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You Can Find The Unbalanced Hand Openings Page Here

Starting With The Dealer And Going Clockwise, The Players Take It In Turn To Bid Or Pass. When We Talk About An ‘opening Bid’ We Mean That You Are The First Player To Make A Bid On This Deal.

Unless You Have A Very Unbalanced Hand You Need At Least 12 Hcp To Open The Bidding. With Very Distributional Hands You Can Make Higher-level Opening Bids To Try To Make Life Difficult For Your Opponents (See Pre-emptive Opening Bids)

The Image Above Will Help You To Choose The Best Opening Bid To Describe Your Hand.

You Can Watch A Video About Choosing Opening Bids Here

And Check That You Have Understood By Taking The Quiz Here