What is a lead directing double in bridge?

The lead directing double (LDD) is used to help your partner make the correct opening lead. It is a double by you to show the suit (typically artificial) just bid. At other times, it could be a double of the final contract for a specific lead.

What is a stolen bid in bridge?

Within contract bridge a stolen bid is a bid which usually lacks connection to the bidders own hand, and instead is used for blocking a certain bid (or a range of several bids) to be expressed from the next opponent.

What are negative doubles in bridge?

The negative double is a form of takeout double in bridge. It is made by the responder after his right-hand opponent overcalls on the first round of bidding, and is used to show shortness in overcall’s suit, support for the unbid suits with emphasis on majors, as well as some values.

What is Lebensohl in bridge?

Lebensohl is a contract bridge convention whose variants can be used in the following situations: by responder after an opponent’s overcall of a one notrump (1NT) opening bid in order to compete further in the auction without necessarily committing the partnership to game. after opponents’ weak-two bids and.

What is inverted minor in bridge?

Inverted minors refers to a treatment introduced by the Kaplan–Sheinwold (K–S) bidding system for the popular card game bridge. The original structure of Precision, another bidding system, also employed inverted minors over a 1♦ opening. However, the treatment is no longer restricted to users of these bidding systems.