{"id":226,"date":"2014-11-18T16:35:49","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T21:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/?page_id=226"},"modified":"2014-11-18T16:35:49","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T21:35:49","slug":"what-does-that-new-suit-mean-answers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/?page_id=226","title":{"rendered":"What Does That New Suit Mean?  (Answers)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes our partners throw new suit bids at us and we have to figure out what they mean. \u00a0Are they natural? \u00a0Are they forcing? \u00a0In this lesson I&#8217;ll give you some guidelines to help you figure out what these new suits mean.<\/p>\n<p>The context of the auction is important in interpreting these bids. \u00a0Have we agreed on which denomination we&#8217;re going to play the hand in? \u00a0Are we in a game-forcing auction? \u00a0Sometimes one of the partners knows the answers to these questions but the other doesn&#8217;t. \u00a0If you can answer these questions you can probably have an idea what your partner&#8217;s new suit bid means.<\/p>\n<h1>General Principles<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>If we bid and raise a <em>major<\/em> suit then we are going to play in that major suit. \u00a0New suits aren&#8217;t offers to play in a different suit.<\/li>\n<li>If we bid and raise a <em>minor<\/em> suit then often are looking to play in NT. \u00a0New suits show stoppers.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Game before slam&#8221;. \u00a0When in doubt, interpret a new suit as looking for game instead of looking for slam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Non-Competitive Auctions<\/h1>\n<h2>We Know Where To Play The Hand<\/h2>\n<p>If we know where we are going to play the hand then a new suit bid is either asking for more information or it&#8217;s telling more about our hand.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If we are not in a game forcing auction new suit bids are &#8220;asking&#8221; game tries:\n<ul>\n<li>Example: \u00a01S &#8211; 2S. \u00a0We know we are going to play in Spades. \u00a0Opener&#8217;s new suit bids below 3S are game tries. \u00a0If you are playing Help Suit Game Tries then that&#8217;s what they are.<\/li>\n<li>Example: \u00a01C &#8211; 1S &#8211; 2S. \u00a0Here responder&#8217;s new suit bids below 3S are game tries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>If we are in a game forcing auction new suit bids are &#8220;telling&#8221; slam tries:\n<ul>\n<li>Example: \u00a01S &#8211; 3S (limit raise). \u00a0We know we are going to play in Spades. \u00a0If opener bids again we are committed to game. \u00a0Opener&#8217;s new suit bids show first round control.<\/li>\n<li>Example: \u00a01S &#8211; 2D\u00a0(game forcing) &#8211; 2H &#8211; 2S. \u00a0We know we are going to play in Spades and we are forced to game. \u00a0New suit bids are control bids, exploring slam.<\/li>\n<li>Example: \u00a01S &#8211; 2NT (Jacoby 2NT). \u00a0Again, we know we are going to play at least game and we are playing in Spades. \u00a0Opener&#8217;s first new suit bid shows a singleton or void at the 3 level or a 5 card suit at the 4 level. \u00a0Subsequent new suit bids are control bids.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>We Don&#8217;t Yet Know Where To Play The Hand<\/h2>\n<p>If we haven&#8217;t bid and raised a suit\u00a0then new suit bids are natural, proposing alternative places to play.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1S &#8211; 1NT &#8211; 2C. \u00a0Opener&#8217;s 2C is natural and non-forcing.<\/li>\n<li>1C &#8211; 1H &#8211; 1S. \u00a0Opener&#8217;s 1S is natural and non-forcing, but rarely passed.<\/li>\n<li>1C &#8211; 1S &#8211; 2H. \u00a0Opener&#8217;s 2H is natural and a one-round force because it&#8217;s a reverse.<\/li>\n<li>1H &#8211; 1S &#8211; 3C. \u00a0Opener&#8217;s 3C is natural and game-forcing (it&#8217;s a jump shift).<\/li>\n<li>1C &#8211; 1S &#8211; 2C &#8211; 2H. \u00a0Responder&#8217;s 2H is natural and forcing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If we&#8217;ve bid and raised a <em>minor<\/em> suit then new suit bids show stoppers and are an attempt to find a NT contract.<\/p>\n<h2>Fourth Suit Forcing<\/h2>\n<p>Sometimes the only forcing bid available to the responder is the fourth suit. \u00a0For example, after 1H &#8211; 1S &#8211; 2C the only forcing bid responder can make is 2D. \u00a0This bid should be alerted and explained as &#8220;Artificial, game forcing.&#8221; \u00a0After your partner bids the 4th suit opener&#8217;s\u00a0responsibilities, in order, are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Show 3 card support for responder&#8217;s major.<\/li>\n<li>Bid NT with a stopper in the 4th suit.<\/li>\n<li>Raise the 4th suit if you have 4 cards in it&#8230;.responder might actually have that suit.<\/li>\n<li>Show extra distribution in one of opener&#8217;s suits.<\/li>\n<li>If none of the above, then rebid your own first suit, even if it&#8217;s only 5 cards long.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h1>\u00a0Competitive Auctions<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>In competitive auctions new suits are natural, usually non-forcing and constructive.<\/li>\n<li>If you overcall, next hand bids, and your partner bids a new suit they usually have at least 2 cards in your suit.\n<ul>\n<li>Example: \u00a0(1H) &#8211; 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