Leicestershire Contract Bridge Association

 

Orange Book Change - Strong Two Bids

The EBU, with effect from 1 August 2007, has modified the definition of a strong two opening bid. Now you can use the opening bid for any hand meeting the simple rule of 25, also if the hand has at least 16 HCPs and also if the hand has 8 clear cut tricks together with the normal high card strength associated with a one level opening bid. In addition to artificial two level openings, the revised concept of "strong" will apply to strong one level openers such as a Precision Club.