Conventions: Asking Pedro Branco

Thursday, March 20th 2014

How far is 3 forcing in this auction?

West	North	East	South
1	2	3

Yesterday we published an article where Eric Kokish answered the question in this way: [ilink url=”http://csbnews.org/new/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:

West	North	East	South
1	2	?

– 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

West	North	East	South
1	2	?

– 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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