Your points plus partner's range.
Partner's rebid shows a range. Add your points to it: 25 between you means game. After a 1NT rebid, which shows 12 to 14, you stop with 0 to 10, invite with 11 to 12, and bid game with 13 or more.
Workshop #18 · Responder's Second BidYour Second Bid,
Your Second Bid,
Without the Guesswork.
Add It Up · Stop, Invite or Bid Game · New Minor Forcing · The Next Bid
Partner opens a minor, you respond in a major, and partner rebids. Now your second bid has to tell partner one thing: stop, think about game, or bid it. We start with what partner's rebid told you and how to add it up. Then New Minor Forcing arrives as the answer to one hand that natural bids cannot handle, and we spend the most time on the bid you make after partner answers it.
$25 for both sessions. Included for VIP members.
Your Second Bid
Live lesson Friday, November 13, at 1 PM Pacific, and Play of the Hand Monday, November 16, at 3 PM Pacific.
The live lesson starts in
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The problemPartner rebid.
Partner rebid.
Now it's your turn.
Your first response is the easy part. The second bid is where a fit gets lost, a game gets missed, or the auction climbs one level too high. This workshop gives you a method for that bid, one step at a time.
Minimum, medium, maximum.
A 1NT rebid, a rebid of opener's own suit or a single raise shows 12 to 14. A jump rebid or a jump raise shows 15 to 17. A jump to 2NT shows 18 to 19. Once you can read the rung, your next bid gets much easier.
One ask for one problem.
Partner opens 1♣ or 1♦, you respond 1♥ or 1♠, and partner rebids 1NT. Now you bid the unbid minor: 2♦* after 1♣, 2♣* after 1♦. It asks partner two questions: three-card support for your major, and four cards in the other major. It promises about 11 or more and is forcing for one round, not to game.
The jump is the message.
Partner answers, and now you settle the level. With a fit, three of the major invites and four bids game. With no fit, 2NT invites and 3NT bids game. This is the step where auctions go wrong, so it gets the most practice.
* A star marks an artificial or conventional call; check your event's alert rules.
Before and afterWhat changes
What changes
at the table.
Before
Partner rebids 1NT. You hold 13 points and bid 2NT, and partner passes with a minimum. A game makes, and you played a partscore.
After
You add it up. 13 plus partner's 12 to 14 is at least 25, so you bid game yourself.
Before
You hold five ♠ and 11 points after 1NT. You bid 2♠, partner passes, and an eight-card fit with game chances stays a partscore.
After
You bid New Minor Forcing. Partner shows three ♠, you invite with 3♠, and partner bids game with a maximum.
Before
Partner answers your New Minor Forcing ask, and you freeze. You know you asked, but not what to bid now.
After
You count again and pick the level. Three of the major invites, four bids it. Partner reads the jump.
Before
You hold six ♥ and a weak hand after 1NT. You pass and play notrump, or bid on and hope partner reads it as weak.
After
You bid 2♥. Partner knows it is weak, six cards, to play, and passes.
Try one decisionOne auction.
One auction.
One decision.
Look at the hand, choose your second bid, and see what it tells partner.
Partner opened 1♣, you responded 1♠, and partner rebid 1NT, showing 12 to 14.
1♣ - 1♠ - 1NT - ?You are the responder
♠ A Q 9 7 4 ♥ K 10 6 3 ♣ 8 2 ♦ Q 5 (11 HCP)
Your second bid
Choose a bid to see what happens.
* A star marks an artificial or conventional call; check your event's alert rules.
Inside the lessonTwo hours.
Two hours.
One bid at a time.
The live lesson runs Friday, November 13, from 1 to 3 PM Pacific. Here is the order we take it in.
- Hour one · 1 PM Pacific
Add it up, and the four quiet rebids.
We start with two hands and one auction. Then adding it up, opener's ladder, and your second bid after the four minimum rebids: 1NT, opener's own minor again, a raise of your major, and a new suit at the one level. Quiz hands along the way.
- Around the hour mark
A short break.
Stretch, refill, and come back for New Minor Forcing.
- Hour two · about 2 PM Pacific
New Minor Forcing, and the bid after it.
The one hand natural bids cannot solve, the ask and partner's answers, then the next bid, with more practice hands than any other part. We close with a mixed quiz and a one-page guide to which bid to make.
Who it's forBuilt for players
Built for players
who answer partner's opening.
Beginner and intermediate duplicate players who know their first response and want a plan for the bid after it.
- New Minor Forcing never stuck.We rebuild the ground under it first, so the convention has somewhere to land.
- You know your first response.6 to 9, 10 to 12, 13 or more. That is enough of a base to start.
- Your partnership wants an agreement.Come solo or bring a partner. You leave with each step written down, ready to discuss before your next game.
Learn it. Then play it.
Bring both sides to the table.
Learn the second bid.
Join Tracey for the live lesson: what partner's rebid showed, how to add it up, and what each of your next bids says.
- Add it up and opener's ladder
- Stop, invite or bid game
- New Minor Forcing, the ask and the answers
- The next bid after partner answers
Practice the decisions.
Return for Play of the Hand and bid real deals, including New Minor Forcing auctions of your own. Ask about the bid while the hand is in front of you.
Revisit the recordings afterward when you want another look.
Live lessonPlay of the HandSession recordingsWorkbookCheat sheetPractice hands
Recordings follow the sessions. The workbook and cheat sheet are being prepared for this workshop.
Your teacher
Tracey Bauer
Tracey Bauer is the founder of Bridge Unleashed and a Two-time WBF Women's Spring Festival Champion (2020 and 2022).
She teaches through the hands and the questions they bring up. You will have room to ask yours in both sessions.
Before you join
A few practical things.
Do I need to know New Minor Forcing already?
No. We start with what partner's rebid told you and what your own points add up to. New Minor Forcing comes in the second hour, as the answer to one specific problem.
Do I need a partner?
No. You can join solo or with a partner. New Minor Forcing works best when both players agree on it, so we cover each step clearly enough to bring home and discuss before your next game.
Is this the Fourth Suit Forcing workshop again?
No. Fourth Suit Forcing is a different tool for a different night, and we leave it out here. If you want it, the Workshop #9 replay covers it.
What if I miss a live session?
Recordings of both sessions are included, so you can return to the lesson and Play of the Hand afterward.
What device do I need?
A laptop, desktop or iPad with a stable connection. Any of the three works fine for following along and using the practice materials.
Is this included in VIP?
Yes. VIP members have this workshop included in their membership, with the Zoom link, the replay and the workshop materials. Everyone else joins for $25, covering both sessions.
Know your next bid
after partner rebids.
Learn the second bid on Friday, then come back Monday and use it on real hands.
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One ticket includes both sessions. Included for VIP members.