(71) Constructive Bidding Tools: Control Showing Cuebids Date: November 2013 © AiB Robert S. Todd Level: Intermediate / Advanced General Having Control in a suit means not having two quick losers in that suit. More specifically, we call it First Round Control if we have the Ace or a Void in the suit no quick losers. We call it Second Round Control – if we have the King or a Singleton in the suit only one quick loser. – Control Showing Cuebids When we are attempting to explore slam and we are considering how to exchange information about the hand we often have a choice in how to approach things. On some hands it is most useful to have holistic information in order to judge what to do. This information is the number of Aces and is discovered by bidding Blackwood (or Keycard.) On other hands more specific information is needed in order to make a good decision about slam. This specific information is not many” Aces partner has, but Ace partner “how “which” has this is discovered by using Control Showing Cuebids (CSC). – These Control Showing Cuebids can be used to discover voids and singletons as well other specific – information. Note: We are using the term Showing Cuebid” (or CSC) instead of in order to “Control “Cuebid” distinguish it from a cuebid of the opponent’s suit bidding the opponent’s suit. – How to Make a Control Showing Cuebid In order to make a Control Showing Cuebid we need the following conditions to be satisfied: We have discovered a fit (8+ cards) We are in a Game Forcing auction Examples -- 2/1 GF, Jacoby 2N, Splinter, etc… Some Bids force to game as they start cuebidding: 1M- 3M - 4. (Usually not a jump.)
(71) Constructive Bidding Tools: Control Showing Cuebids Date: November 2013 © AiB Robert S. Todd Level: Intermediate / Advanced General Having Control in a suit means not having two quick losers in that suit. More specifically, we call it First Round Control if we have the Ace or a Void in the suit – no quick losers. We call it Second Round Control if we have the King or a Singleton in the suit – only one quick loser. Control Showing Cuebids When we are attempting to explore slam and we are considering how to exchange information about the hand we often have a choice in how to approach things. On some hands it is most useful to have holistic information in order to judge what to do. This information is the number of Aces and is discovered by bidding Blackwood (or Keycard.) On other hands more specific information is needed in order to make a good decision about slam. This specific information is not “how many” Aces partner has, but “which” Ace partner has – this is discovered by using Control Showing Cuebids (CSC). These Control Showing Cuebids can be used to discover voids and singletons as well – other specific information. Note: We are using the term “Control Showing Cuebid” (or CSC) instead of “Cuebid” in order to distinguish it from a cuebid of the opponent’s suit – bidding the opponent’s suit. How to Make a Control Showing Cuebid In order to make a Control Showing Cuebid we need the following conditions to be satisfied: We have discovered a fit (8+ cards) We are in a Game Forcing auction Examples -- 2/1 GF, Jacoby 2N, Splinter, etc… Some Bids force to game as they start cuebidding: 1M- 3M - 4. (Usually not a jump.)
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