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This article was written by Quodomine and explains a system of responses to a 1NT opening
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This system of responding to a 15-17 HCP 1NT was taught to me by a partner many years ago. He described it as “Walsh” though I have never seen it ascribed elsewhere to Rhoda Walsh. Please feel free to e-mail this website if you have any information of the origins of this treatment. |
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The unique feature of the system is the use of two-way bids to play in 3 of a minor OR show different game forcing hands which are sometimes difficult to describe in standard methods. The full gamut of responses is as follows: |
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| 2♣ |
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non-forcing Stayman, may be invitational to 3NT without a 4-card major. |
| 2♦ |
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Jacoby transfer to ♥'s |
| 2♥ |
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Jacoby transfer to ♠'s |
| 2♠ |
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| Minor suit Stayman (game forcing) |
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to play in 3♦ |
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| 2NT |
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| Relay to 3♣, to play |
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a 3-suited game force. |
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| 3♣/♦ |
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Invitation to 3NT with a 6 card suit and two top honours |
| 3♥ |
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5-5 in the majors, non-forcing |
| 3♠ |
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5-5 in the majors, game forcing |
| 4♦/♥ |
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Texas transfers |
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The loss incurred with this scheme is a small one, in order to play in 3♦ responder will usually be declarer. The gains are in discovering good minor suit games and slams when a NoTrump contract is poor, and there is also the ability to describe good 3-suited hands to the 1NT opener. |
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Minor Suit Stayman needs no further elaboration but the 3-suited hands preceded by a relay to 3♣ do. These hands may be 5440, 4441 or 5431 in shape with no 5-card major, a minimum of 10 HCP and in the case of 5431 the 3-card holding must contain a minimum of QJx. Basically the 3-suited hand shows it by bidding the singleton over the forced 3♣ puppet bid or bidding 3NT with a singleton ♣. |
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| Paul Quodomine 9-Oct-2008 |
Pattaya Bridge Club - |
www.pattayabridge.com |
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A few examples of how to respond with 3-suited hands, together with how they can be bid using the ‘Swedish' system and the ‘Quested' System are given in the document “Responding to 1NT with 3-suited hands”. |
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