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Learn how to play new minor forcing, a popular convention when the opener rebids 1NT or 2NT. The responder bids the new minor as an artificial way to ask about the majors and the opener must alert. See examples, follow-ups and tips for this convention.
This popular convention is used when the OPENER rebids 1NT or 2NT. Responder bids the new minor as an artificial way to ask about (or "check back" on) the majors. Example Auctions: In each of these auctions, responder's second bid is new minor forcing.
- Bidding A 4-Card Major
- Showing 3-Card Support For Partner's Major
- Bidding No-Trumps with A Stopper in The Unbid Suit
- Raising The "New Minor" with 4 Cards in That Suit
- Rebidding His Suit If None of The Above Conditions Are Met
This is opener's top priority in case a 4-4 fit is available. When both a 4-4 fit and 5-3 fit are available, the 4-4 fit is generally preferred because the 5-card suit can theoretically be cashed to provide discards. 1. New Minor Forcing. 2. Opener's top priority is to bid his 4-card heart suit. 3. Responder raises with 4-card support and game-invi...
With 12-13 points and 3-card support, opener should bid partner's suit at the 2-level. With a good 13-14 points, opener should jump raise. 1. New Minor Forcing. 2. Opener shows 3-card support and minimum strength. (He also denies as many as four spades.) 3. Responder passes with a minimum opposite a minimum. New Minor Forcing does NOT promise a reb...
Opener can rebid 2NT (with 12-13 points) or 3NT (with 13-14 points) if he lacks a 4-card major or support for partner's major. A rebid in no-trumps promises a stopper in the unbid suit. 1. New Minor Forcing. 2. Opener promises a spade stopper with 12-13 points. 3. Rebidding the "new minor" shows at least a 4-card suit. With game-forcing values, res...
This bid occurs when opener cannot bid the other major, raise partner's suit or bid no-trumps. 1. New Minor Forcing. 2. Natural, denying a lot of things: four spades, a spade stopper, or heart support. 3. Responder is able to bid 3NT with game-going strength and a spade stopper.
This is opener's last resort. He lacks a 4-card major, a stopper in the unbid suit, 3-card support for partner, and he cannot raise the "new minor." 1. New Minor Forcing. 2. Opener has neither 3-card spade support nor a diamond stopper. He also cannot raise clubs. 3. Responder bids no-trumps with a club control. Note that he could bid 3NT with a ma...
New Minor Forcing After opener rebids 1NT, responder often finds it useful to make a low-level forcing bid. Frequently this is done to see if opener has three-card support for responder’s suit. Suppose as responder you hold Q 7 6 A J 10 6 3 K 7 5 J 10. Consider your bid when the auction proceeds as follows: Opener Responder
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The idea behind New Minor Forcing is that opener's 1 Notrump rebid shows a balanced hand with values beneath 1 Notrump opening values (or above 1 Notrump opening values for those who open a weak or mini Notrump). Subsequent New Minor Forcing is used to locate a major 4-4 or 5-3 major suit fit.
Mar 5, 2018 · (228) Preempt Keycard. (229) Meckstoth Advances. (230) Modern Lebensohl and Transfer Lebensohl. We start the month by covering the fundamentals of New Minor Forcing. The convention is one of Responder's most important tools on the second round of the bidding (along with 4th Suit Forcing) for finding out more about Opener's hand.
New Minor Forcing (NMF), is a contract bridge bidding convention used to find a 5-3 or 4-4 major suit fit after a specific sequence of bids in which opener has rebid one notrump. The convention is triggered by responder at his second turn by an artificial bid of two in an unbid minor; it requires that he hold five cards in the major he has ...
