Jump-Cue

[TWO4BRIDGE]

1)In the following auction:

(1M) - 2m - ( p ) - 3M! = ??

 

a ) stop-ask

b ) splinter

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2) How about the following:

( 1m ) - 1M - ( p ) - 3m! = ??

 

a ) stop-ask

b ) splinter

c ) mixed raise ( 2m! would be a limit or better raise )

[Free]

1. I play this as stopper ask. Without a jump it shows a good hand, usually with fit.

2. I play it as mixed raise and think this is a very useful tool.

[the_clown]

1.Splinter If you bid 2M, p will usually bid 2NT if he has a stopper and not a marginal overcall. If he bids 3m you can bid 3M to ask for a half stop.

2.mixed

[aguahombre]

2---mixed raise seems best and probably will be consensus meaning.

 

1---I have found that partner usually knows about her stopper after a simple cue, and I don't seem to need a bid which specifically asks for it. The splinter seems more likely to be helpful (frequency wise).

[Trinidad]

2---mixed raise seems best and probably will be consensus meaning.

 

1---I have found that partner usually knows about her stopper after a simple cue, and I don't seem to need a bid which specifically asks for it. The splinter seems more likely to be helpful (frequency wise).

Me too. I can invent a hand without a fit that would still want to know about a stopper, but it is not likely that I will get that hand. And if I have some fit, I can make the simple cue (possibly followed by a second cue to ask for a stop).

 

Rik

[han]

Splinter, mixed raise.

[andy_h]

1. Splinter

2. 4 card lim+ raise. Given RHO's pass I play 2NT as natural invite but if RHO had doubled/bid then 2NT=4 card lim+ raise and a 3m jump bid (if applicable) is mixed raise.

[TWO4BRIDGE]

1. Splinter

2. 4 card lim+ raise. Given RHO's pass I play 2NT as natural invite but if RHO had doubled/bid then 2NT=4 card lim+ raise and a 3m jump bid (if applicable) is mixed raise.

Andy .... On the 2nd one, what do you use 2m! for ? [ if you use the 3m!-jump as a limit+ ]

[andy_h]

Andy .... On the 2nd one, what do you use 2m! for ? [ if you use the 3m!-jump as a limit+ ]

I use 2m as a 3 card inv+ raise so we can stop low if partner's overcall was light, and it may also give partner the needed space to show a 2nd suit or possibly show some game interest but doesn't want to commit to the 3 level. I think it helps to distinguish between 3 or 4 card support to explore game prospects (with exercised judgement, for example with 4M333 I may prefer to bid 2m) and would be more beneficial than to distinguish between say 3m=6-9, 3M=0-6.

[whereagles]

(1M) - 2m - ( p ) - 3M! = ??

 

My guess is that most people play this as splinter. Just so you know, I myself don't have it defined :)

 

 

( 1m ) - 1M - ( p ) - 3m! = ??

 

Robson/Segal made the mixed raise meaning popular and I think that's what most people use it for. Others use it for a decent 4-card invitational raise or minisplinter.