By Peter Rhead
Your sixth common response to partner’s One No-Trump opening
In the past five weeks we were investigating each of your five common responses to partner’s One No-Trump opening. They were PASS, Two No-Trump, Three No-Trump, Stayman and Transfers. Each is dependent on your hand distribution and your point count. With less than 8 points you usually PASS. With 8-9 points you have more options. With 10 points or more, you are going for game which requires a partnership total of at least 25 points.
One of our readers has contacted me that, correctly, there is a sixth response I missed. It is called “Quantitative”. It is a slam invitation where the bidding goes 1NT – 4NT. That is 1NT by opener and 4NT by responder.
Opener has 15-17 points for his 1NT bid. Responder, bidding 4NT, is saying that he has a balanced hand and enough points (16) for a No-Trump slam if opener is at his maximum, 17 points (17+16=33). If opener has the 17 points he then bids 6NT. If opener does not have 17 points he passes and the partnership plays a game at 4NT.
Thank you, reader, for your input.
Next Week: Examples of when to use the 4NT response to partner’s 1NT opening
Remember, as we all fight COVID-19 with social isolation, if you want your Bridge fix, online competition is available for all skill levels. From the ACBL Bridge website, you can hook up either to play live people or to play robots. Either way you test or consolidate various Bridge skills. At ACBL.org just click on “Play Bridge” and follow the prompts for various choices.
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