Conventions: Asking Pedro Branco

Thursday, March 20th 2014
How far is 3 forcing in this auction?
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Pedro Branco, 1989 World Champion
Yesterday we published an article where Eric Kokish answered the question in this way: Click Here.
Today we will tell you how Pedro Branco, 1989 World Champion, from Brazil, likes to play this sequence:
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– Dbl = takeout, 10+
– 2NT = 5+ with stopper in
or support in
, invitation or better
– 3 = 5+
, invitation or better
– 3 = Heart support invitation or better.
– 3 = competitive, normally 7-9, 4-card supp
– 3 = Long club suit GF, without stopper in
or supp in
– 3NT = to play
– 4 /4
= splinter
– 4 = to play, weak hand
– 4NT = RKC
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– Dbl = takeout, 10+
– 2 = normal supp
– 2NT = 5+ with stopper in
or supp in
, invitation or better
– 3 = 5+
, invitation or better
– 3 = support in
invitation or better
– 3 = Long
suit GF, without supp in
or stopper in
– 3 = 4-card supp preemptive
– 3NT = to play
– 4 /4
/4
= splinter
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