Innovative Uses of Transfer Bids - Transfer Advances Over Negative Double

This Week in Bridge Practice Hands

Innovative Uses of Transfer Bids - Transfer Advances Over Negative Double

When our LHO opens the bidding, partner makes a simple overcall, and Responder makes a negative double, then we are in the position of the Advancer. We can choose to play transfers in this position as well.  By doing so, we give ourselves an additional step and we often allow ourselves more ways to raise partner.  These transfer bids also cause some more difficulty for the opponents – making the meaning of their bids less clear. Let’s see how they work.

Practice Hands

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This set accompanies TWiB 597.