Card Pro Bridge Bidding System
By Ron Feldman
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Created For Avid Contract Bridge Players And Bridge Teachers Around The World, This Book Makes A Great Gift To Any Bridge Player Who Has Already Learned The Game Of Bridge And Wants To Improve. Author, Ron Feldman, Represented The United States In Three World Championships Of Tournament Bridge. Foreword By Five (5) Time World Champion Bridge Player, Lynn Deas. World Champion Bridge Player, Ralph Katz Adds: “Ron Feldman Is A Brilliant Bridge Bidding Theoretician.”
Card Pro Improves Any And All 5-Card Major Bridge Bidding Systems By Guaranteeing Minor Suit Openings Contain At Least 4-Card Suit Length With A Semi-Balanced Or Unbalanced Hand. Card Pro Eliminates Rebid Problems For The Opening Bidder And The Responder Alike When They Have Either Extra High Card Points Or Extra Playing Trick Distribution. The Opening Bidder And Responder Do Not Therefore Have To Guess Whether To Underbid And Overbid: Two Bad Choices. This Is Accomplished By Designating 1-No Trump And 2-No Trump Rebids By Opener And Responder Alike As Power Bids To Show These Bridge Hand Types. This Creates Extra Bidding Space That Allows Bridge Players To Avoid Bidding Bad Games And Bad Slams. Bridge Players May Elect Playing Some Or All Of Their Bridge Bidding System. The Bidding Innovations Are Modular.
Existing Bidding Systems Only Promise 3-Cards In Length And A Balanced Hand Which Contains More Losers. This Inhibits Responder From Competing In The Bidding. When The Bridge Player Partnership Identifies That They Have Extra Values And A Trump Suit Fit, They Can Initiate An Exclusive Slam Bidding Tool Called Key Card Pro Which Dramatically Improves Bidding Accuracy.
Where Current Bridge Bidding Systems Identify Singletons Or Voids In A Side Suit, Key Card Pro Obtains That Information, As Well As Specific Aces Or Kings In Each Suit. And, Key Cards And Trump Suit Honors Below The Level Of Game, Ensuring That The Partnership Stays Out Of Bad Slams. Key Card Pro Also Identifies Extra Playing Tricks By Capturing Trump Suit Length And Connected Honor Cards, Called Melds.
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Ron Feldman
Ron Feldman has been recognized in the Encyclopedia Of Bridge as being a major contributor to the 2/1 Game Force System, and one of the few players to score a tournament “Grand Slam” (won all four events). He represented the United States in the World Championships in 1982, 1986, and 1994. Feldman was the Founder of the Association Of Professional Bridge Players, Inc. (APBP) with over 150 members, and was the first accredited organization of the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). As President of APBP, Feldman produced the largest corporate sponsored cash prize tournament in history, according to the New York Times. Feldman was hired to produce over thirty-five (35) Bidding Contests featuring top bridge experts at Regional and National ACBL tournaments. He served for over ten (10) years on the ACBL National Conduct And Ethics Committee, and has served on the ACBL National Marketing Committee. And, is a lifetime member of the ACBL National Goodwill Committee. Feldman has been recognized by Who’s Who In California and Who’s Who In Lodging in his endeavors as a business executive, educator, entrepreneur, and inventor. Feldman resides in the Sonoma Wine Country.
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Card Pro Bridge Bidding System - Ron Feldman
Card Pro
Bridge Bidding System
By Ron Feldman
Copyright © 2019 By Ron Feldman
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First Edition November 2019
Published In Petaluma, CA 94952
The right afforded to Ron Feldman to be identified as the Author has been asserted by him by the U.S. Copyrights Law Published 2016 containing all amendments passed by Congress through June 2016. Library Of Congress Cataloguing In Publication Data Feldman, Ron Card Pro Bridge Bidding System
ISBN 978-1-951255-00-8
Table of Contents
Preface
Foreword
What Is Card Pro, And Why You Should Care
Why You Are Currently Getting Screwed By Your Bidding System
A. The 2/1 Game Force Bridge Bidding System Genesis
B. The Case for Card Pro Bidding System I: Eliminating Bad Balanced Hand Minor and Major Suit Opening Bids
I. Measuring Bridge Playing Ability Improvements
Just Like Golf
Golf Analogy 2
II Card Pro Opening Bidding Structure
Card Pro - Opening Bid System Summary
C. The Case for Card Pro Bridge Bidding System II: Solving Opener, And Responder Rebid Problems, By Power Bids
Opener 1NT Power Bid Rebid: Showing Extra Values
Initiating Key Card Pro Slam Try When Trump Suit Has Been Established.
