Stafford Bridge Club: EBU Affiliated, Penkridge, Stafford

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2023 Level 4 changes and 2022 Announcing/ Alerting Rules

See David's 2023 summary of Level 4 2023 changes, see complete revised Blue Book.

Some changes in the EBU announcing/alerting September 2022. David drew up a summary of the 2022 changes for directors.

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Trial Bids

Game Try bids, Cue bids, Opposition suit bids

.From one of Robin's lessons in 2017

1) What is a game try bid?

You	Opposition	Partner	Opposition
You open 1 of a suit	Pass	2 of that suit	Pass
i.e.
1♠	Pass	2♠	Pass

A new suit is a request to Partner!
1♠ 3♣		2♠		This bid asks Partner what his holding in the club suit is, and is called a trial bid (a Game Try). It will always have 3+ clubs. It will be made on an opener's hand such as: ♠ A Q 7 4 2 ♥ A 10 ♦ A J 10 ♣ 7 4 2 Partner will help the conversation by bidding as follows:
1♠ 3♣		2♠ 3♠ (sign off)		Responder Hand 1: ♠ K 7 2 ♥ 7 5 4 ♦ K 6 4 2 ♣ 8 6 5 minimum, only 3 card spade support, 3 losing clubs. You do not want to be in game

1♠ 3♣		2♠ **3♥		Responder Hand 2**: ♠ K 9 8 4 ♥ 6 ♦ K 8 7 ♣ 10 9 8 5 3 8 losers; you should have bid 3S over 1S. So now, bid 3♥ – a feature – probably a singleton, showing a suitable hand, and telling partner that you want to be in game.

1♠ 3♣		2♠ 3♠ (sign off)		Responder Hand 3: ♠ 10 9 8 3 ♥ K Q 4 ♦ 5 ♣ 8 6 5 3 Again, a minimum, but with 8 losers. However, this time, they are the wrong 8 losers. If partner had bid 3♦ (seeking help in the diamond suit), you would have bid 4S direct.

1♠ 3♣		2♠ 4♠ (bid game)		Responder Hand 4: ♠ J 10 9 8 5 ♥ K 10 8 ♦ 8 7 6 4 ♣ 6 The singleton club is sufficient to jump to 4S. Although you have got 9 losers, you have a decent 5 Card trump suit. When Partner makes a game try/trial bid, your best possible holding is a singleton, In the suit of the trial bid.

1♠ 3♣		2♠ ****4♠		Responder Hand 5 : ♠ J 10 9 8 5 ♥ 6 ♦ 8 7 6 4 2 ♣ A K **** With only 7 losers, you should NOT have only bid 2S on this hand. You should have bid 4♠ directly. So, obviously, you would bid 4♠ now.

1♠ 3♣		2♠ 4♠ (On general values)		Responder Hand 6 : ♠ K J 10 6 ♥ 8 7 6 3 ♦ K Q 7 ♣ 5 2 This was a very good 8 loser hand, with all the points working – K J of trumps excellent, the King and Queen are in the same suit, also a strong holding. You can see 10 tricks – 5 trumps, a ♥, 3♦s and a ♣ ruff in dummy.

Also.
1♠ 3♣	2♣	2♠	Pass	Equally, this bid of the enemy suit is also a game try, again it should be made on a similar hand to the one above.

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