The Jacoby 2NT bridge

Taken a weak hand with 5 cards (6-AT865 Q54 JT32) begins to opener with 1 h. responders may support and the right offer 4 H. responders may at other times, the "real thing" (6-AT86 AJ54 KQJ2). It can not be to offer 4 H with both hands, so many couples to show a 2NT-Antwort on 1 of a major dealing with:

Values go game (13 + TPS), and
-4 + Card support
Or
-Better than game values (16 + TPS), and
-3 - Card support

This way opener can reasonably prospects for slam beurteilen.Die 2NT-Antwort keeps the auction are enough for the commandments page your assets continue to discuss before erreicht.Von of particular importance for the Trump slams the 4 stage is the location of the Engpässe.Hier is a frequently played structure:

O: R
1 S: 2NT
3 C = Club deficiency (Singleton, or void)
3D = diamond deficiency
3 H = heart deficiency
3S = non-minimum, no lack
3NT balanced = maximum (18-19)
4 C / D / H = 5 card suit
4S = minimum, not a defect.

Responders can evaluate their participation and to encourage opener's deficiency cue bid to discourage slam or sign-off in 4 large.For example, includes South:

KQ42
9854
Q6
AK3

And partner sounds 1S.Sie bids 2NT, open support and game values and North point 3 P.m., a lack of bids in heart zeigen.Mit no wasted values in heart South can cue bid their club ACE partners towards slam promote. in contrast to kept if South:

AK43
KQ54
Q6
765

And the auction started the same way: 1s: 2NT: 3 H (lack of), South's heart values seem wasted and to say the South in 4S can unsubscribe.

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