Convention: WHIRLWIND Part I by GS Jade Barrett

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30 octubre, 2013

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Invented by GS Jade Barrett June 1991, this has proven to be a very successful Strong Club Defense. Derived from Featherston, a NT defense co-developed by Norm Featherston and GS Jade Barrett.

WHIRLWIND PART I

Used whenever 1 is forcing:

1	DBL	13+ semibalanced or balanced
1	1	Diamonds and Hearts 13-
		OR Diamonds and Clubs 10-17
1	1	Hearts and Spades 13-
		OR Hearts and Diamonds 10 – 17
1	1	Spades and Clubs 13-
		OR Spades and Hearts 10 – 17
1	2	Clubs and Diamonds 13-
		OR Clubs and Spades 10 – 17
1	1NT	Hearts and Clubs OR Spades and Diamonds

Suit bids of 2 and Higher are Natural, 2NT shows a VERY unbalanced hand in which the lower ranking suit is at least 6 cards in length.

After a suit overcall, a NT bid asks partner to describe his hand.

The NT bidder promises at least a constructive 10+

I.E.	1	1	Pass 1NT
	Pass	2	+ with Short Club 10 – 17
		2	+ 12 – 17 with no shortness.
		2	+ 13 or less
		2	+ with Short Spade 10 – 17

	1	1	Pass 1NT
	Pass	2	+ 13 or less
		2	+ with Short Diamond 10 – 17
		2	+ with NO shortness 13 – 17
		2	+ with Club Shortness 10 – 17

How would sequences after

Pass

1NT

Work?

Here are a few sample hands:

A Q 4 3 J T 9 7 2 8 7 3 6	A K J 7 2 Q T 8 7 3 K 4 9	4 3 K J 5 4 3 8 AQT43

5 4 3 Q 7 5 3 A J 8 6 4 3	Q 7 3 4 K Q 8 7 J T 9 8 2	T 9 8 3 K 2 A J T 5 4 3 A

K Q T A 7 Q J T 9 K J 3 2	A 2 T 9 8 7 4 3 2 8 7 3 4	Q 4 J 9 7 A K J 8 7 5 3 2 6

What action does each hand take over a forcing club? To be continued….

GS Jade Barrett