Note that if opener has to show his strong suit at the three-level, the bid is technically non-forcing, but responder should still strain to bid. Also what are the sequences after a 2 Club opener, which i am told shows a "strong two" in any of the four suits? For less experienced players I would suggest a sequence 2♦ - 2♥ - 3♠ - 4♠ - less precise but simpler. c)   1♠ - 2♠ - …..4♠. Over this bid, opener responds: a) if a strong single-suited hand, bid the suit. Similar to (f), but half a trick better and North is having a good day - so 6â™. 2-2-4-5 1 ; – then 2 next – not “longest suit first”. When partner opens 1♥ or 1♠, he promises at least five cards in the suit. Responses to 2 ♣. 3 ♣ can be used for some weak hand that can't be covered by any of the puppets. This usually (90%) means that Diamond openings are 4+ cards long unless the distribution is exactly 4-4-3-2. A true negative, saying we don't have game and let's stop as soon as we can, requires 3 or less HCP. I actually prefer to reverse the 3♦ and 3♥ bids, since it gives responder an extra cue-bid in the rare situations where a slam is contemplated (but this is not standard). 3NT – shows specifically AKQ of the suit. a)♠ AKQ10863b)♠ AQ97c)♠ AQ976d)♠ 7e)♠ K64. Cue-bids (4♣, 4♦, 4♠) and some form of Blackwood lead to the grand slam (players unfamiliar with cue-bids should still reach the small slam). d)   2♠ - pass. 2NT — fairly balanced, 8 or more HCP. If partner had passed your 1♦ you would probably have been no worse off. deny the opponents bidding space when they possibly hold the balance of points. Proponents consider that a Benji 2 ♦ bid on 23+ or a game forcing hand is too infrequent (about 0.2% of hands) to use up a whole opening bid. when he is bust and you are 25+). 2NT response. b)   balanced 19-20 points. 2♠response to 1NT, and also discuss the responses to other no-trump bids. The negative bid is now 2♥ negative, other bids are game forcing. Responder can then sign off in any of opener's suits or bid on. 8 trumps in the two hands combined is considered a fit, so you need at least 3 card support for a minimum fit. Support for spades, weak, but good shape, so pre-empt further (opposition could be making a slam in a minor). I admit this does not take much skill and is much easier than responder trying to place the hand. This is only available for the spade suit if playing reverse Benji. You make a bid that tells partner both the good news about your fit and how many points you have. 2NT = Shortage ask. Despite 15 points, there is no fit with partner. Since the two diamond bid is game forcing…the auction might go something like… 2 ♦ – 2 ♥; 3 ♦ – 3 ♥; 3NT – Pass; So 3 ♥ could be a 5+ card suit but can also be a negative…as you don’t want the weak hand to play it out in 3NT as they might only have game if they are playing it out. Defined 2 or 2 showing (10)11-14 hp, 5+ hearts and exactly 4 spades. Superficially South appears to favour 3NT, but opposite a maximum weak-two but a poor suit (shown with 3♥), it is safer to play in the game contract. 2♣ - strong single-suited hand, or 19-20 points, balanced. 2 Diamonds Waiting. Partner Opens 2 ♥, what do you respond Hand 1. A new suit response. in a minor. It’s easier to make nine tricks rather than ten. It will be too hard to show this hand after starting with 2; I'll risk that it doesn't go 1-P-P-P. The strong single-suited hand is equivalent to a hand suitable for a two-level opening playing traditional Acol (including clubs – not directly available playing traditional Acol) i.e. If playing Strong two bids then 2 shows around 21+ points and 6+ diamonds. (2) The total value of all current, active orders including all priced options under indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, 8(a), or requirements contracts (including task and delivery and multiple-award Schedules). Opener then bids the suit below the shortage (3 ♠ with ♣ shortage). In response opener can support, ‘pass’, or revert to 3 . Having found a major suit fit, you don't look for fits in a different suit. I certainly like to be able to