Suit-Bidding with the Jacoby and Stayman Conventions

By Ray Mathews

Nothing new to learn!
Simply apply the well-known Jacoby Transfer and Stayman Club Conventions to SUIT Bidding!
What could be easier?
Play more major suit bids
Know team points in two bids
Know whether part score or game in first two bids
Know how high your team can safely bid
Responder no longer needs to 'keep the bidding open' for partner as in Standard American bidding.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ray Mathews
• Release date: Jun 10, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465759092

Ray Mathews

About the Author:Ray Mathews is a former IBM Senior Engineer and inventor whose curiosity led him to write mysteries, thrillers, westerns, children's books in prose and verse, non-fiction books on Bridge, Personal Finance, Painting, Model Railroading, and more.He and wife, Sally, have three children, two grandsons, and live in Raleigh, NC.Books by Ray Mathews include:The Golden CrowsA Fetus Is MissingBilly the Kid: The HoaxFinding BrucePreviously Dead8 Christmas StoriesThe Book of Rhyming StoriesBubble ShipNomadsTales for BoysGrowing Up and Other StoriesNON-FICTION BOOKSHow to Expand Your Painting WorldYour Nest Is Your Nest EggSelf-Publish Your Book for Under $100Suit Bidding with the Jacoby and Stayman ConventionsThe TilTable BookA Baker's Dozen True StoriesFly Paper for Kids

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Suit-Bidding with the Jacoby and Stayman Conventions

How To Tame the 13-21-point Suit Hand

by Ray Mathews

Cover Art by Ray Mathews

Copyright © 2009 by Ray Mathews

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Suit-Bidding with the Jacoby and Stayman Conventions

How To Tame the 13-21-point Suit Hand

The primary goal of a Bridge bidding system is to:

* Find a Golden Fit, an 8-card major fit

* Find a Silver Fit, a 7-card major fit

* A No Trump fit

* Aid you and your partner in knowing the value of the combined hands

To that end, the JS Bidding System was developed.

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escribed here is a different way of handling the Standard American 13-21 point opening hand. As you will see, JS takes a different approach to bidding this hand by imagining it as three 3-point groups as shown below:

With JS you can arrive at a part score, game, or slam using two well-known conventions never before used in suit bidding or with 2C–strong hands: Jacoby Transfer and Stayman.

With JS, the opener defines his point count just as he does in Standard American, and responder assumes opener has 14 points (the average of the lowest range). He can then total team points and KNOW before bidding whether part score, game, or even slam is possible based on his points. If responder has 10+ points, he makes a jump bid to inform opener of game points. (14 + 10 = 24 points, enough for game).

If opener has the medium of