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Smolen - American Contract Bridge League The Smolen convention, named for the late expert Mike Smolen, helps address this situation It works like this: instead of using transfers for hands that are 5-4 in the majors, it uses Stayman (2 )
LarryCo. Smolen Smolen is a convention used by a responder to a notrump opening bid (or natural notrump overcall) It is used when the responder is 5-4 in the majors (either way)
Smolen: Bridge Bidding Convention - BridgeHands Note South's Smolen 2S bid allows the stronger Notrump opener to play the hand Note: some players only play Smolen bids at the 3 level Similar to the above scenario, the bidding begins with 2C Stayman; after opener's 2D rebid, responder jumps to the 3 level in their 4 card major
Smoleń - Wikipedia Look up Smoleń or Smolen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary
The Smolen Convention - Bridge Tips According to the Smolen conventional method the responder no longer bids the 5- or 6-card suit directly, but jump bids in the 4-card Major suit (the shorter of his 2 majors)
Smolen: Bridge Bidding Convention Smolen The basic idea of Smolen is to get strong 1 NT opener to declare Responder has 5-4 or 4-5 in the majors or better
The Smolen Convention - SWVA Bridge Clubs So, 1NT-2C-2D-3M of one of the majors shows five cards in the other major suit Using Smolen with Game Invitational Hand between 8 and 9 HCP Let's look at the follow a) Q10852 K742 (8 HCP)
Conventions: “The Smolen” - Youth World Bridge With a four-card major and a longer minor responder now goes via Stayman: Smolen offers greater accuracy, and should be up there on your system card