open a weak two in the majors, but I also like strong Acol type twos in the majors. and [5] control showing. The ‘weak-two’ approach to bidding is popular for two main reasons. Whilst this may seem easier to learn, it is technically less sound (see Appendix). South is interested in game, so enquires with 2NT. Opener then bids the suit below the shortage (3. North shows his good club suit, South shows his useful spade suit, and North bids the obvious game. This is of less consequence if the negative was 2♦ - as is the case with Ordinary Benji. Essentially a six-card suit, 5 - 9 points non-vulnerable, 6 - 10 points vulnerable. It is used in combination with the strong two clubs bid and is a form of preemptive bid. You can play what you like and I discuss the best range for your system later. Final Environmental Impact Report for the Diamond Bar Draft General Plan 2040 and Draft Climate Action Plan Chapter 3: Responses to Comments 3-3 Table 3-1: Response to Comments Matrix Comment ID Comment Response Agencies A1 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT A1-1 October 17, 2019 Grace Lee, Senior Planner City of Diamond Bar Planning Division 21810 Copley Drive Diamond Bar, CA … Unless opener rebids 2NT (balanced, 23–24 HCP, which may be passed), the sequence is forcing to game. Bridge Responses Opening 1 Heart Spade Major. 2 Clubs openning is used for unbalanced hands with at least 20 HCP and 2 Diamonds openning is used for very strong hands with 23+ HCP in any distribution. With a strong hand responder now bids the shortage suit and things take off. Some players advocate not opening a weak-two with another four-card major. Similar to b), 19 points qualifies for a 2♦ followed by 2NT, but the good 5-card spade suit and the poor club suit make the 1♠ opening more attractive. Responder then bids as if partner has opened a strong 2, but the added advantage is that he can 'pass' opener's response. There is a rather better/more complex variant based on this scheme which also includes 4441 type hands but I'll leave that 'till a later date. c)   With some support and 15+ points there is a possibility of game. However after the 3♣ response (lower range, poor quality) settles for 3♠, probably losing two spades and two diamonds. 2C shows 8 playing tricks in any suit or a balanced 19-20. The 3♥ bid is forcing for one round and partner is happy to show support. I have sussed out that 2 Hearts and 2 Spades Openings are weak and am happy 3♦ - lower range (5,6 points non-vul; 6,7 points vul); good quality suit. I totally agree (in a competition with weaker opposition). 2 ♠ is a puppet to 2NT. The responses to 2 ♣are: 2♦ No four-card major 2♥ Four hearts (does not deny four spades). In 3 rd seat 2♦ would be acceptable as it's opposite a passed partner. g)   2♦ - 2♦♥ - 3♠ - 4♥ - 6♠. h)   2♥ - 4♥. With four-card fit and a singleton bid 4♥ or 4♠. This page is auto-generated by the Bernard Magee Bridge website. Reverse with 17+ [1 . b)   A change of suit should be considered as forcing for one round - good hand (15+ points), (5)6-card suit. The 2NT shows 19-20. strong minor with a secondary four-card major) at the one-level – i.e. Benjamin 2-Bids are strong artificial bids used to show near game or game-going hands. Responses to Solicitation FFAH-C2-990235-B Refresh: 24 It’s often preferable to support the weak-two trump suit on even sub-minimum support. Responder should not be showing points, as they know opener's points and can therefore just decide to bid game or not. 3♥ - upper range (8,9 points non-vul; 9,10 points vul); poor quality suit. I simply don't see the problem, open 1, Popular in Europe, not so popular in the States. Benjaminised Acol (named after Albert Benjamin), is a ‘weak-two’ approach to bidding. Benji diamond. 4 'quick tricks', and; 8+ playing tricks for hearts or spades, 8½ playing tricks for clubs and diamonds. (a) Weak Hands with Two Four-Card Majors Hand D ♠Q 7 8 2 ♥Q 9 6 3 ♦J 9 6 5 3 ♣Void If your diamond suit is long enough to allow you reasonably to pass the 2 ♦ response, then you can use Stayman. 