1♥(♠)-DBLE-? [PART 1]
Most partnerships, even casual ones, play transfers over No-Trump openings. The primary advantage of using transfers is that doing so allows you to describe many more hand types than you can using natural methods. The concept of transfer bids is not difficult to understand, so it is perhaps strange that most partnerships do not use them in more situations. One situation in which they can be very useful is when your partner’s opening bid of a major is doubled. Let’s see how it works and why it is a useful tool to have available. Consider these bidding problems:
HAND A
♠ J863
♥ 972
♦ 3
♣ Q9753
HAND B
♠ J83
♥ 10872
♦ 53
♣ Q973
HAND C
♠ J83
♥ 10872
♦ 3
♣ Q9753
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