Bidding Sequence Auction-1 Power Bid INT Rebids By Opener, And Responder
Bidding Sequence Auction-1 Power Bid 1NT Rebids By Opener, And Responder:
Bidding Sequence Auction-1 Power Bid 1NT Rebids By Opener, And Responder:
III. Identifying Bridge Hand Assets, And Liabilities
Do Suit Distribution Odds Support Card Pro Theory?
Total Losers Concept: Balanced vs Semi-Balanced vs Unbalanced Hands
Card Pro Opening Bid Decision Making
D. The Case for Card Pro Bridge Bidding System III:
E. The Case for Card Pro Bridge Bidding System IV: Guaranteeing Real Suit
Opening Bids
When Should You Open Bidding With Light Distributional Hands?
When Should You Open The Bidding, When You Have Two Choices?
Knowing How High To Bid
Why Is Bidding The Most Important Dimension Of The Game Of Bridge?
F. The Case For Card Pro Bridge Bidding System V:
Example Hand 1 – Power Bid Auction: 1NT Rebid Avoids Rebidding Problem
Opener Rebids: Jump Rebids, Jump Shifts, Reverses, Power Bids
Power Bid 2NT Rebid Jump, By Responder:
Here is an illustration of a 2NT Slam Try rebid by Responder initiating Key Card Pro:
1NT Rebids By Opener Are Power Bids Showing 16-HCP or 7- 8 ½ + Playing Trick Hands
The Concept of Queries: Eliciting Information, Through Ongoing Questions
The Bidding Ladder Concept: Consecutive Queries and Skipping Queries
Example Hand 2 – Power Bid Auction 1NT Rebid: Identifying Part-Score Values
Example Hand 3 – Power Bid Auction: Extra Bidding Space Finds Best Contract
Identifying Aces, Kings, Voids, Singletons, In Any Suit All With One Bid
The Quick Loser Concept
Direct 2NT Opener Rebid Slam Try Requirements Supporting Responder
When Should Opener Make a Jump Raise Versus A 2NT Rebid?
Slam Try Queries Can Be Initiated By Opener Or Responder Alike
Responding To Slam Try Queries: Step Response Answers
Slam Try Queries: Bridge Bidding Methodology
First Query: Capturing Key Cards, And Trump Suit Honors
Second Query: Identifying Non-Trump Suit Primary Controls
Third Query: Identifying Trump Suit Length - The Hidden Bridge Asset
The Fourth Query: Clarifying Confirmed Primary Controls
Opening Bridge Hands Better Served By Splinter Bids, Than Queries
Example Hand 4 – Power Bid 2NT Rebid By Opener Initiating Key Card Pro
Downgrading Bridge Hands With 16+ HCP Containing 4-Quick Losers
Example Hand 5 – Jump Rebid By Opener: Auction Revealing Four (4) Quick Losers
Example Hand 6 – Power Bid 2NT Rebid By Opener: Insufficient Trump Honors.
Example Hand 7 – 2NT Power Bid Rebid By Opener: Identifying Lack Of Key Cards.
