Thursday, January 1, 2009

SUPER TWO DIAMOND BID

Balanced hand with 20-21 POINTS

A convention by Bob Hoffman


The SUPER 2 DIAMOND BID offers 45 bidding sequences.
An opening 2nt(20-21points) bid offers 10 bidding sequences.

2(20 - 21 points – balanced hand) - P - 2( 0 - 4 points); 2 ( 5+ points)

The SUPER Two Diamond convention allows you to make the following devastating bid.
Opening 2nt bid showing two 5-card minors (6-10 pts).A real problem for the opponents.

Here are 6 ways to escape from playing in 2nt when responder has 0-4 points

2(20-21 points) - P - 2nt(0-4 pts) transfer to 3 clubs – responder has 5+ clubs.
2(20-21 points) - P - Pass (responder has 5+ diamonds)

2(20-21 points) - P - 2(0-4 points) - P
pass, 2, 3, 3 - P - pass.

opener can pass 2 Hearts, bid 2 Spades, 3 clubs or 3 diamonds with a 5 card suit

Because 2 spades is forcing to game
Opener can show 3 or 4-card support when he rebids 3 or 4 hearts

2(20-21 pts)    - P - 2(5+ points) - P
2nt                   - P - 3(transfer to hearts) - P
3nt(2-card support); 3 (3-card support); 4(4-card support)

4-card support and a doubleton may be enough info for responder to bid a slam.

2(20-21 pts) - P - 2(5+ points) - P
2nt                - P - 3(transfer to hearts) - P
3(4 hearts and a doubleton ♠); 4♣(4 hearts and a doubleton ); 4 (4 hearts and a doubleton )

Opener can show 3 or 4-card support when he rebids 3 or 4 spades.

2(20-21 pts)    - P - 2(5+ points) - P
2nt                   - P - 3(transfer to spades) - P
3nt(2-card support); 3(3-card support); 4(4-card support)

4-card support and a doubleton may be enough info for responder to bid a slam.

2(20-21 pts) - P - 2(5+ points) - P
2nt                - P - 3(transfer to spades) - P
4(4 spades and doubleton ♣); 4(4 spades and doubleton ); 4(4 spades and doubleton )

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Mr. Hoffman: Right in the middle of your enhanced description of Blooman, instead of suit symbols, there are notations of 22, 12, and others that don't fit bridge. I want to learn your ideas. But it is hard to follow. Could you redo that in regular notation? Sure would be appreciated. Thanks. Goods1144@yahoo.com