What does a bid of 1 club mean in bridge?

The Strong Club System is a set of bidding conventions and agreements used in the game of contract bridge and is based upon an opening bid of 1♣ as being an artificial forcing bid promising a strong hand. The strong 1 ♣ opening is assigned a minimum strength promising 16 or more high card points.

What does 2 diamonds mean in bridge?

Multi 2 diamonds, or simply Multi, is a contract bridge convention whereby the opening bid of 2♦ shows multiple types of hands, which always includes a weak-two bid in either major suit, while the additional meaning may be a strong balanced hand (commonly 20-21 high card points), or a 20-22 three suiter.

What does a 3 club bid mean in bridge?

An opening Three-Bid, called a preempt, shows a weak hand can take five or more tricks if your suit is trumps, but is unlikely to take any tricks in any other suits. To open (or overcall) a Three-Bid, you should have: A good, long suit (6 or 7 cards, with at least two honors). No ace or king in any other suit.

What is a trump in bridge?

In bridge, you have wild cards, too, called trump cards. If the final bid names a trump suit, that suit is the wild suit for the hand. For example, suppose that the final bid is 4♠ — this bid determines that spades are trump (or wild) for the entire hand.