Convention: WHIRLWIND Part I by GS Jade Barrett

  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      

1

1

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

Copyright 13 JAN 02