Parallel Twos For You: A New Weapon For Any Bidding System
Description
In most systems, an opening 2♦ is hardly ever used and isn't really needed. Have you ever wondered whether there is a better use for your 2♦ opener? There is now. Changing to a Parallel 2♦ Opening is easy and effective.
For decades a 2♣ opening has meant one thing and one thing only to most bridge players: a very strong hand. This book challenges that paradigm. Using statistics taken from 275,000 bridge deals in top level competitions, it shows why using 2♣ for really big and very infrequent hands is a waste of a perfectly good opening bid. It then goes on to explain a much more frequent and effective use for the bid and how you can use 2NT for all big hands in systems based on SAYC and Acol.
I finish by challenging another long standing Paradigm: forcing suit responses to regular weak twos. These bids don't pull their weight. Read how you can change them easily and gain an edge on even your best opponents.
For decades a 2♣ opening has meant one thing and one thing only to most bridge players: a very strong hand. This book challenges that paradigm. Using statistics taken from 275,000 bridge deals in top level competitions, it shows why using 2♣ for really big and very infrequent hands is a waste of a perfectly good opening bid. It then goes on to explain a much more frequent and effective use for the bid and how you can use 2NT for all big hands in systems based on SAYC and Acol.
I finish by challenging another long standing Paradigm: forcing suit responses to regular weak twos. These bids don't pull their weight. Read how you can change them easily and gain an edge on even your best opponents.
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