Example Hand 8 – Opener 2NT Rebid Power Bid
Example Hand 9 – 2NT Rebid Initiating Key Card Pro: Anemic Trump Suit
Example Hand 10 – Power Bid 2NT: Key Card Pro Complete Query Auction
Example Hand 11 – Power Bid 2NT Rebid By Opener: Grand Slam After 1-Query
Example Hand 12 – Key Card Pro: Highlighting Trump Suit Length Importance
Example Hand 13 – Opener Jump Rebid Invitation Accepted By Responder
Example Hand 14 – Power Bid 2NT Initiates Key Card Pro: Skipping A Query
Example Hand 15 – Power Bid 2NT Initiates Key Card Pro: Complete Query Auction.
Example Hand 16 – Avoiding the 5-Level
Example Hand 17 – Identifying 2-Quick Losers
Example Hand 18 – Power Bid 2NT Initiates Key Card Pro: Identify Trump Jack
Example Hand 19 – Power Bid 2NT Initiates Key Card Pro: Key Card Locations
Example 20 – Power Bid 2NT Initiates Key Card Pro: Staying Out Of Trouble
Responder 2NT Power Bid Rebid Slam Try
Responder 2NT Jump Rebid Confirms 4-Card Support: Openers Second Suit
Example Hand 21 – Power Bid Auction: Responder 2NT Rebid
Example Hand 22 – Power Bid Auction: Responder Slam Try In Openers 2nd Suit
Example 23 – Power Bid Auction: Responder 2NT Rebid, Over Openers Rebid
Responder 2NT Power Bid Rebid: Slam Try In Opener 2nd Suit
G. 1♣ and 1♦ Opening Bids
Unlike 2/1 Game Force Bypassing 4-Card Suits, Card Pro Bids Suits Up The Line
Opening Hands With 5-5 Distribution in ♣ and ♠ Suits
When Should You Elect To Pass Instead Of Opening The Bidding
Which Suit To Bid First When Holding 11-15 HCP With 4-4 in ♣ and ♦
Responses And Rebids To 1♣ Opening Bid: Natural And Non-Forcing
Responding And Rebidding Over An Opening 1♦ Bid
Inverted Minor Suit Responses Extended
Raising Major Suit Responses After Minor Suit Opening Bid
Bidding Sequence Auction-2: Power Bid Rebid After Opener Major Suit Raise
Negative Doubles After Opponents Overcall Of Minor Suit Openings
Handling Responder Weak Hands With A 4-Card Major and a 6-Card Minor
The Card Pro Advantage In Competing Over Minor Suit Opening Overcalls
H. 1♥ and 1♠ Opening Bids
Repurposing Major Suit Single Raises To Game Forcing Bids (Optional)
Example Hand 24 – Initiating Slam Queries After Forcing Major Suit Raise
Repurposing 4-Card Major Suit 10-12 HCP Limit Raises By Jump To 3♣
How To Initiate Card Pro Slam Try Queries After Major Suit Limit Raises
Example Hand 25 – Slam Try Over Limit Raise
Repurposing 4-Card Major Suit Showing 6-9 HCP Raise By Jump To 3♦
Repurposing Responder 4-Card Support Major Suit 0-5 HCP By Jump Raises
Responder 3-Card Support 6-9 HCP Single Raises and 10-12 HCP Limit Raises
Responder Direct Double Jump Raises To Game Over Major Suit Opening Bids
Responder Indirect Double Jump Raises To Game After First Initial 1NT Response
Responder 3-Card Support With 16+ HCP
Initiating Power Bids Over Responders 1NT Forcing Artificial Bids
Responding To Major Suit Openings As A Passed Hand: Reverse 2-Way Drury
When To Make A 2/1 Game Force Bid With 4-Card Support For Openers Major
When To Make A Major Suit Single Raise Forcing To Game By Responder
Major Suit Raises Over Opponents Takeout Doubles
Why Key Card Pro Should Replace Jacoby 2NT Slam Bidding
Example Hand 26 – Replacing Jacoby 2NT With Card Pro Slam Queries
Example Hand 27 – Slam Queries After Card Pro Major Suit Raise (6-9 HCP)
I. 1NT Opening Bids
Why Card Pro Opening 1NT Bid Provides Competitive Advantages
1NT Opening Method, And Slam Tries
Size Asking Stayman: 2♣ Responses, After 1NT Opening
