Card rules · 2026-11-03
28: Raising Your Partner Can Have a Special Threshold
In the specified auction, raising a partner after the left-hand opponent has passed requires a call of at least twenty. Treating every raise as simply one point higher misses this…
In the specified auction, raising a partner after the left-hand opponent has passed requires a call of at least twenty. Treating every raise as simply one point higher misses this restriction.
Follow the sequence of speakers as carefully as the latest number. Before raising, identify whose bid stands and who passed. A legal increase can still be too ambitious for the cards; legality and a sensible estimate are separate decisions.