127 likes. This is the reason players usually wait until they are more experienced before playing Benj Two Level openers. b)   2♣ - 2♦ - 2NT – 3♣ - 3♠ - 3NT. Weak Two opening bids are announcable simply as weak. 2. The term refers to an opening bid, and is not to be confused with the "weak jump overcall", which denotes a similar type of hand, but is bid over an … You bid 2 diamonds - signalling partner that their next bid must be the heart suit suit - i.e.the next highest ranked suit up from diamonds. 2♥, 2♠, 3♣, 3♦ - a good 5+ card suit (6 at the 3-level), and 1½ 'quick tricks'. If partner bids 2NT, bid game in your suit if you are maximum (8-9) or a minimum rebid with less. f)♠ AJ10752g)♠ KJ5432h)♠ 54i)♠ 84. f)   2♠ - 3♥ - 4♥. There is some merit in this, in that if partner has a four-card fit with the major it will be more difficult to play at game level in the four-four fit. Firstly the frequency of hands is much greater than the traditional Acol strong 2 bid. with three-card or a flattish four-card support bid 3♥ or 3♠). This is then followed by exactly the same responses to a direct 2NT  (Stayman, transfers etc.). Response 2NT relay with either .. 3 / =min splinter 3 =min 4522 3 =46xx 3NT=4522 max 4 / =max-void Responding to Strong 2 level Openings Partner opens 2 ♦ (23+ points - game force) 1. It is an artificial bid and you don’t promise any diamonds. 9 playing tricks – non-forcing (but very rarely passed). This is the same as the Acol 2♣ opening bid i.e. b)   in Reverse Benji, with the usual 2♥ negative, opener is forced to the three-level to show his strong heart suit (which is then non-forcing). Let us start with Stayman. Opener should never raise 3♥/♠ to 4♥/â™. The first requirement for a response is to have 6 DP or more for a response at the 1 level, and 10+ HCP for a minimum response at the 2 level. I am strongly against step or control responses (they take up too much space and often wrong-side the contract). Double in the second level is Responsive but is penalty in the third level. . With a strong hand responder now bids the shortage suit and things take off. You need to know whether you are responding to a strong or a weak hand in your partner's hand, and you need to know whether to give a positive or a negative response to partners … The quality of the seven-card spade suit is unsuitable for a three-level pre-empt, so bid 2♠. New suit at minimum level Either 8-9 playing tricks in an unspecified suit or a balanced 23-24. pre-emptive (gambling 3NT); long solid minor, nothing outside. Since weak-twos are pre-emptive, the usual response is to pass (in the 11-14 point range), but there are three other types of response to an opening weak-two: a)   With some support (doubleton honour or three cards) and weak (i.e. You should have 5+ diamonds and 10-12 SP for 3¨, 13-14 for 4¨ and 15+ for 5¨. However it still manages to retain the equivalent of the Acol strong 2 bids by a slightly roundabout way. Responder should not pass to 2 Clubs and 2 Diamonds … Excellent                                 Possible                                   Unsuitable, AK9843                                  KJ7432                                   Q87432, KQJ632                                  A109532                                 J106432, AJ10752                                 QJ8642                                   1098765, QJ10632                                 K107632, KJ10863                                 J109743 (non-vul). Against The responses to 2 cramps the bidding of big hands, especially those holding heart suits See "reverse Benji" below. Fortunately, this was all solved by Albert Benjamin. This means that a direct 2NT opening bid should be 21-22 points (see Note 1). Traditionally before playing transfers responder holding a 5-card major suit you'd bid two, three or four of that suit depending on your strength. Normally the weak-two refers to a major, but it is becoming common to include a weak diamond suit. (In practical terms most people would open the ‘possibles’ with a weak-two). Diamond support: Bid your strength if you can, otherwise pass or double. Responses are alertable unless natural. The multi certainly is a formidable weapon. 