Polling You #63, Jacoby Transfers to Minor Suits - BridgeHands Contract Bridge Lesson

http://www.bridgehands.com/bridgeblog... After partner opens 1 Notrump, is your minor suit at least 6 cards in length? Is the hand weak, invitational or slam going? What about the suit quality -- are the honors in the 6+ card suit? Should we be playing in the minor suit or a Notrump contract? After opener bids 1 Notrump, when responder makes a transfer bid the bidding level is getting a bit lofty -- 3 Clubs or 3 Diamonds. This, along with the fact that it requires 11 tricks to make a 5 level minor suit contract, requires us to use different bidding strategies when transferring in major and the minor suits. In this BridgeHands lesson, Contract and Duplicate Bridge players learn techniques and conventional bidding treatments to optimize tricks when holding a long minor suit. Please click on the above link for more video commentary, download MS-Word, PDF, PowerPoint and other electronic Bridge simulation files as well as read and reply to blog comments. Happy Bridge Trails, BridgeHands