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Opener's second bid after an initial suit bid with a balanced hand of 15+ points
Don't forget that all the bidding on this page assumes no part-score. With one, you would make the most economic bid to get game and rebids that may be theoretically correct go out of the window.
In general, we show this type of hand by opening one of our four (or five) card suits and rebidding no-trumps to show our strength.
| S K 7 5 | Open 1H and rebid no-trumps at the lowest available level. So, 1H-1S, you can rebid 1NT, but 1H-2C, you must bid 2NT.Both sequences show 15-16 points. |
| H A 9 7 6 | |
| D A 4 3 | |
| C A 4 3 |
| S A 9 7 | After 1C-1H, 1D or 1S, bypass the lowest available NT bid of 1NT and rebid 2NT to show 17-18 points. |
| H A 5 3 | |
| D A 9 7 | |
| C A Q 4 3 |
| S K 9 7 | After 1H-2C, jump again, in principle the same as the hand above, but this time to 3NT. |
| H A J 4 3 | |
| D K Q 3 | |
| C A 4 3 |
| S A 9 7 | After 1H-1S, partner's six and your nineteen give you twenty-five, a game-going hand, so bid a direct 3NT. |
| H A 7 5 3 | |
| D A 3 2 | |
| C A K 9 |
| S Q 9 7 5 | When you have this choice of four-card suits, a minor and a major, open the major and rebid no-trumps. If you open 1D and rebid NT, you may not find your spade fit. |
| H A 2 | |
| D A Q 3 2 | |
| C K 3 2 |
So, to recap, with a balanced hand and 15+ points, open one of a suit and then:-
with 15-16 points, rebid no-trumps at the lowest available level
with 17-18 points, jump over the cheapest no-trump bid, and rebid no-trumps one level higher than you need
with 19 points, rebid 3NT over anything that partner says
Sometimes, your intention to rebid no-trumps is confounded by partner supporting your suit or responding in no-trumps herself.
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