Class No. 11 – Wednesday, Mar 31, 2010

Bergen and Drury Raises
In Class No. 10 – Modern Major Suit Raises we explored natural bids in conjunction with 1 Notrump Forcing (1NtF) to make a spectrum of direct/delayed bids to show major suit fits (2, 3, 4 and 5-card fits) and values (simple, constructive, invitational and game forcing). This class now applies the useful space principle (USP) to major suit raises with certain artificial and conventional raises assigning bidding space where most useful without considering the natural and/or traditional bridge meanings of the calls to increase the spectrum of major suit raises.

This workshop address certain artificial and conventional major suit raises to increase the spectrum of how to describe major suit fits and values. At the conclusion of this class participants should know:

1. How responder can use conventional bids to show major suit fits (4-cards) with constructive and invitational values. (Bergen)
2. How these conventional raises mesh with natural raises.
3. How to show fits by a passed hand. (Drury)