General Principles – Bidding
- The first Partner who has 12+ High Card Points, “Opens” the Bidding, is called the OPENER , and makes bidding statements to Describe their Hand
- The Partner of the OPENER is called the RESPONDER. The JOB of the responder, is to HELP the Opener describe their Hand.
- This Bidding Interaction be between OPENER and RESPONDER is a conversation.
Conversation Example:
OPENER 1st BID: ONE CLUB ( I have 12+ points and 3+ Clubs)
RESPONDER: Great that you Opened! I bid ONE HEART, ( I have 4+ Hearts and 6+ points in my Hand) Please tell me MORE about your Hand
OPENER 2nd BID: ONE SPADE, 1 have 4 Spades and my points are limited to 12-15 )
RESPONDER 2nd BID: ONE NoTrump, Sorry, we don’t have a Suit Fit. Let’s see if we can make 7+ Tricks