Balancing Jump

After a 1 of a suit opening followed by 2 passes, a single jump bid in a new suit is treated as an intermediate call, not a weak 2 bid.  For example after a 1 opening bid and 2 passes:

AKJT53            K4                  A3

93                      J42                K3

A54                   KQJ543        872

K5                     Ax                  AKQ865

bid 2                  Bid 3              Bid 3NT

Note that the bid shows a good 6 card or better suit, little interest in the other suits, and tends to deny a stopper in the opened suit.

Compiled by Lorne Russell 2005