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Comfy Canapé
In the card game bridge, CoCa or Comfy Canapé is a conventional defense against opposing 1NT openings. When playing CoCa, over a 1NT opening of the opponents, both a double as well as a 2 overcall are conventional and establish spades and hearts, respectively as anchor suits. Higher overcalls (2//) can be either natural (single suiters), or conventional (as explained below). The convention was published in ''Bridge'' Magazine IMP. CoCa overcalls dbl = A) 4-card spades plus a longer suit, or B) 6-card spades 2 = A) 4-card hearts plus a longer suit, or B) 6-card hearts 2 = 4-4 majors 2 = 5-card plus minor suit 2 = 5-card plus minor suit The canapé structure of the dbl/2 CoCa bids (with a rebid in another suit denoting a longer suit) is what lends the convention its name. Responses Following the CoCa double, the partner of the doubler responds as follows: (1NT) - dbl - (pass) - ?? :pass = hand suitable for defense (usually denies spades) :2 = pass-or-correct bid, denies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contract Bridge
Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each other around a table. Millions of people play bridge worldwide in clubs, tournaments, online and with friends at home, making it one of the world's most popular card games, particularly among seniors. The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the governing body for international competitive bridge, with numerous other bodies governing it at the regional level. The game consists of a number of , each progressing through four phases. The cards are dealt to the players; then the players ''call'' (or ''bid'') in an auction seeking to take the , specifying how many tricks the partnership receiving the contract (the declaring side) needs to take to receive points for the deal. During the auction, partners use their bids to also exchange information about their hands, including o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridge Convention
A bridge convention is an agreement about an artificial or a set of related artificial calls. Calls made during the auction phase of a contract bridge game convey information about the player's card holdings. Calls may be "natural" (that is, are based on a holding of the suit bid, or a balanced distribution in the case of a notrump bid) or "" (show a feature unrelated to the named denomination). Purpose Contract bridge is a trick-taking card game played by four players in two competing partnerships in which a sequence of , also known as the auction, precedes the play of the cards. The purpose of this bidding is for players to inform their partners of the content of their hand and to arrive at a suitable contract at which to play the hand (or to prevent the opponents from arriving at a suitable contract). Although bidding is often "natural" (describing a hand by simple reference to possession, shape, and strength of the named suit), players may also bid using conventions, which as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overcall
In contract bridge, an overcall is a bid made after an opening bid has been made by an opponent; the term refers only to the first such bid. A ''direct'' overcall is such a bid made by the player seated immediately to the left of the opener, i.e. next in the bidding rotation; an overcall in the 'last seat', i.e. by the player to the right of opener, which is made after two intervening passes, is referred to as a '' balancing'' or ''protective'' overcall. Objectives The overcaller has one or more of the following objectives: *To secure the contract *To suggest a good lead from partner *To induce the opponents to a higher-level contract *To find an effective sacrifice *To hinder the opponents in their bidding Suit overcalls In most bidding systems, an overcall in an unbid suit is natural, denoting length and strength in the suit bid. The common requirements include: * A good five-card or any longer suit; the features that qualify a suit as 'good' are subject to partnership agreem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single Suiter
In contract bridge, a single suiter (or single-suited hand) is a hand containing at least six cards in one suit and with all other suits being at least two cards shorter than this longest suit. Many hand patterns can be classified as single suiters. Typical examples are 6-3-2-2, 6-3-3-1 and 7-3-2-1 distribution. Single-suiters form the cornerstone of preemptive bidding. Weak single-suiters with six card length are traditionally opened preemptively at the two level, whilst seven carders are used to preempt at the three level. The modern trend is to lower these minimum length requirements, especially when non-vulnerable. Conventional preemptive openings used to introduce a weak single-suited hand include the multi 2 diamonds and the gambling 3NT conventions. Over an opposing opening, single suiters are usually introduced via a natural overcall. But see also list of defenses to 1NT. See also *Two suiter *Three suiter *Balanced hand *Preempt Preempt (also spelled "pre-empt") i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pass-or-correct Bid
In the card game bridge a pass-or-correct bid (or convertible bid), is a non-forcing bid that asks partner to pass or bid differently based on her/his holding. Pass-or-correct bids are generally used as responses to multiway bids. A typical example is the 2 response on a multi 2 diamonds opening that asks partner to pass with a weak hand with long spades, or to bid three hearts with a weak hand and long hearts. This 2 bid implies length in hearts and denies length in spades. Pass-or-correct bids that are made in a suit you ''don't'' hold when length in one of two suits has been shown by partner's bid, are also referred to as ''paradox responses''. Conventions using pass-or-correct bids *Multi 2 diamonds *CRASH *Suction convention *Mini-Roman 2 Diamond *Antispades Twos Antispades Twos (also known as Antispades Weak Twos) is the name of a bidding convention in the card game bridge. It is a two-level pre-emptive opening based on either a 6-card suit or a two-suiter with at least nine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Suiter