Game Forcing Puppet Stayman: 3♣ Response Over 1NT
Example Hand 28 – Puppet Stayman 3♣ Response Over 1NT
Transfer Bids, After 1NT Opening
Responder 5-5 Major Suit Raise Options Over 1NT
Direct Bid Of 3-Major Over 1NT Shows Game Forcing 5-4 Major Suit Hand
Responder Slam Tries Over Auction 1NT/P/2♦/P/2♥/P/2♠/P/2NT: Rebids
Bidding Sequence Auction-3 Opener Rebids After Auction: 1NT/P/2♦/P/2♥/P/2♠
The Bidding Auction 1NT/P/2♦/P/2♠: Showing ♥ Maximum
Bidding Sequence Auction-4: Opener Rebids After 1NT/P/2♦/P/2♠/P/2NT
Minor Suit Stayman Auctions Over An Opening 1NT Bid: 1NT/P/2♠
Bidding Sequence Auction-5: Minor Suit Stayman Showing Bust In Both Minors
Bidding Sequence Auction-6: Minor Suit Stayman Auction Showing a ♦Bust
Game Forcing Minor Suit Stayman Auctions Over An Opening 1NT Bid
Response Of 2NT Over 1NT: ♣ Bust, Or 3-Suited Game Going Hands
Bidding Sequence Auction-7: Rebids By Responder After 1NT/P/2NT/P/3♣
Responses At The 4-Level Over Opening 1NT: Gerber And Texas Transfer
Handling Opponents Directly Doubling Opening 1NT Bid
Handling Opponents Doubling Opening 1NT Bid In Pass-Out Seat
Handling Opponents 1NT Opening Bid Suit Bid Interference (Lebensold)
J. 2♣ Opening – Balanced Or Semi-Balanced 16-19 HCP
Here are Responses to the Opening 2♣ bid in Card Pro:
Alternative to Handling 16-19 HCP Balanced Hands Instead Of 2♣ Opening
K. 2♦ Opening
Example Hand 29 –Staying Out Of Trouble With 23 HCP Opposite 1 HCP
Example Hand 30: Placing The Contract Opposite 0-2 HCP After 2♦ Opening
Example Hand-31: Avoiding 5-Level With 11-Trick Hand
Example Hand-32: Responder 2NT Bid Over 2♦: Shows 3-5 HCP And 5-Card Minor
Example Hand-33: Maximizing Bidding Space
Example Hand-34: Puppet Stayman Rebids By Opener
L. 2♥ and 2♠ Opening – Optional Choices
Opening 2♥ Bid Responses: Showing Exactly 5♥ and Exactly 4♣ With 11-15 HCP
Optional: Opening Weak Two Bids With 5-11 HCP And A 6-Card Major Suit
M. 2NT Opening
N. Opening 3-Level Suit Bids
O. 3NT Opening
P. Reverses, Jump Rebids And Jump Shifts by Opener
Bidding Sequence Auction-8: A Reverse Bid By Opener
Example Hand-35: Power Bid Followed By Opener Reverse
Card Pro Jump Rebids And Jump Shifts By Opener Show 7-8 ½ Playing Tricks
Example Hand-36: Jump Rebid By Opener Shows 11-15 HCP And 7-8 ½ Tricks
Q. Jump Shifts by Opener
Example Hand 37: Non-Forcing Jump Shift By Opening Bidder (11-15 HCP)
R. Jump Shifts by Responder, Over Minor Suit Openings
Example Hand 38: 2/1 Auction Identifies 4-3 Major Suit Fit
Example Hand-39: 2/1 Auction To Identify 5-3 Minor Suit Game
S. 4th Suit Forcing Convention in the Card Pro Bidding System
Example Hand 40: Identifying a 5-3 Major Suit Fit Using 4th Suit Forcing
Example Hand-41: Using 4th Suit Forcing To Identify Stopper In The Unbid Suit
T. Card Pro Approach Forcing Style
Example Hand 42: Responder Rebidding The Suit They Made A 2/1 Response
U. 2/1 Responses, Negative Doubles, Cue-Bids
V. Card Pro Supplemental Example Hands In Standard Auctions
Example Hand 43: Responder Supports Openers Suit On Their First Rebid
Example Hand 44: Responder Supports Openers Suit On Their Second Rebid
Example Hand 45: Responder Showing 3-Suited Hand Over Opening 1NT
Example Hand 46: Card Pro Opening 2♥ Bid (11-15 HCP With 4♣ and 5♥)
Example Hand 47: Card Pro Opening 2♣ Bid Showing 16-19 HCP
Example Hand 48: Preemptive Raise Of Openers Major
Example Hand 49: Opening 1NT Bid Using 3♣ As Forcing Puppet Stayman
Example Hand 50: Standard Forcing 1NT Auction
