Workshop Notes - Short Club Two

When Responder either wants you to play in Diamonds or has an invitational hand with 11 points, after you have opened One of a Minor.

1C/1D P 1H/1S P 

1NT     P 2C ALERT “Bid 2D Partner” P

2D        P Responder  EITHER NOW 

1. PASSes - Responder wants you to play in DIAMONDS

OR 2. Responder has 11 points exactly and wants to further describe their hand

Responder’s rebid after originally showing 4 Spades:

1C/1D P 1S P 

1NT     P 2C ALERT “Bid 2D Partner” P

2D        P ?

2H - 11 HCPs and 5 Spades & 4 Hearts

2S - 11 HCPs and 5 Spades

2NT - 11 HCPs and balanced (ie 4 hearts, 4 spades, 3 clubs, 2 diamonds)

3C - 11 HCPs and 5 Clubs & 4 Spades

3D - 11 HCPs and 5 Diamonds & 4 Spades

3H - 11 HCPs and 5 Spades & 5 Hearts

3S - 11 HCPs and 6 Spades

Responder‘s rebid after originally showing 4 Hearts:

1C/1D P 1H P 

1NT     P 2C ALERT “Bid 2D Partner”

2D        P ?

2H - 11 HCPs and 5 Hearts

2S - 11 HCPs and 5 Hearts & 4 Spades

2NT - 11 HCPs and balanced

3C - 11 HCPs and 5 Clubs & 4 Hearts

3D - 11 HCPs and 5 Diamonds & 4 Hearts

3H - 11 HCPs and 6 Hearts

3S - 11 HCPs and “have you got Spade Stops Partner for NT?” 

Q. Why invite with 11 and not 10 (If we are interested in 3NT with 24 points)?

A. The really good 14 point balanced opening hands are  likely to be have been upgraded with our strong 1NT (good 14)15-17

Unlike the Acol Dustbin (6-9)Bid:

1H  P 1NT promises 5-11 HCPs AND less than 3 Card Support in our Major AND denies 4 spades.

If Opener’s Rebid is a minor AND we have good support for that minor AND points at the top end of our range, we want to show it.

We can show whether the 1NT response is at the thin end 5/6/7/8  or thick end 9/10/11 of our response range using ‘the impossible bid’.

Thick end - 1H P 1NT P 2C P 2S (impossible as already denied spades!) Shows support for Clubs and good Points.

Thin end - 1H P 1NT P 2C P 3C Shows support for Clubs and weaker Points.