Bridge Gambling 3nt
Today, most 2/1 partnerships play 3NT. as Gambling. The bid must be alerted, hence the asterisk. The bid promises is a long running minor suit. 'Long and running' means at least AKQxxxx (yes, seven of them). So 3NT strong opening bid is not used between partners who use strong two clubs opening bids. For this reason 3NT is reserved for a convention which is named as 'Gambling 3NT' If you are using gambling 3NT convention, 3NT opening shows a weak hand with a very strog and long minor (see conventions Section-8) 3, 3, 3 or 3.
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Your partner, North, dealt and opened 3NT. You have this 13-HCP 6-loser hand 5 A 9 6 3 2 A K Q 3 10 5 3 What should you bid? 6 NT Back to explanation. Answer 1 (of 1 on this page) Your partner, North, dealt and opened 3NT. The gambling 3NT opening is a popular method in US Tournament bridge. An opening 3NT promises a solid 7-card minor with no outside high cards. Personally, I don’t care for this method, but I must be prepared to bid against it, since it is quite common. BridgeCentric Productions 2016. Beginner Lessons.
Opening 3NT
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In the very earliest days of bridge this bid meant exactly what it said - a balanced hand of about twenty five points which has every intention of making nine tricks by brute force.
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No one plays it that way any more. (If by any chance you are the one who still does then please change to something better sooner rather than later.)
In the first place it becomes very difficult for partner to locate a superior suit contract, and because of this it can be difficult to find a slam other than those of the pure rock-crusher variety. Furthermore, the argument about getting there fast before your opponents find their fit really does not apply in this case. With twenty five points in your hand you would just love the opponents to get involved - a penalty double is all but certain to be extremely lucrative.
Bridge Gambling 3nt
Bridge Gambling 3nt
Quite simply, with such a hand start with whatever strong opening bid you have available for the purpose. Typically this will be either 2♣ or 2♦ followed by a natural and forcing 2NT or 3NT.