What is a Forcing Bid?

Before we look at opener’s second bid, there is an idea that we need to introduce, which plays an important part in making decisions about your second bid as opener. This is the concept of a forcing bid - a bid which your partner may not pass. We have already touched on this in the modules on responding to suit openings, where a change of suit by responder is forcing, but the video below will go into a little more detail. Once you have watched that, you can go on to watch the video about opener’s second bid with balanced hands.