Slow Arrival

When an auction is forced to game, playing slow arrival, a jump bid by either player tends to show a stronger hand:

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This auction shows a stronger hand playing Slow Arrival than the auction:

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The opposite approach is call Fast Arrival in which jumps show minimum type hands. 

Compiled by Lorne Russell 2005