Splitter - bridge, slam

North: 1s
South: 4 d

North: 1 H
South: 4 C.

North: 1 H
South: 3s

The standard meaning for a double jump response in a new suit is a pre empt.Nachdem partner who opened it is attractive to the four stages vorgreifen.Sie can best place the 3NT General is verfehlen.Im anticipate it of limited use to a starting bid, because the opponents are unlikely that give the commandments sowieso.anstelle of out, your pre empt is closing own page of valuable bids deprive space.

Many partnerships prefer that use double jump answers to support for's opener suit and a gap in the suit bid to zeigen.Sie "Shards" are called because of the lack, the thinnest part of the hand is displayed.

A splitter bid shows:
4 Card or better support for partner's suit, high enough map values for one or more game and
offer a Singleton or a gap in the suit.

Are reacting to an opening of major suit of the splitter:

North: 1 H
South: 3s

North: 1 H
South: 4 C.

North: 1 H
South: 4 d

North:
West: 1s
East: 4 C.

West: 1s
East: 4 d

West: 1s
East: 4 H

The 1s: 4 H reply may take a while to absorb because there is a such a natural sounding response.

Splitter are incompatible with 4 C Gerber or the Swiss Übereinkommen.Sie, work very well in conjunction with Antwort.Sie work Jacoby 2NT well without any other conventional method show strong increases of partners suit.

Suppose partners opened 1 H. hatDiese hand are value, a splitter raise:
S A J 2 H K J 9 2 D 5 C K 7 6 3: offer 4 d
S 9 H 9 7 6 3 D K Q 6 C K 4 3 2: 3S-Angebot
S A K-3 H-Q J 8 7 2 D 6 4 2 C 5: 4 C offer

The skill level is 7 loser or besser.Es is this hand of tendering the page later first, supportive partner match best with a very powerful page suit to Splittern.Zeigen.

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