Nagy Game Tries

• Bridge Conventions (List)

1S-pass - 2S pass ?

2NT = asks in which suit responder would accept a help suit game try. Reponses:

3C = accept clubs. If opener now bids 3x it is a help suit in that suit.

3D = reject clubs, accept diamonds

3H = reject minors, accept hearts

3S = reject any help suit try

3NT = natural, choice of games

4S = game raise, no slam interest

3C,3D,2H = short suit game tries

3S = choice of

a) power try

b) trump try

c) show 123 stop

3NT = offering choice of games (i.e., trump support with balanced hand)

4C,4D,4H = long-suit slam tries, promising a 5-card side suit and a good hand

Over 1H-pass-2H-pass, same applies, only 2S is the ask, and 1 notrump bid shows spades, and 2NT is a short suit try in spades. 3 S is natural, 5-6 slam try.

After short suit tries, a repeat of the short suit try is a void suit slam try. A different suit beyond 3M is a cue bid and shows a short suit slam try with a singleton.

After 2NT, opener's new suits above 3M show a help-suit slam try (probably in an accepted suit) and are cue bids.

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Source: Jeff Goldsmith, jeff@tintin.jpl.nasa.gov

 

 

 

 

 

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A bidding convention is an agreement between two players on a different meaning of a bid in the card game bridge. These agreements are made so that partners can more quickly determine which contract, with both their cards, they can win together. Often, conventions are forged together into one, which is then called a bidding system.

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