Thursday, March 20th 2014
How far is 3
forcing in this auction?
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Yesterday we published an article where Eric Kokish answered the question in this way: [ilink url=»http://csbnews.org/conventions-asking-eric-kokish/?lang=en»]Click Here[/ilink].
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