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Means exactly 5 cards in bid major suit and 4+ unspecified minor suit with 5 – 10 HCP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responder options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partner’s responses are all non-forcing with the exception of an artificial 2NT or 3\"D\" reply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Response<\/th>Meaning<\/th><\/tr>
Pass<\/td>Natural.
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2\"S\"<\/td>In response to a 2\"H\" opening bid only. Natural and non-forcing, showing at least a 6-card suit.
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2NT<\/td>15+ points, artificial and asking for opener’s minor. Please see full description in the next section.
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3\"C\"<\/td>Support for either minor and asks opener to pass or correct. Denies support for opener’s major.
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3\"D\"<\/td>Artificial, showing 3+ card support with game-invitational strength. Opener is expected to sign off at 3-level with a weak hand, or bid game with a maximum.
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3\"H\"\/\"S\"<\/td>A single raise shows 3+ card support and is non-forcing.
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3NT<\/td>Natural, signoff.
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4\"H\"\/\"S\"<\/td>Natural, signoff. A jump raise may be weak or strong, the same as with a conventional\u00a0weak two bid.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Opener’s Rebids After 2NT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Responder’s 2NT is strong and artificial, representing a variety of possible hands. It asks opener to show his minor suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responder may be genuinely interested in identifying the correct minor suit strain. Or he may have game or slam aspirations in the major suit, and simply wants to know more about opener’s hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After hearing 2NT, opener may bid as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rebid<\/th>Meaning<\/th><\/tr>
3\"C\"<\/td>Natural with minimum strength.
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3\"D\"<\/td>Natural with minimum strength.
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3\"H\"<\/td>Clubs with maximum strength. Forcing.
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3\"S\"<\/td>Diamonds with maximum strength. Forcing.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Means exactly 5 cards in bid major suit and 4+ unspecified minor suit with 5 – 10 HCP. Responder options: Partner’s responses are all non-forcing with the exception of an artificial 2NT or 3 reply. Response Meaning Pass Natural. 2 In response to a 2 opening bid only. Natural and non-forcing, showing at least a 6-card suit. 2NT […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171,"href":"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79\/revisions\/171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}