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Bidding your suit naturally at the two level, after partner has
opened one of a suit
Make sure you have read the page dealing with one-level
responses before you tackle this page.
This page is still the Y of SYN, responders' acronym and her second
option.
If a response at the two level is being contemplated ( involving a
change of suit ), then the partnership will be looking for eight
tricks instead of seven, and so responder must have a marginally
stronger hand---a minimum of eight points. In general, you do not need
a five-card suit to bid it at the two level ( but note the page
dealing with a two heart response to an opening bid of one spade).
You will find many reputable authors who recommend nine or even ten
points if responder is to bid at the two level. In my view, this
complicates the arithmetic unnecessarily and the whole system sticks
together much better if you accept a minimum of eight points rather
than anything higher.
As with responses at the one-level, responder may have a much
stronger hand ( at least up to fifteen points ) and has no need to
show it on this first response. Intervention once again blurs many of
our basic principles. Remember that we are dealing with a response at
the lowest available level. Jump-shifts are
dealt with elsewhere.
| S A96 |
Just enough to bid 2C over partner's
1D, 1H or 1S.After 1S, say, by the opposition, 2C is still
viable but if they bid, say, 2D over partner's 1H, we are not
strong enough for 3C and must either pass or bid 2H ( ouch! ). |
| H 654 |
| D 765 |
| C A973 |
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| S A765 |
After 1H from partner, 1S is
better than 2C.The most difficult auction here might be 1H
by partner with a 2D rebid. Nothing is satisfactory now. |
| H 32 |
| D 32 |
| C KQ932 |
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| S K32 |
After 1H from partner,
prefer 2D to 2NT, a bid which you can always make on
the second round. This 2NT direct response is only
valid if there is value in the lead coming up to
your hand. |
| H A32 |
| D A 432 |
| C 432 |
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