{"id":28,"date":"2009-01-19T11:08:53","date_gmt":"2009-01-19T19:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/2009\/01\/19\/intermediate-advanced-3-reverse-bidding-breaking-the-barrier\/"},"modified":"2009-01-19T11:08:53","modified_gmt":"2009-01-19T19:08:53","slug":"intermediate-advanced-3-reverse-bidding-breaking-the-barrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?p=28","title":{"rendered":"Intermediate &amp; Advanced #3: Reverse Bidding &#8211; breaking the barrier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/Services\/eMagazine_Archive\/eMag_IA_3_0306.htm\">READ THE NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  In prior issues, we explored forcing bids and the forcing pass. This month we will revisit a sometimes misused old friend of ours, the reverse bid \u2013 known as the \u201cbarrier\u201d bid in some circles. Most players are comfortable with the criteria for the opener\u2019s basic reverse, but rebid agreements are occasionally glossed over without solid partnership agreements or how to deal with out-of-the-ordinary situations. Even basic system agreements affect what is and is not a reverse. Is it right to reverse with a minimum opening hand and 5=6=1=1 shape? Would you ever reverse with a 3=2=3=5, 1=4=4=4, 3=4=4=2, or 3=4=2=4 shape? Hopefully you\u2019ll be ready for these challenging hands before you pick one up at the table.<\/p>\n<p>Also in this issue, we will kibitz a tough opening lead at the Bermuda Bowl. And if you&#8217;ve ever been suspicious of computer dealt hands in ACBL tournaments, we will take a look at what goes on &#8220;behind the curtain&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>READ THE NEWSLETTER In prior issues, we explored forcing bids and the forcing pass. This month we will revisit a sometimes misused old friend of ours, the reverse bid \u2013 known as the \u201cbarrier\u201d bid in some circles. Most players are comfortable with the criteria for the opener\u2019s basic reverse, but rebid agreements are occasionally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}