Flannery
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Flannery is a bridge convention using a 2Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♦ opening bid to show a hand of minimal opening bid strength (11-15 high card points) with exactly four spades and five (or sometimes six) hearts. It was invented by American player William (Bill) L. Flannery.
This convention was introduced because of the awkwardness of describing such a holding, especially with four-card major systems. For example, with the hand Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♠ KQ82 Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♥ AJ643 Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♦ KJ Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♣ 54, if the bidding starts 1Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♥ - 1NT (denying four spades), the opener cannot rebid 2Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♠, as it would be a reverse bid showing a stronger hand, 2Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♥ would show a six-card suit, and two of a minor would show four or at least three good cards. Thus, the opener cannot easily explore for a 5-3 fit in hearts. Five-card major openers are somewhat better placed, because 1NT denies both three hearts and four spades, so opener may pass more safely but is nevertheless at risk of missing a potential optimum 4-3 Template:Gcb fit in spades. Flannery is also useful when playing five-card majors in conjunctions with forcing notrump, to prevent opener from having to respond in a nonsuit after 1Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♥ – 1NT when not strong enough to reverse.
Responses
Responder's only forcing bid is 2NT; all other bids are natural. The responses are:
- Pass, 2Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♥, 2Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♠, 3Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♣, 3Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♦ – to play
- 3NT, 4Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♥, 4Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♠ – to play
- 3Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♥, 3Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♠ – invitational
- 2NT – forcing bid. The opener describes his hand more precisely:
- 3Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♣, 3Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♦ – 3 cards in the bid suit (i.e., 4=5=1=3 and 4=5=3=1 distribution, respectively)
- 3Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♥ – 4=5=2=2, 11-13 points
- 3Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♠ – 4=5=2=2, 14-15 points with weak minor-suit doubletons
- 3NT – 4=5=2=2, 14-15 points, but good minor-suit doubletons
- 4Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♣, 4Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♦ – 4 cards in the bid suit (i.e., 4=5=0=4 and 4=5=4=0 distribution, respectively)
- 4Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♥ - a 6-card heart suit, for those who play this variant
Anti-Flannery
"Anti-Flannery" is a variation used in systems which use the canapé treatment, where a shorter suit is opened first. It is used in some variations of Blue Club and Lancia systems. With canapé in effect, hands with 4=5 in majors are naturally opened 1Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♠ with 2Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♥ rebid, however, hands with five spades and four hearts present a problem and the 2Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♦ artificial bid can be used to show that holding. Continuations are similar to basic Flannery.
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Flannery, Bill (1984). The Flannery 2 Diamonds Opening. Louisville, KY: Devyn Press. ISBN 0-910791-13-9.
External links
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