2 Club Opening Bid: 2 Clubs shows 8+ Quick Tricks in an unspecified suit or 21-22 HCP or 25-26 HCP and a balanced hand. 2 ] With 3 – 3 or 4 – 4 or 4 – 3 or 3 - 4 in the minors, we open 1 Club. 3 ♦ is a transfer to hearts. I couldn't stand the thought of 1-P-P-P. Positive response is anything other suit, … I understand that 2 Diamonds replaces the traditional Acol 2 Clubs (Game force or 23plus balanced), but what are the reponses to 2 Diamonds? If partner bids 2NT, bid game in your suit if you are maximum (8-9) or a minimum rebid with less. This sometimes allows the opener to take control and place the hand. 2♥, 2♠ - weak 6 (or 7) card suit, 5-9 points non-vul, 6-10 points vul. (With a long minor and a secondary major, consider opening at the one-level – see example). With eight playing tricks in spades, North opens 2♦ and shows the spade suit after his partner’s 2♥. (with the ‘middle’ of the range make a judgment. Forcing. Do not delete this page or put it to Trash. The 2 diamond response has not shown a weak hand and if you bid 3H, partner will play you for more than this! I would not open 2 with this "22" count: AKJ2 AKJ2 2 AQ32. 3♣ is Stayman looking for a possible 4-4 heart fit (with more experience you should adopt a ‘five-card Stayman’ approach). The weak two bid is a common treatment used in the game of contract bridge, where an opening bid of two diamonds, hearts or spades signifies a weak hand with a long suit. The only forcing responses are . c)   2♥ - 2NT – 3♦ – 4♥. Responses. 2 ♦ – 2 … Whereas playing Acol strong 2’s, the bidding would go 2♦ - 2NT – 2♥ - 3♥ - 4♥. This system is also known as Benjaminised Acol or Benji. South is good enough to bid his own spade suit and North shows some support (after South’s own spade suit bid you are in a game forcing situation, so take the bidding slowly). e)   2♣ - 2♠ - 3♠ - 4♣ - 4♦ - 4♠ - 4NT… – eventually 7♠ or 7NT. 2 ♦ - the negative – this is the usual response. g)   2♠ - 3NT. 3♣ - lower range (5,6 points non-vul; 6,7 points vul); poor quality suit. South knows he is going to game, but after the 3♦ response (lower range, good quality), he deems 4♥ preferable to 3NT despite only having a singleton. 2♦ - strong (23+ points) balanced, or game forcing hand (same as Acol 2♣, but if single suited probably 9½ tricks). North isn’t interested (remember partner has shown a negative at his first bid). Opener can jump the bidding to show even stronger hands (but not strong enough for a 2♦ opening) (e.g. 1 As an opening 2 As a response 2.1 As a response to a 1 opening 2.2 As a response to a 1 opening 2.3 As a response to a major suit opening 2.4 As a response to 1NT opening 2.5 As a response to 2 opening 3 As an overcall If playing Weak two bids then 2 shows 5-11 points and 6+ diamonds. In the following bidding auctions, the responder shows a Negative response: 2C … A new suit response ; 2NT response ; If partner changes suit, support that suit if possible. Their reasoning is that a bid at the two level should be either totally weak or totally strong. As I said, there are numerous variants of Benjamin twos, but I prefer this one because you never have to bid 3NT (this leaves partner the option of Stayman and transfers etc. The 2D response is usually played as a negative bid. Announcing and Alerting Benji Bids. Other responses as over 1NT. You’ve still got to keep bidding to game but at least your partner won’t be expecting anything from you. Responder lacks the strength for a positive response. 2. Minimum point requirements are even higher for bidding after an interfering bid. However I suggest that you soon progress to a five-card Stayman approach over any 2NT. The opener can correct the response by: 1. passing the bid suit or corrects to the other suit with a minimum values, or. Partner is almost certain to have the ♠K, and even if he doesn’t he should have an alternative king to enable the spade finesse. 