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Strong two clubs. Bridge bidding systems that incorporate a strong 2 clubs opening bid include modern Standard American, standard Acol, 2/1 game forcing and many others. In most natural bridge bidding systems, the opening bid of 2 ♣ is used exclusively for hands too strong for an opening bid at the one-level. Typically, the bid is reserved ...
Benjamin Twos are Bridge opening conventions. [1] They cover all opening two bids in suit; 2 ♣, 2 ♦, 2 ♥ and 2 ♠.Of these opening bids, the 2 ♣ and 2 ♦ are strong opening bids, without a necessary connection to the suit bid whilst 2 ♥ and 2 ♠ are weak, preemptive bids indicating a six good cards ♥ or ♠ hand without much strength in the other suits.
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The weak two bid is a common treatment used in the game of contract bridge, where an opening bid of two diamonds, hearts or spades signifies a weak hand, typically containing a long suit. [1] It may be deployed within any system structure that offers a forcing artificial opening to handle hands of (eg) 20+ points, or an expectation of 8 or more ...
As a result, so he claimed, he was the inventor (in 1936) of the artificial strong two clubs opening bid with its negative response two diamonds. [5] For many years all the British bidding systems used this method of dealing with strong hands: Acol (both standard and Benjaminised), CAB, Two Clubs and Baron systems all used it. However, it is ...
Weak two bids: Two diamond, heart or spade openers are made with a sound six-card suit in a hand without enough overall strength to open 1 of the suit. Strong two clubs: All unbalanced hands too strong to open at the one-level are opened with an artificial 2 ♣ call, as well as balanced hands stronger than 21 HCP.
Bridge convention. A bridge convention is an agreement about an artificial call or a set of related artificial calls. Calls made during the auction phase of a contract bridge game convey information about the player's card holdings. Calls may be "natural" (that is, are based on a holding of the suit bid, or a balanced distribution in the case ...
Psychic bid. Psychic bid (also psych, pronounced to rhyme with like) is a bid in contract bridge that grossly misstates the power and/or suit lengths of one's hand. It is used deliberately to deceive the opponents. Normally, the psychic bid is made with a weak hand, overstating its overall strength, the length and strength in a particular suit ...