Advanced Bridge Bidding for the 21st Century

by Hardy, Max

• ISBN13: 9781587761256
• ISBN10: 1587761254
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Squeeze Books

Table of Contents

Introduction	viii
Foreword	xvi
Hand Evaluation	1	(9)
Shifting Evaluation	2	(5)
Simon Says	7	(3)
Opener Bids to Describe	10	(14)
Hands With Both Minor Suits	10	(2)
Hands With a Six Card Major and a Four Card Suit	12	(2)
Other Problem Rebids	14	(1)
Opener Jump Rebids a Minor Suit at the Four Level	15	(2)
Opener Jump Rebids Three Notrump	17	(3)
Opening and Rebid Exercises	20	(2)
Answers	22	(2)
Is It Forcing?	24	(14)
Fourth Suit Forcing	24	(1)
Jumps in Previously Bid Suits	25	(1)
Repeats of the Fourth Suit	26	(1)
Jumps in the Fourth Suit	26	(1)
Removal of Invitational Calls	27	(2)
Auctions After Opener Bids and Rebids Clubs	29	(1)
A Modern Alternative	30	(1)
The X-Y-Z Convention	30	(5)
Fred Hamilton
Forcing-Invitational-Non-forcing Auction Exercises	35	(2)
Answers	37	(1)
Responder's Two Over One is Forcing to Game	38	(7)
Two Over One Responses in Contested Auctions	40	(1)
The Walsh Negative Double	40	(3)
Two Over One Auction Exercises	43	(1)
Answers	44	(1)
Responder's Forcing Notrump	45	(19)
More About the Forcing Notrump	45	(1)
The Bart Convention	46	(4)
Mike Passell
Transfers After the Raise of the Forcing Notrump	50	(3)
The Meckstroth Adjunct to the Forcing Notrump	53	(5)
Jeff Meckstroth
The One Notrump Response by a Passed Hand	58	(2)
Forcing Notrump Exercises	60	(3)
Answers	63	(1)
Rebids by Responder	64	(18)
Walsh Responses	64	(4)
The False Preference	68	(6)
Preemptive Jump Shift Responses	74	(3)
Responder's Rebid Exercises	77	(3)
Answers	80	(2)
After Opener Bids Notrump	82	(30)
Modified Two Way Stayman After a One Notrump Rebid	82	(7)
Grant Baze
Auctions After Opener Has Jump Rebid Two Notrump	89	(1)
The Wolff Signoff	89	(2)
Major Suit Checkbacks	91	(3)
Upgraded Responses to One Notrump	94	(1)
Smolen Transfers	94	(1)
Minor Suit Stayman	95	(3)
The Two Notrump Relay	98	(2)
Responding to Two Notrump	100	(2)
Puppet Stayman	102	(3)
Gerber	105	(1)
Notrump Response Exercises	106	(4)
Answers	110	(2)
Raising Partner's Suit	112	(42)
Inverted Minor Raises	112	(1)
The Preemptive Raise	113	(1)
The Single Raise	114	(2)
Responder's Obligations	116	(2)
Major Suit Raises	118	(1)
Constructive Major Raises	118	(3)
Bergen Raises	121	(1)
The Jacoby Two Notrump	122	(1)
Concealed Splinters	123	(2)
Strong Raises	125	(1)
Bergen Raises---Summary	126	(1)
Two Way Reverse Drury	127	(1)
Game Tries After Drury	128	(2)
Hardy Raises	130	(1)
The Single Raise	131	(1)
The Raise to Game	132	(1)
The Limit Raise	133	(4)
The Game Forcing Limit Raise	137	(2)
The Jacoby Two Notrump	139	(1)
The Over Jump Shift	140	(1)
Inverted Trump Swiss	141	(1)
Hardy Raises---Summary	142	(2)
Game Tries	144	(1)
Two Way Game Tries	145	(1)
Kokish Game Tries	146	(3)
Suit Raise Exercises	149	(3)
Answers	152	(2)
High Level Opening Bids	154	(31)
Opening Bids of Three Notrump	154	(1)
The Gambling Three Notrump Opening Bid	154	(3)
The Acol Three Notrump Opening Bid	157	(1)
The Namyats Three Notrump Opening Bid	158	(2)
The Namyats Convention	160	(3)
Responses to Weak Two Bids	163	(9)
Modern Responses to the Opening Bid of Two Clubs	172	(8)
High Level Opening Bid Exercises	180	(3)
Answers	183	(2)
Intruding When They have Opened the Bidding	185	(36)
Definitions	185	(1)
The Hand That Nobody Can Bid	186	(3)
Balancing When the Opponents Have Stopped at One Notrump	189	(2)
More About Takeout Doubles	191	(3)
Responsive Doubles	194	(3)
The Snapdragon Double	197	(1)
Honor Redoubles	198	(2)
Cue Bids	200	(3)
Intruding After an Opening Bid of One Notrump	203	(1)
Landy	203	(1)
Cappelletti/Hamilton/Helms	204	(1)
Hello	204	(3)
Defending Against the Artificial Forcing Opening of One Club	207	(7)
Intruder's Exercises	214	(3)
Answers	217	(4)
When they Intrude	221	(40)
The Law of Total Tricks	222	(12)
Marty Bergen
Lebensohl	234	(1)
Lebensohl After Interference Over an Opening One Notrump Bid	235	(5)
The McCabe Adjunct	240	(2)
Lebensohl After the Double of a Weak Two Bid	242	(2)
The Good-Bad Two Notrump	244	(1)
The Support Double and Redouble	245	(1)
The Maximal Overcall Double	246	(2)
The Responsive Double Facing a Negative Double	248	(1)
The Exclusion Double	249	(2)
Flip-Flop	251	(1)
Hardy Raises After Interference	252	(3)
Exercises to Combat Intrusion	255	(4)
Answers	259	(2)
Slam Bidding	261	(27)
Control Responses to the Opening Bid of Two Clubs	261	(1)
The Serious Three Notrump Slam Try	262	(4)
Eddie Wold
Roman Gerber	266	(2)
Roman Key Card Blackwood	268	(4)
Kickback	272	(1)
Using Four of the Agreed Minor as RKC	272	(2)
Showing Voids in Response to RKC	274	(1)
Combating Interference in RKC Auctions	275	(1)
Exclusion RKC	275	(1)
Slam Tries After Stayman Finds a Fit	275	(2)
Walsh Relays	277	(3)
A Refinement for the Grand Slam Force	280	(1)
Walsh Asking Bids	281	(4)
Slam Bidding Exercises	285	(2)
Answers	287	(1)
FINAL EXERCISES	288	(31)
Answers	306	(13)
Index	319