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Flannery |
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This is a special opening for hands, with exactly 4s
and 5s, which are
too weak to bid reverse. |
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The opening has great values in preempt as well in finding
the right contract yourself. Marty Bergen writes: "It is fun to play and effective, comes up reasonably often and is not difficult to remember" |
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Like after any other well described and limited opening, after flannery responder is the Captain and opener bids only when he is asked to describe his hand. | |
pass | Long diamonds misfit hand |
2 or 2 | to play |
3 / 3 | 6+ cards in the suit bid. Invitational to 3NT. The bid asks, if opener has Hx in the suit bid. |
3 or 3 | invite to game |
3NT | to play |
4 / 4 | Transfer to 4 / 4 (To allow opener to play the hand) |
4 or 4 | to play |
2NT | Strong, unlimited, game force, asks opener to describe his hand. |
Opener describes his hand as follows | |
2 2NT |
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3 | 4513 distribution any strength (10-15 HCP) |
3 | 4531 distribution any strength (10-15 HCP) |
3 | 4522 distribution minimum |
3 | 4522 distribution maximum |
3NT | 4522 with 1 honor in each minor |
4 | 4504 distribution any strength (10-15 HCP) |
4 | 4540 distribution any strength (10-15 HCP) |
This structure is adopted from "Better bidding with Bergen"
page 92 ff. You find there a lot of instructive examples too. |