Friday, August 23, 2002 2:12 AM
Passed Hand Bidding
PITBULLS:
Third seat lead directing bids and 4th
seat light openers need Drury or something similar . It is an essential convention
and there are many souped up versions . The disadvantage of Drury is you can
not bid your own suit with a fit .Fit showing jumps as a passed hand is in
vogue and limits &
clarifies Drury . Splinters are considered as an
unnecessary tool as a passed hand but still in effect if partner is not a
passed hand . This article from the net below explains things a little more .
Maybe Edmonton Standard has to get with the
times and play these things as a passed hand anyway …
By Ron Klinger
A jump-shift after passing is commonly played nowadays as a ‘fit-jump’, promising support for opener’s suit as well as a decent long suit of one’s own.
The 1996 European Mixed Teams was won by the French squad of Veronique and Michel Bessis, Catherine Saul and Paul Chemla, while the European Mixed Pairs went to Maria Erhart and Fritz Kubak of Austria.
Accuracy in slam bidding is essential for top results in teams play and in the teams final against Germany, France was duly rewarded for their more enterprising bidding in the slam zone. How would you and your partner manage the bidding on this deal with North the dealer, neither side vulnerable and no opposition bidding.
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Germany bid to 6 Hearts but France went one better. In reply to Chemla's 1 Heart opening in fourth seat, Saul jumped to 3 Clubs, showing a maximum pass, heart support and a decent club suit. Chemla now bid 4NT and Saul jumped to 6 Hearts showing one ace and a void in spades. (With a void in diamonds, the bid would have been 6 Diamonds.) That was enough for Chemla to bid 7 Hearts and gain 11 Imps.
The negative inference of not making a fit showing jump shift enabled North to make a fine bid on Deal #1, which arose in the 1999 Transnational Open Teams:
Dealer North: None vulnerable
NORTH
ª 10 2
© A K 5 4 3
¨ 8 7 2
§ K 5 2
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EAST
ª K 6 3
ª 7 5 4
© 10 9 6
© Q J 8 2
¨ K Q 10 9 3
¨ J 6 4
§ Q 9
§ 10 7 3
SOUTH
ª A Q J
9 8
© 7
¨ A 5
§ A J 8
6 4
At both tables, the North-South bidding began Pass : 1ª, 2©: 3§ (forcing to game). What should North do now?
Brad Moss made a normal-looking fourth-suit bid of 3¨ and South, Fred Gitelman, naturally enough bid 3NT. Diamonds were led, South taking the second round. To maximize his chances, Gitelman tried the §AK first. When the §Q dropped, the spade finesse was unnecessary and declarer, with a sigh of relief, had nine tricks for +400.
At the other table, Borislav Popov found the superior rebid of 3ª. Since he would have jumped to 3© with a heart suit plus spade support, the 2© response had denied three spades. He could therefore safely bid 3ª now without fear of misleading partner. With the diamonds stopped and weaker spades, South could always bid 3NT over three spades.
South, Jerry Stamatov, went to 4ª, a much safer spot than 3NT. He lost just two tricks, to the ªK and §Q, for +450 and +2 IMPs.
Fit Showing Jumps
Fit showing jumps (FSJ) can be played by a passed hand as well as over interference as a passed hand. The major purpose for Fit Showing Jumps is to discover double fits which are important in deciding whether to bid on in competition or discovering slam possibilities. In deciding whether to use a fit showing jump one must have some rules to
so note the following suggested guidelines:
1) concentrated strength in both suits. (partner's suit and yours);
2) no outside strength in other
suits;
3) your suit should have two of top three honors;
4) at least three or more cards in partner's suit. (if only three cards then must be headed by an honor or four small).