Example Hand 51: Responder Showing 3-Suited Hand Over Opening 1NT
Example Hand 52: Inverted Minor Suit Raise
Example Hand 53: Card Pro Responder Natural Bidding Game Forcing Auction
W. Card Pro Example Hands: Bidding In Competition
Example Hand 54: Bidding Options After Opponents Bid And Raise Suit
Example Hand 55: Cue-Bidding After A Negative Double Before Bidding Game
Example Hand 56: Responder Able To Pressure Opponents After 2NT Opening
Example Hand 57: Making A Preemptive Minor Suit Raise On A Balanced Hand
Example Hand 58: Responder Redouble Asking Opener To Rebid 2♣
Example Hand 59: Raising Openers Suit On A Doubleton Honor In Competition
X. Card Pro Bidding Improvements Compared With 2/1 Game Force
Acknowledgments
Preface
As in the 1961 Movie, The Absent-Minded Professor, where a formulaic equation is reversed to unearth a substance called Flubber, where a ball that is bounced gains acceleration to bounce higher on the second bounce, an unexpected benefit of the Card Pro bridge bidding system is that it creates an easier way for people to learn bridge, and for bridge teachers to be able to teach bridge. This is because the Card Pro bridge bidding system ensures that Opening bids can show real Minor Suits which would tend to be 5-Cards in length; or, 3-Suited hands containing a 4-Card Minor Suit. This is accomplished by repurposing 1NT and 2NT rebids by Opener and Responder alike to show hands with extra values while eliminating rebid problems. The extra bidding space created by using 1NT and 2NT in this manner allows for the introduction of a comprehensive Slam bidding methodology called Key Card Pro which that captures Key Cards, Trump Honors, the placement of Aces, Kings, Singletons, and Voids below the Level of Game. The system also identifies inescapable Losers. Then, when Slam viability has been confirmed, ascertains Trump Suit Length, and Melds which are connected Honors to be able to identify extra Playing Tricks. Key Card Pro provides an immediate comprehensive Slam bidding advantage instead of using Jacoby 2NT to explore for Slam over Major Suit Opening bids. This is because Key Card Pro can be initiated by a 2NT bid by Responder. Card Pro uses the same bidding space that Jacoby 2NT uses, with the dramatic difference that Jacoby 2NT only elicits whether Opener has a Singleton or a Void. This alone benefits any bridge player playing any bridge bidding system. Key Card Pro avoids bidding bad Slams and also going down at the 5-Level. The overall bidding system has elements that are intended to be modular in that while the crux is geared towards improving the existing bidding methods of 2/1 Game Force, most of the bidding methods can be easily adopted by bridge players who use the Kaplan-Sheinwold bidding system, Standard American, or any other 5-Card Major bidding system.
Foreword
When I was playing in my first National tournament, I played against Ron Feldman. Because I met Ron back in the late 1970s, the bridge tournaments were not computerized, and while he did not know who I was, he took the time after the bridge session to find me and let me know he thought I had good ability. From that point, he not only was the first expert player who asked me to play bridge with him, he actually found me other bridge players of his caliber to also play bridge with me. What struck me here is that Ron went out of his way to help me when he had never met me before. Very few bridge players take the time to recognize