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mikeh, on 2026-August-21, 10:28, said:
Al Roth wrote about playing 2N (as a jump over their opening bid of 1M) as both minors in a tournament report he wrote back in 1948. I have pretty much all of The Bridge Worlds from the early 1940s on. So I think it started as for both minors and became ‘two lowest un bids’ some years later. Afaik, and I’ve read a lot of bridge material plus I was playing since the early 1970s, 2N was never ‘any two suits other than opener’s’ but of course there are regional variations so maybe it had that meaning in some regions. It was never ‘standard’…for example I never saw it described as such in any material I’ve read.
Al Roth himself had evolved to playing it as "two lower unbid suits" by the time he wrote the pamphlet "The Unusual No Trump" in 1981.
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There are two possible answers to the question - which suits are shown by an Unusual No
Trump? By partnership agreement, it shows either the minors or the two lower unbid suits.
We prefer the latter, which is more flexible. Also, it eliminates ambiguity when the opening
bid is one of a minor if over 1♣ or 1♦ an Unusual No Trump always shows hearts plus the
other minor.
Trump? By partnership agreement, it shows either the minors or the two lower unbid suits.
We prefer the latter, which is more flexible. Also, it eliminates ambiguity when the opening
bid is one of a minor if over 1♣ or 1♦ an Unusual No Trump always shows hearts plus the
other minor.
In the end it would make no difference this time.
