Mau's Other conventions
Mau uses weak jump shifts all the time.
(Confucius said "Have points, bid slow")
Mau uses New minor forcing for one round.
An example:
You hold
A J 9 7 5 3
9
A Q 10
K Q 7
and the bidding has proceeded
| Partner |
Mau
|
| 1 C |
1 S |
| 1 N |
? |
Mau will bid 2D - new minor forcing.
This will allow partner to bid 2S with support or 2H with 4 hearts.
In this case partner bid 2S and Mau bid to slam as follows:
| Partner |
Mau
|
| 1 C |
1 S |
| 1 N |
2 D |
| 2 S |
4 N |
| 5 S |
6 S |
Partner's hand was:
K Q 6
Q 8 7 3
K 6 5
A 3 2
Mau uses Fourth suit forcing for 1 round.
Mau uses "Unusual over unusual".
For example, Mau's partner opened 1H and opponents intervened with 2N for minors
Mau bids 3C (the lower suit) to show a limit raise for partner's suit
and 3D (the higher suit) to show a game force with 5 cards in the
remaining suit (spades in this case).
A bid of 3H would be a minimum heart raise.
A bid of 3S would be natural, but non-forcing.
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