In contract bridge, a two suiter is a hand containing cards mostly from two of the four suits. Traditionally a hand is considered a two suiter if it contains at least ten cards in two suits, with the two suits not differing in length by more than one card. Depending on suit quality and partnership agreement different classification schemes are viable. The more modern trend is to lower the threshold of ten cards to nine cards and consider 5-4 distributions also two suiters. The six possible combinations are given the names "major suits" (spades and hearts), "minor suits" (diamonds and clubs), " black suits" (spades and clubs), " red suits" (hearts and diamonds), " pointed suits" (spades and diamonds), and " rounded suits" (hearts and clubs). When including two suited hands with 5-4 distribution, two suiters have a high likelihood of occurrence, and the modern preemptive style is to incorporate such two-suited hands in the arsenal of preemptive openings. Example of such a preemp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brozel
Brozel is a contract bridge bidding convention used to intervene after an opposing one notrump (1NT) opening bid. It features the following calls: *Double – shows any single suit; advancer bids 2, after which intervenor corrects to his actual suit (or passes with clubs). This was originally played as requiring either a solid suit or a very good suit and an entry, leaving advancer the opportunity to pass with a couple of side-suit stoppers, though many partnerships now allow a weaker suit. *2 – shows clubs and hearts *2 – shows diamonds and hearts *2 – shows hearts and spades *2 – shows spades and an unspecified minor suit *2NT – shows clubs and diamonds Brozel is named loosely after its creator, Bernard Zeller. See also *List of defenses to 1NT This is a list of defensive conventions used in the game of contract bridge to compete in the bidding after the opponents have opened with a one notrump (1NT) bid. * ANTI * Aspro * Asptro, a hy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel (bridge)
Lionel is a contract bridge bidding convention used in defense against an opposing 1NT openings. Using Lionel, over a 1NT opening of the opponents: :* a double is conventional and denotes spades and a lower suit (4-4 or longer), :* a 2/2 overcall denotes hearts and the suit bid (4-4 or longer), and :* a 2/2 overcalls is natural. Any of the overcalls denote high-card strength corresponding to 12+ (or good 11) high card points. The convention is named after Lionel Wright from New Zealand who published it in the International Popular Bridge Monthly magazine of May 1993. Responses Following the Lionel double, the partner of the double responds as follows: (1NT) - dbl - (pass) - ?? :pass = 10+ hcp, all subsequent doubles for penalty :2 = pass-or-correct bid (doubler to pass or bid second suit) :2 = Non- forcing, diamond length (typically 5+) with heart tolerance. Doubler can bid 2 with hearts as second suit and less than two diamonds. :2 = Natural, non- forcing :2 = Weak Raise :2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DONT
Don't, Dont, or DONT may refer to: Films * ''Don't'' (1925 film), a 1925 silent comedy film * ''Don't'' (1974 film), a 1974 film about the monarch butterfly * ''Don't'', a fake trailer from the film ''Grindhouse'' (2007) Songs * "Don't" (Billy Currington song) * "Don't" (Bryson Tiller song) *"Don't", by Dinosaur Jr. from their album '' Bug'', 1988 * "Don't" (Ed Sheeran song) * "Don't" (Elvis Presley song) * "Don't!", a song by Shania Twain * "Don't", by M2M from their album ''The Big Room'' Other uses * ''Don't'' (game show), a 2020 American game show with Adam Scott and Ryan Reynolds * DONT, Disturb Opponents' Notrump, a bridge bidding convention * "-dont" (actually "-odont"), a suffix meaning "tooth", used in taxonomy * Jakob Dont, Austrian composer Related uses * Do not assemble (DNA), an abbreviation and term used in printed circuit board production. * Do not contact (DNC), an abbreviation and term used in person databasing * Do not equip (DNE), an abbreviation and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canapé (bridge)
Canapé is a bridge bidding method in which the second suit bid may be (or must be) longer than or at least as long as the first. The name Canapé is the french word for "an appetizer". Canapé is the invention of Pierre Albarran, a French auction and contract bridge player, theorist, and author. His book on the topic is long out-of-print and hard to find. A French pair, Pierre Jaïs and Roger Trézel, used a canapé system to become one of the strongest pairs in the world during the 1950s and 1960s. They achieved a triple crown of major world championships from 1956 to 1962, two at representing France and the inaugural World Open Pairs Championship The World Open Pairs Championship is a contract bridge competition initiated in 1962 and held as part of the World Bridge Series Championships every four years. Open to all pairs without any quota restrictions on nationality, the championship is wi .... Canapé is also the basis of the Roman Club and Blue Team Club systems, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Defenses To 1NT
This is a list of defensive conventions used in the game of contract bridge to compete in the bidding after the opponents have opened with a one notrump (1NT) bid. * ANTI * Aspro * Asptro, a hybrid of Astro and Aspro * Astro, Modified Astro, Pinpoint Astro, Grano-Astro, Roth-Stone Astro * Astrolite * Becker * Bergen over 1NT (see DONT) * Blue Club transfers (see Transfer overcalls) * Brozel * Cansino, Modified Cansino * Canape transfers * Cappelletti, Modified Cappelletti, Revised Cappelletti * CDH Buchanan * CHASM * Comfy Canapé or CoCa * CRASH (aka CRO) * Crowhurst convention * DONT, Revised DONT * Exclusion bids (aka Super Convention) * Feathertson * Feel Away Notrump (FAN) * Feel Oriented Notrump Destroyer (FOND) * Gates adjunct * Grano-Astro (see Astro) * Hamilton * Hello * Kelsey * Landy * Lionel * Maestro Double * Meckwell * Meyerson * Modified Astro (see Astro) * Mohan * MONK * Mylläri * Multi-Landy * Nilsland * Pinpoint Astro (see As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
