(1) Bidding Basics: Hand Type - Balanced and Unbalanced Hands

Robert Todd

January 9, 2012

Bidding Concepts

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Fundamentals - High Level Response to 1-Major Openings

Jan 2026 - Coming Soon!

When partner opens the bidding with 1-Major then we normally go slow and make a low level response. But we can also use some immediate jumps to high bids to describe some interesting and difficult hands. Let’s look at the meaning of this high-level jump responses.

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Fundamentals - Other Responses 1-Level Openings

Jan 2026 - Coming Soon!

Here we look at some other complex auctions and special responses to 1-level opening bids. We focus on some jump shift responses to 1-Major and 1-minor and then turn out focus to NT responses to minor suit openings.

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Fundamentals - Hand Eval after Responder's Jump Shift

Jan 2026 - Coming Soon!

When Responder makes a jump shift, either a weak jump shift or a 3/1 invitational jump shift, then Opener is left to figure out what to do next. Here we look at what types of hands Opener should bid with (like) and when they should be conservative and Pass.

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Fundamentals - Some Confusing Auctions

Jan 2026 - Coming Soon!

There are some classic auctions that lead to confusion between partnerships. Ones that you should make sure you and partner agree upon.

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