Wednesday, October 08, 2003 2:45 AM
Drury
PITBULLS:
Since
I much prefer fit showing jumps to
splinters as a passed hand , there
should be a way of showing splinters. One way is already built into the fit showing jumps structure
itself. Cheapest 2NT asks for a singleton as the 2 suited responding hand quite
often has a singleton. The other way is to use Drury to ask for the splinter . Combine
Drury with Jacoby 2NT like responses and you have the best of both worlds.
P-P-1♠-P
2♣-P-2NT-P
You can bid 3NT to suggest a choice of
contracts so why not give Jacoby 2NT meanings to the 2NT bid ? 3♣/♦/♥ response to the 2NT shows a singleton with 4 card support ,
3NT shows 3 card support with a balanced hand or a stiff somewhere, 3♠ shows 4 trump and a
maximum balanced hand , 4♠
shows 4 trump with a minimum balanced . A jump to 4♣/♦/♥ after 2NT can not be another suit or else
you would have made a fit showing jump. Bidding Drury with a void is far
fetched and a flower bid directly shows the 4 level spade raises. The only meaning I can see for the jump
is a type of flower bid with a maximum . Say KQx xx KQJ10 xxxx might qualify for a 4♦ bid after the 2NT probe. Of course just rebidding your major
instead of 2NT should end the auction. Comments ?
Partner
quite often opens light in 3rd seat so jumping to 2NT to show a flat
hand with 12 HCP is a wasted & possibly dangerous bid . Bid 1NT with your
12 HCP and if partner passes then you are high enough . Maybe you will catch a
balancer that way . 2♦
natural as a passed hand is a valuable bid . Drury takes care of the 2♣ bid so you may as well define 2NT as a
passed hand to show a 2♣/3♣ rebid type of hand. Now you do not have to bid 1NT
with a nice club suit and end up in the wrong partial or game.
P-P-1♠-P
2NT-P-3♣
This would be
to play and any other bid would be a probe towards 3NT or a club game.