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Comparative Bridge |
Goren Bidding System
One of the oldest bidding systems developed by Charles Goren.
Goren Bidding System is the most natural and there are very few conventional biddings. Openning bid requires 13-14 Total points and 4 cards is sufficient for any suit openning but it should include 3 HCPs. If the suit is 5 cards then there is no need for any high card.
NoTrump opennings requires balanced hands and 16-18 HCPs. A NoTrump Openning may include a weak 5 cards major. There is a negative 1 Club Openning in this system. If you do not have a 5 cards or a good 4 cards suit, you can open the bidding with 1 Club unless you can open 1 NT. 1 Club openning is one tour forcing and the weak response is 1 Diamond. You can examine the opennings and the responses at the below table.
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Some Goren players use Stayman and Transfer conventions.
Rebid of the Opener :
- If the game is not possible according to the response he gets, he should stop bidding at the possible lowest level. He may pass, repeat the openning suit, or bid the second suit which will not be reverse.
- If the game is possible according to the response he gets, he should continue to bid. With the minimum openning value he may bid 1 NT, may support responders suit with 4 cards, may declare his second suit which will not be reverse or may repeat his openning suit.
- If the game is possible in spite of the response he gets, then he should have more than minimum openning value. In such a situation he may jump in his suit or in responders suit or in NoTrump or in a second suit, he can bid a second suit which is a reverse.