Lesson 4 The Basics Of Openers Rebids
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This document provides guidance on an opener's rebids after the responder's response in bridge. It discusses: 1. Classifying the opener's hand strength into minimum (15 points or less), strong (15-18 points), or game forcing (18+ points). 2. The priority order for the opener's rebids: supporting the responder's major suit, rebidding their own suit, bidding a new major, bidding notrump, and finally bidding a new minor or raising the responder's minor. 3. Guidelines for the level of the rebid based on hand strength - single raise for minimum, double raise for strong, game bid for game forcing.
Lesson 4 The Basics Of Openers Rebids
- 1. Bridge Lessons - BeginnersNYU Bridge and Spades Club
- 2. Lesson 4The Basics of Openers’ Rebids
- 3. General IntroductionObviously, the opener’s rebid will depend on the responder’s bidIf partner has limited his/her points, your job is easyDetermine if game is makeableDecide whether to pass, raise (to invite) or bid gameYou have a lot more to think about if partner is not limited e.g. 1C-1H
- 4. Evaluating Opener’s HandGenerally, when rebidding opener’s hand, we classify the hand into 3 categoriesMinimum – 15- points and belowStrong – 15+ to 18- pointsGame forcing (GF) – 18+ to 21 pointsThis is because partner shows 6+ points with any responseNote: 15- points means a lousy 15 point hand while 15+ points means a good 15 point handThis recognizes the disparity in quality of hands with the same number of points. E.g. a hand with a void can play better in suit games than a balanced one and one should judge his/her hand based on the predicted eventual contract
- 5. Priority 1 – Support Partner’s MajorRecall that most bidding systems advocate finding NT or major gamesThus, your first priority is to support partner’s majorIf you have 4-card support for partner’s major response, raiseSingle raise with minimum, double raise with strong hand, game bid with GF hand
- 6. Priority 2 – Rebid own SuitYou can rebid your own suit if you have 6+ cards in itYou are allowed to re-rebid the suit one more time for each extra card (on top of the 6 promised) you have in the suitMinimum rebid with minimum, jump rebid with strong hand, game rebid with GF hand
- 7. Priority 3 – Bid a New MajorTo show a minimum or strong hand, you bid the new suit at the lowest levelYou can only bid a new suit that is higher ranking than your opening suit at the 2 level if you have a strong or GF hand and a longer first suit than the second. This is called a reverse bidE.g. 1C – 1S – 2H shows 5+C, 4H, strong/GF handIf you have a GF hand, jump and bid a new suit. This is called an opener jump shift and is game forcingE.g. 1C – 1D – 2H. You could’ve bid 1H but jumped to 2H instead
- 8. Priority 4 – Bid NTRecall that a 1NT opener is 15-17 points while a 2NT opener is 20-21 points. This begs the question, “How do you show a balanced hand with 18-19 points?”When rebidding NT, you are showing the point range below that i.e.Rebid 1NT shows 12-14 points and a balanced handRebid 2NT shows 18-19 points and a balanced handIf partner’s new suit was at the 2 level, shift the bids up by 1 levelE.g. 1H – 2C – 2NT shows 12-14 not 18-19
- 9. Priority 5 – Bid a New Minor or Raise Partner’s Minor Use the same principles as in Priority 3 for bidding a new suit and the same principles as in Priority 1 for raising partner’s minorOne exception – with a GF hand and support for partner’s minor, bid 3NT instead of raising to minor gameAs explained before, 3NT generally makes more easily than a minor game, which usually requires 29+ points