You open certainly one of a serious. Associate raises you to 2, exhibiting help with 6-10 excessive card factors. You’re a rebidder with an intermediate hand, 15-17 excessive card factors. Reverse a median of “eight” factors, you’ve sufficient to attempt for recreation, however not sufficient to insist on it as you’ll with an 18-count.
So that you rebid three of a decrease rating go well with (normally a minor, however even hearts in case your go well with is spades) as a “assist go well with” attempt to see if there’s “one thing additional” to propel you to recreation.
Within the model I used to be taught, a 3 stage bid in a brand new go well with reveals facet go well with controls, sometimes a king or ace, with 3-4 playing cards within the go well with, and a possible for a double match and several other facet go well with tips. To illustrate a partnership has a double match of two eight card fits and 17-18 excessive card factors. That leaves ten playing cards in two extra fits, hopefully divided 2-3 reverse 3-2, that’s, 4 losers counting ruffing values. However there shall be an ace or king left over (22 minus 18) to cut back the losers to a few.
Here is the place I’m confused. Many gamers in my membership use what I name a “brief” assist go well with conference. More often than not, this occurs within the context of an “implied” elevate (not an precise one), similar to a Jacoby 2NT over certainly one of a serious. Beneath these circumstances, a bid of a brand new go well with on the three stage reveals a singleton or void. The thought is to determine (cross) ruffing values that may enable a recreation to be made with 22-23 excessive card factors. There’s even a 3rd model in use at my membership, the place the three stage facet go well with bid reveals controls: both a singleton or void, an ace, or a KQ combo.
Any system is topic to partnership settlement. However which (or all) of those programs is generally use and the way do they work? In any case, have I confused any alleged system with one thing else?
