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Ogust - A conventional response to Weak Two openings. |
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Responses to a weak two opening |
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When partner opens a weak two (say 6-9 points and a 6 card suit) we have options. |
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A raise to the 3-level is pre-emptive, usually with 3 card support. This is the only weak bid (RONF – Raise Only Non-Forcing). |
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A raise to the 4-level may be anything. I could be a pretty strong hand or it could be a very weak hand with 4 card trump support. Only the bidder knows and he is in charge if the opponents bid anything. |
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A new suit is natural and forcing. |
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That leaves 2NT. In America it is common that 2NT asks for a feature, but I prefer the Ogust convention. Playing Ogust, 2NT is artificial and asks opener to specify how good his weak two is. So in reply to 2NT we have: - |
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| 3♣ |
min points, poor suit |
| 3♦ |
min points, good suit |
| 3♥ |
max points, poor suit |
| 3♠ |
max points, good suit |
| 3NT |
AKQxxx in suit |
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3NT as AKQxxx is rather rare as we have max 10 pts, but if we do have this holding, |
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partner needs to know. |
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| Hand 1 |
Hand 2 |
Hand 3 |
Hand 4 |
Hand 5 |
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| ♠ |
AJ8653 |
♠ |
642 |
♠ |
AJ9542 |
♠ |
J8 |
♠ |
1064 |
| ♥ |
54 |
♥ |
KQJ862 |
♥ |
A3 |
♥ |
AKJ653 |
♥ |
AKQ653 |
| ♦ |
62 |
♦ |
76 |
♦ |
762 |
♦ |
76 |
♦ |
76 |
| ♣ |
953 |
♣ |
J5 |
♣ |
J9 |
♣ |
J95 |
♣ |
72 |
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With these five hands, after our weak 2♥/♠ opening partner bid 2NT and we rebid: - |
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| Hand 1 |
3♣ |
min points, poor suit |
| Hand 2 |
3♦ |
min points, good suit |
| Hand 3 |
3♥ |
max points, poor suit |
| Hand 4 |
3♠ |
max points, good suit |
| Hand 5 |
3NT |
AKQxxx in suit |
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Once responder has used Ogust, he may have enough information to either sign off in a partscore, 3NT or 4 of the major. Other bids, which are slam probes, are common to other sequences (cue bids, RKCB etc.) and are specified elsewhere. |
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