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Opening the bidding in bridge |
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Written by Administrator
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Sunday, 27 January 2008 |
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As a general rule, if no-one else has bid in front of you, you should open the bidding whenever you hold 13 or more points. This minimum target should include both high card points and distributional points.
Remember, High Card Points (HCP) are measured on the simple scale: An Ace 4 A King 3 A Queen 2 A Jack = 1 Distributional Points (DP) are designed
to value the extra playing strength of a long suit. As a simple guideline, add one point for each Why then is it right to open the bidding with 13 points. The arithmetic is as follows: If you have 13 HCP then the other players have 27 between them. So, on average, you would expect your partner to have nine of them. If your partner has nine, then together you have about 22 points nts which leaves your opponents with only 18. As you expect to have more HCP than your opponents, you should expect to make more tricks than your opponents. You express both this hope and expectation by opening the bidding. Let's look at some hands: (a) A AK5
♦ 074
+AJ76 4 973 (7 HCP) (2 HCP) (5 HCP) (0 HCP) Here you have a total of 14 HCP and no distributional points as you don't have a five card suit. However, on high card strength alone you have enough to open the bidding, so bid 11. (b) 4 AK52
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+ AJ764 4 97 (7 HCP) (0 HCP)
(5 HCP + 1 DP) (0 HCP) Here you have a total of just 12 HCP but your one Distributional Point takes you to the opening target of 13. Once again, you should open 1.
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