9 playing tricks – non-forcing (generally an unbalanced hand). If you are still desperate to include strong twos in your system but. a)   in Reverse Benji, with the usual 2♥ negative response, this potentially ‘wrong-sides’ the eventual contract if opener has the strong heart suit option. Variant Some prefer 2 game forcing with 2 as the Acol Two. Playing Benjamin twos, the traditional 2. 3♠ - upper range (8,9 points non-vul; 9,10 points vul); good quality suit. RESPONSES TO OPENINGS OF 1© / 1ª. This does not apply if using Ordinary Benji. You should raise to the level of the fit (i.e. This shows a disadvantage of the Benji approach (the situation is no different if playing Reverse Benji). In 3NT you effectively need to run nine tricks immediately. Flannery 2 Diamonds or 2 Hearts: Flannery isn't really a weak two as it show opening values. Over this bid, opener responds: a)   if a strong single-suited hand, bid the suit. A weak two in diamonds is much more common (1.2%). One typical scheme is: -, There are numerous common meanings for a 2, This is a 6 card suit and usually 6-10 points. For example if the point count contains an unsupported Jack, devalue the hand). Inexperienced opponents cannot cope with a mixture. Obviously opener raises to game if, So what point range is best for your Roman 2, Consider these two hands. 2NT is a puppet to 3 ♣. Basically, a 2. An invitational (limit) raise for either major. You will meet players who play Reverse Benji where the 2 # and 2" bids are reversed and others who use 2 # as their only strong opening bid at the two level with all others being weak. 2 Clubs openning is one tour, 2 Diamonds openning is a game forcing. 1. There is no strict point range, but generally 15+. Suppose that you play a strong NT system, then you open Hand 1 with 1, But Hand 2 is a problem; you cannot rebid 1NT as that would show 12-14 points. The opposition could double 3♠ for take-out, but this takes the opposition beyond 3NT (which they may ‘punt’, and this will probably be a disaster), They may even make a minor slam. For this reason, consider opening this type of hand (i.e. However, its use against less experienced opponents is perhaps suspect. You do this by by bidding “cheaper minor” called a 'double negative'. This style is awkward for hearts and I'd recommend my ParadoX Advances if you play this. A variation of the Multi 2, Another quite popular treatment for an opening 2. Traditionally, the other responses show points and high cards. With a ‘lower range; good quality’ response (3♦), the opposite hand should be aware that there may be entry problems to the weak-two hand, should he decide to play in no-trumps. South having genuine spade support, cue-bids ♥A. It has been banned at some levels by some Bridge unions. I also like to include the option of a seven-card suit which denies two of the top three honours (conversely I only open 3♥ or 3♠ with a seven-card suit and two of the top three honours). c)   you can readily show extra tricks in either hearts or spades playing ordinary Benji – 2♣ - 2♦ - 3♥/♠. If you bid 2 hearts, this signals partner that their next bid must be the spade suit. Secondly, it follows the modern trend in bridge to be destructive rather than constructive – i.e. Responder can then sign off in any of opener's suits or bid on. If partner changes suit, support that suit if possible. Appendix - Advantages Of Benji v Reverse Benji After partner rebids 2H or 2S, bid 3C. There are a multitude of variants of the multi! You can play any variation of Benjamin twos with Standard American, 2/1or any natural system. A Q 3 2 K 2--. b)   2♠ - 2NT – 3♣ – 3♠. Responses: I can think of at least five different response agreements: [1] just waiting, always 2D waiting, [2] waiting unless you have 7+ and a five card suit to bid or 10+ for NT response, [3] 2D game forcing, with A or K or for some QQ, 2H is not GF, 2S is spades, 2NT is five card heart suit and some points/stoppers [4] steps - 2D = 0-3, 2H=4-6, 2S=7-8, etc. Playing Benji, the bidding would go 2♣ - 2♦ - 3♦ - pass (East doesn’t perceive any game prospects). 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