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--- relay [2018/02/26 23:49] – johnkinn
+++ relay [2023/08/02 21:06] (current) – john
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 =====Relay Principles=====
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 ====Initiating relays====
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   * By responding 3\h or 3\s to 3\c (see [[threeclub|Development after ]]3\c)
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-Relay auctions after 1\d/1\h/1\s
-Opener's first rebid is discussed in the section titled [[1_plain_suit2#forcen|Development after Forcing NT]]. After the second relay a game force is established. The only exception is that the auction can stop in an agreed minor at the four level if it was agreed at the three level. Opener bids naturally in the canapé sense. With a 5431 hand, he bids his 3 card suit; with 5422 he bids NT. With a 46 hand, he rebids his 6 card suit. With a 4630 hand, opener has a choice of rebidding his 6 card suit or bidding the fragment. With a 55 or 65 hand, opener rebids his first bid suit. Responder bids No Trump or one of opener's suits at his third call to establish the suit or suggest No Trump.
+====Relay auctions after 1\d/1\h/1\s====
+The opener's first rebid is discussed in the section titled [[1_plain_suit2#Development after Forcing 1N Response|Development after Forcing NT]]. After the second relay, a game force is established. The only exception is that the auction can stop in an agreed minor at the four-level if it was agreed at the three-level. Opener bids naturally in the canapé sense. With a 5431 hand, he bids his 3-card suit; with 5422 he bids NT. With a 46 hand, he rebids his 6-card suit. With a 4630 hand, the opener has a choice of rebidding his 6-card suit or bidding the fragment. With a 55 or 65 hand, the opener rebids his first bid suit. Responder bids No Trump or one of the opener's suits at his third call to establish the suit or suggest No Trump.
-One problem that can occur is that opener's third bid can be 3\H, 3\S or 3N not allowing responder the opportunity to set trumps below the 4 level in a major. In order for responder to show which suit is trumps (and make a slam try), he will have to implicitly agree a major by bidding 4\C or 4\D. If one of opener's natural suits can be bid below game and the other cannot, then a bid of that suit is natural and other bids show a control and agree the second suit. If both of opener's suits can be bid below game, then the cheaper "raise" shows support in that suit and all other bids show support for the more expensive suit.
+One problem that can occur is that the opener's third bid can be 3\H, 3\S, or 3N not allowing the responder the opportunity to set trumps below the 4 level in a major. In order for the responder to show which suit is trumps (and make a slam try), he will have to implicitly agree on a major by bidding 4\C or 4\D. If one of the opener's natural suits can be bid below game and the other cannot, then a bid of that suit is natural and other bids show a control and agree on the second suit. If both of the opener's suits can be bid below game, then the cheaper "raise" shows support for that suit and all other bids show support for the more expensive suit.
 ====Examples====
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-If opener has shown a one suited hand, he bids his splinter over the second relay if he has one; bids his suit for the third time with 6\+ cards and no singleton or bids the cheapest No Trump with a 5 card suit. The exception is:
+If the opener has shown a one-suited hand, he bids his splinter over the second relay if he has one; bids his suit for the third time with 6\+ cards and no singleton or bids the cheapest No Trump with a 5-card suit. The exception is:
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  --- //[[John@Kinn.Org|John Kinn]] 2018/02/26 18:49//
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 ====What calls constitute a relay====
   *First relay - a 1N response to a 1\D/1\H/1\S opening
-  *Second relay - the cheapest call even if opener's first bid suit.
+  *Second relay - the cheapest call even if the opener's first bid suit.
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-Opener needs a semi-solid suit (one loser opposite a singleton) to make this jump rebid. The hand should have 5 or 6 (Roman) losers
+The opener needs a semi-solid suit (one loser opposite a singleton) to make this jump rebid. The hand should have 5 or 6 (Roman) losers
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-This call shows a maximum hand with a broken 6 card suit or a good 5 card suit. The hand can contain a singleton.
+This call shows a maximum hand with a broken 6-card suit or a good 5-card suit. The hand can contain a singleton.
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   * 3 new suit (not 3\C) game force, natural
   * 3 opener's suit is a non-force
-  * 3\C is a relay which asks for a singleton; opener bids singleton if he has one (rebid of long suit shows Club singleton)
+  * 3\C is a relay that asks for a singleton; the opener bids singleton if he has one (rebid of the long suit shows Club singleton)