Check back stayman -- CBS |
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| Responders uses 2 |
CBS is better than NMF (NewMinorForcing) imo. I'm playing CBS like M. Bergen suggests in his book "Better bidding
with Bergen VOL 1 page 163ff" |
| Here's Marty Bergen's opinion:
"Every time I hear the opponents bid 1 (New Minor Forcing) - 2NT, I have to laugh at the 'nature' of bridge players. How can it be correct to use 2 2 checkback, opener's 'negative' is an economical 2 responder to rebid two-of-a-major." |
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| The ideas I refer here
are from Marty Bergen (Better bidding with Bergen Vol I, page 164 ff.). I filled in a FD-convention-card containing CBS only to download and merge into your own CC if applicable. |
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| The only forcing bid is the 2 All strong auctions begin with 2 However not every auction beginning with 2 |
Openers answers to 2 |
A jump to 3 All other jumps, reverses or 2NT are invitational. |
All other bids (rebid of suit, raise of openers suit and rebid in lower
ranking suit) are weak and non invitational. |
| After responder bid checkback
(1x 1y 1NT 2 |
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| If responders next bid is at the 3-level, it is game-forcing. Exception: When responder just obtained a major-suit-response from opener and raises the suit to the 3-level (reraise), this is invitational. |
2NT by responder is invitational |
2 of responders original major is fairly weak and only slightly invitational. |
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