There are subtle elements to bidding that may not be easy to detect when you are just starting out.
Here are two auctions.
Both auctions conclude with South bidding 3
. Can you tell the difference? In the first, South had a hand worth a jump (limit) raise to 3 but he did not have the requisite four trumps in the modern style. The only way to show that hand is to bid 1NT as a one-round force, then make the jump bid, describing a hand with three-card spade support and limit-raise (game invitational) values.
As for the second auction, South’s bid of 3 says only that he had enough to keep the bidding open and that he likes spades better than hearts. South is showing a relatively weak hand with two-card spade support at best. With modest values and at least three spades, South would have made a simple raise in spades rather than bidding 1NT.
In the case of the second auction, 3 is not a raise, it is a Click Here to continue Reading