and I use it regularly with my various partners. Chapter 23 tell us about Ogust Responses to Weak Two bids. When partner opens a weak two, and you have a strong hand, is a game in the offing? How could you know? The Ogust Convention is one way to find out. In this convention, a 2NT bid by responder asks for much more than just a feature in the hand of the weak two opener. It asks for both strength and suit quality. With it, games, or even slams, should be a lot easier to find after a weak two opening bid, and the convention is explained clearly by the authors in this chapter.

Chapter 24 is about Responsive Doubles.

I played these doubles many years ago, and had forgotten just how powerful they really are. They are extremely useful during competitive bidding situations where one opponent opens one of a suit, and the other raises that suit over an intervening bid by partner.

In every case, the Responsive Double shows support for either both Majors or both Minors, depending on the auction. It is an excellent treatment of the subject that should be useful for even the most basic of Bridge players. The Summaries and Quizzes at the end of each Chapter are a nice touch. They help the reader to understand, and to remember, what was presented in the book. This book should be required reading for beginning and intermediate level Bridge players who wish to improve their bidding.

It covers all of the important bidding conventions in common use around the world, and should be indispensable to anybody wishing to elevate their level of play to the place where the experts play. Whether your partnership chooses to use any or all of them or not , you can be sure that most of your opponents will be. I highly recommend this book to Bridge players. Jun 22, Diana E. Young rated it it was amazing. I was given this excellent book by one of my bridge friends and have referred to it many times.

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Sophisticated Stuff" includes the following conventions: Reverse Drury Chapter Roman Key Card Blackwood Chapter Fourth-suit forcing Chapter New minor forcing Chapter Ogust responses to weak two-bids Chapter