The limit raises and preemptive raises of major suits in the Standard American Yellow Card bidding system also conform to the Law of Total Tricks.
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Chances are therefore increased that the side of the opener has an undisturbed auction, and the opponents will not discover a fit in a major suit.
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The general rationale is that when you open very low, you want to hold and show the major suits, so opponents cannot easily pre-empt against you.
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When responder is too weak to force to game diamond suits are bypassed in favour of major suits, regardless of the length of the diamond suit.
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In duplicate pairs scoring, the subtle difference between a major suit game, a NT game and a minor suit game make the declaration an important decision.
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The 2NT overcall is then used to show both majors ( after a minor suit opening ) or both minors ( after a major suit opening ).
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Acol players tend to restrict the weak two bid to the major suits ( i . e . 2H or 2S ), as 2D is hardly preemptive.
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An advantage of the canap?method is that four-card major suits are introduced on the first round of the auction even when a longer suit is held.
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A vulnerable grand slam is worth 1500 ( slam bonus ) + 500 ( game bonus ) + 210 ( major suit trick score ) = 2210.
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Also, a 2 relay is now available to responder that can be used to ask for the longest ( or better ) of the two major suits.
