Bridge is for Everyone - Learn to Play #22 - After Jacoby

[@mmetz105]

I enjoy your videos. What if you make a Jacoby xfer into your 6 card major, how do you bid after opener accepts the transfer?

[@jadbridge]

Hi. Good question. Because Partner opened NT you know they have a balanced hand. So, they must have at least 2 of your suit. This means you have a fit. You can pass or rebid your suit at a level according to your partnership total points.

[@mmetz105]

@@jadbridge thank you!

[@jedimage90]

Hi Jad, absolutely amazing tutorials. Got a question: At 11:40 we apply J process and bid 3C. What would've happened if we hadn't have 4 clubs, let's assume we had 2 diamonds? Would you bid 4S?

[@jadbridge]

Hi. If you only had 3 clubs and you had 2 diamonds, your hand would be balanced and you would bid 2NT. You have already told Partner that you have 5 spades. You can’t bid spades again unless partner bids them to show a fit. Cheers.

[@bogdanflorea9602]

Jad, are you also covering the Drury convention ?

[@jadbridge]

Hi Bogdan. I will be covering Drury, but in the extensions playlist, not the learn to play. I am a big fan of Drury, but it can result in catastrophes if both partners are not ready for it.

[@bogdanflorea9602]

Jad, what if I want to tranfer on Clubs? What's inferior to Clubs? Double or Redouble?

[@jadbridge]

Hi Bogan. I love your enthusiasm. This is the topic of the next video in the series #23

[@bogdanflorea9602]

@@jadbridge i am enthusiastic that I finally met a good bridge teacher . Where I m living i couldnt find any 😂

[@JD-pb2mz]

Hello M Delokk, for the deal #236, would you have bid the same way with no points or with the points in the short suits? Thank you

[@jadbridge]

Hi JD. With 8+ points you would bid the same. It doesn’t matter where they are. But with less points, you would transfer to one of your major suits and then pass. This is a rescue from 1NT. You would pick your longer and then stronger major. In this case both are the same length and similar strength, so pick either.

[@JD-pb2mz]

Sounds good! Thank you M Delokk!! @@jadbridge

[@khuntankrub]

11:53 Just to be clear, are all new suit bids always forcing? Are there any exceptions?

[@jadbridge]

Hi. Here are the specifics. Once you pass, you cannot make a forcing bid. Otherwise, if Partner opens 1 of a suit, then a new suit bid by you is forcing. When you bid a second time, then another new suit is still forcing. A new suit bid by the Opener is not forcing. Forcing in these cases means Forcing for one round of bidding only.

[@khuntankrub]

​Does it mean that forcing applies only to all responder's new bids (without the partnership having passed before)? Are there instances where a new bid suit by Opener is forcing?

[@jadbridge]

@@khuntankrub In Standard bidding there are no forcing bids by opener. The reason for this is that opener is describing their hand quite accurately. So, Responder is in charge of continuing or stopping the bidding. Opener can only stop if Responder’s bid allows it.

[@khuntankrub]

Hi. I am trying to piece them together, a list of what is forcing and what isn't. Can you please correct my understanding? Forcing bids: 1. Jump shift by opener is forcing? 2. Responder's bid of a new suit is forcing. 3. StayJac is forcing. Non Forcing bids: a) rebid of own suit. b)support for partner's suit. c)opener' suit change.

[@jadbridge]

@@khuntankrub Yes I can help. 1. Jump shift by opener is not forcing, but very unlikely for responder to pass. 2. Responder’s new suit is only forcing if responder has not previously passed. 3. Stayman & Jacoby transfers along with minor suit transfers are all forcing, because they use artificial bids. Bidding a suit which has already been bid is never forcing. This includes rebidding your own or rebidding Partner’s suit. And yes, new suit by opener is not forcing. Please note: all bids that start a convention, like Gerber or Blackwood are also forcing.

[@khuntankrub]

16:45 Is it not possible that partner has only 2 cards in Spades? Since there cannot be more than 2 doubletons, if partner has 4 cards in other suits he would had bid that with the J process, thus there should be min 3 cards in his spades suit? Is this the correct way to analyse?

[@jadbridge]

Hi. I look at it from a different point of view. Because Partner opened 1NT, he has a balanced hand, so at most one doubleton. You have shown 5S and 5H, so if Partner’s doubleton is in one of these suits, the other must have at least 3 cards, which is a fit. If Partner had only 2 Spades, then he would have a heart fit and bid Hearts instead. Also note that Partner’s 2H bid is forced by your diamond bid. There is no opportunity for him to bid his own suit, so the J process isn’t used.

[@khuntankrub]

I sorted according with a pack of cards and you are absolutely correct. It is because of the limited shapes of 1NT that there have to be a fit. How long do I need to develop this card sense to be second nature?

[@jadbridge]

@@khuntankrub Handling physical cards is the best way to develop this intuitive feeling. If you can practice with them, it won’t take long.

[@mollyb321utube]

Awesome! I finally get it!

[@jadbridge]

Thanks Molly. You made my day.