Test your knowledge
Hand evaluation - The skip over principle
- Question 1
(of 2 on this page)
I open 1 and my partner replies 1. If I now rebid 2 , what will my partner know to be the maximum number of Spades that I have ?
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5
- Question 1
(of 2 on this page)
I open 1 and my partner replies 1. If I now rebid 2 , what will my partner know to be the maximum number of Spades that I have ?
Answer
3 . 3
With 4 or more Spades, you would not have skipped over them. You would have bid them.
- Question 2
(of 2 on this page)
I open 1 and my partner replies 1. If I now rebid 2, does my partner know if I am balanced or unbalanced ?
1. yes
2. no
- Question 2
(of 2 on this page)
I open 1 and my partner replies 1. If I now rebid 2, does my partner know if I am balanced or unbalanced ?
Answer
1 . yes
If I had been balanced, I would have rebid NT, or bid them first time round. Skipping over them says "I can't be balanced"