@@harikannanramadas6564 Hi. You shouldn’t make control bids at the 5 level. You need to finish your control bids below game in the agreed suit and below 4NT. This allows you to use 4NT for RKC Blackwood.
@@jadbridgeThanks for your reply. The reason i asked is that i played the following hand on IntoBridge against robots. With silent opponents, robot partner opened 1h and the bidding was: 1h-2d-3d-4d-5c-5nt-6d. 5c was described as control bid in clubs and when i moused over 5nt, to my surprise, it was shown as rkcb for diamonds!!! My bidding may not be right but 5nt as rkcb piqued my interest. The hands were: Partner J42, KQJ76, Q843, A and mine: AKQ5, 5, AJT76, K32. The system played by those robots for slams is a bit complicated for me, but is there any recognised method to use 5nt as rkcb, when not playing pick-a-slam?
Easy to understand as always, in the example given 1S-2NT, does opener hv to bid 3S? Why not start cue bidding right away at 3 level as a 9+ card suit is established?
Hi. You are correct. Opener could start control bids immediately if they had a strong enough hand, about 20 points. With less points, you rebid to show your strength and leave it up to responder to move towards slam.
Jad, this is not a question concerning this particular topic. I just purchesed Audrey Grant's "Bidding in the 21st Century" and I ve seen that as responses to 1 NT opening she dosn t make any references at the Jacoby transfers . EG responder has the following hand : Spades : J, 5, 3 Hearts : 10. 7 Diamonds : J , 8, 7. 5,4, 2 and Clubs : 9 , 8 . She reccomends an 2 D response . What would you reccomend ? play or not Jacoby trasfers ? Or better focus on natural responses and use only Stayman ?
Hi Bogdan. Nobody actually uses natural responses to 1NT. If a teacher teach them to beginners, then they teach them Stayman and Jacoby transfers after a few weeks or months. I think this can be confusing and make things more complicated for the student. That is why I teach a completely playable system from the start. You should definitely use Jacoby transfers, but not with the hand you have here. This is a semi balanced hand with very low points. I would pass. If the hand was unbalanced, then Jacoby is best.
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A very great style of teaching - very lucid. Thanks.
Thank you. I appreciate the feedback.
@@jadbridgeAfter control bid at 5 level, can 5nt be used as keycard ask? (as we crossed 4nt)
@@harikannanramadas6564 Hi. You shouldn’t make control bids at the 5 level. You need to finish your control bids below game in the agreed suit and below 4NT. This allows you to use 4NT for RKC Blackwood.
@@jadbridgeThanks for your reply. The reason i asked is that i played the following hand on IntoBridge against robots. With silent opponents, robot partner opened 1h and the bidding was: 1h-2d-3d-4d-5c-5nt-6d. 5c was described as control bid in clubs and when i moused over 5nt, to my surprise, it was shown as rkcb for diamonds!!! My bidding may not be right but 5nt as rkcb piqued my interest. The hands were: Partner J42, KQJ76, Q843, A and mine: AKQ5, 5, AJT76, K32. The system played by those robots for slams is a bit complicated for me, but is there any recognised method to use 5nt as rkcb, when not playing pick-a-slam?
Nice introduction
Thanks.
Thanks for all your video's so far!
Really looking forward to the 2/1 series.
Are you still planning on making that series?
Yes I am. It is in production at the moment.
Easy to understand as always, in the example given 1S-2NT, does opener hv to bid 3S? Why not start cue bidding right away at 3 level as a 9+ card suit is established?
Hi. You are correct. Opener could start control bids immediately if they had a strong enough hand, about 20 points. With less points, you rebid to show your strength and leave it up to responder to move towards slam.
Jad, this is not a question concerning this particular topic. I just purchesed Audrey Grant's "Bidding in the 21st Century" and I ve seen that as responses to 1 NT opening she dosn t make any references at the Jacoby transfers . EG responder has the following hand : Spades : J, 5, 3 Hearts : 10. 7 Diamonds : J , 8, 7. 5,4, 2 and Clubs : 9 , 8 . She reccomends an 2 D response . What would you reccomend ? play or not Jacoby trasfers ? Or better focus on natural responses and use only Stayman ?
Hi Bogdan. Nobody actually uses natural responses to 1NT. If a teacher teach them to beginners, then they teach them Stayman and Jacoby transfers after a few weeks or months. I think this can be confusing and make things more complicated for the student. That is why I teach a completely playable system from the start. You should definitely use Jacoby transfers, but not with the hand you have here. This is a semi balanced hand with very low points. I would pass. If the hand was unbalanced, then Jacoby is best.