Serious 3NT

Serious 3NT

=Serious Three No Trump=

A Contract Bridge bidding convention. Used in a Game Forcing auction where a
Major suit is agreed.

1♠–2♣ if using 2/1 Game Forcing

2♠–3♠

3NT: strong (Serious)

4♣: Cuebid, but not strong (nonSerious).

4♠: truly minimum.

Since Spades are the agreed trump suit, Three No Trump is not usually the bestcontract. Using Serious Three No Trump, a bid of Three No Trump says "ImSerious about slam", i.e. "I have a good hand". Bypassing bidding Three No Trumpsays "I am not Serious about Slam". Examples shown in the above auction.

Serious Three No Trump was devised by and named by Eric Rodwell. Citations: Variousarticles in the American Contract Bridge League Bulletin (magazine). Conventioncards submitted to the World Bridge Federation.


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