. The opener, with this Kiri Asking Bid, is required to describe the strength of the No Trump opening. The following responses promise the varying strength:The origin of this designation is unknown. The concept serves only one purpose and is employed only after one partner, whose partner has not previously passed, opens the auction with 1 No Trump. The responder, with game forcing values and the correct distribution, first responds with 4. The opener, with this Kiri Asking Bid, is required to describe the strength of the No Trump opening. The following responses promise the varying strength:
4 :
The No Trump holding is minimum. 4 :
The No Trump holding is average. 4 NT: The No Trump holding is maximum.
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Generally, whatever the rebid of the responder is, this becomes the final contract. If the responder passes the rebid by the opener of 4, then the responder is promising at least a 6-card Heart suit; if not, then the responder corrects to the 6-card Spade suit and becomes the declarer. The opener is required to pass
If the responder passes the rebid by the opener of 4, then the responder is promising at least a 6-card Spade suit. If the responder, however, corrects to 5, then this becomes the final contract.
This conventional method can also be employed after a 2 No Trump opening. The range of the No Trump becomes irrelevant, since the values of the responder are then, by partnership agreement, appropriately altered to meet the requirements for the selected high card point range. By partnership agreement, if the responder is already a passed hand, a re-evaluation of the values held may justify employing the Kiri Asking Bid.
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