[hirowla]

Hi,

I was wondering the recommended way to rebid hands which are a strong 1-suited hand. I'm thinking of hands not going enough to open 2C but too strong for a simple jump rebid. In particular, how to handle when you have minor suits like this (these seem to cause more trouble).

So basically 19-21 hands with 6 of a suit with auctions like 1♣ - 1♥ - ?, 1♦ - 1♠ - ?, 1♥ - 1♠ - ? For the 1♥ example, assume that the suit is not self-sufficient so you can't just jump to game.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Ian

[helene_t]

A 3nt rebid shows a strong one-suited hand with stoppers in the two unbid suits. Textbooks probably require a solid suit and shortness in partner's suit but you may chose it anyway as the smallest lie.

The alternative is to fake a reverse or a jump shift on a 3-card minor suit. Some people will occasionaly jump shift on a doubleton or a 3-card major but obviously it is best to avoid that.

Strong 6322 hands are mostly treated as balanced, at least if the long suit is a minor. So open 2NT, or 2♣ followed by a 2NT rebid.

Some rebids at the 4-level show strong one-suited hands:

1♠-1NT
4♣
shows seven spades (or a solid 6-card suit maybe) and shortness in clubs.

1♣-1♠
4♣
is often played as a long strong club suit (generally 4117) with 4-card support. Discuss this with p as it may not be universal everywhere in the world.

1♥-1♠
4♥
can be played as a hand just short of a 2♣ opening but many play it as weaker. So discuss this with p.

[lycier]

I completely agree with Helene_t's approach.
1♠ - 1nt
4♣
is a self-splinter with strong ♠ suit.

1♣ - 1♠
4♣
is a major additional raise with 4-card ♠ support and the intermediate strength.♣ suit is something like AQJTx or AKQJx,often 6 cards suit actually.

[Cyberyeti]

Gnasher's gameforce gadget (1♣-1♥-2♠ art GF) or (if you play a weak NT) a wide range 1N rebid and art GF 2N rebid work.

What we do is the latter, with a semi forced (unless you have a 5-5 or a 7 card suit) 3♣ relay over it.

[Stephen Tu]

It's a weak area for standard bidding. You basically have to do like Helene said, lots of reverses/JS into 3 cd suits, lots of NT rebids concealing the extra minor length. Major fits are often buried, which is why good hands with 6 cds in the minor and 3cd support are called the "Bridge World death hand", often cropping up as problem hands in master solver's club.

If you want better methods you need to introduce some artificiality, like Gazzilli rebids after 1M-1nt, artificial 2♠ jump shift rebids, or some approach like K-S updated with forcing 3m rebids combined with frequent reverses into 3 cd fragments.