1.0Blog Funbridgehttps://funbridge.com/blogJérôme Rombautrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="6qoh7Nuont"><a href="https://funbridge.com/blog/en/bridge-question-jerome-rombaut-mars-2024/">What would be your next bid?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://funbridge.com/blog/en/bridge-question-jerome-rombaut-mars-2024/embed/#?secret=6qoh7Nuont" width="600" height="338" title="« What would be your next bid? » — Blog Funbridge" data-secret="6qoh7Nuont" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://funbridge.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Header_Quiz_Jeje_EN-1024x576.jpg1024576Sitting in West, what would be your next bid? See solutions Jérôme Rombaut’s answers To answer this question, it is necessary and sufficient to really understand the meaning of this protective 1NT bid. Indeed, the protective seat (after two passes) forces a bid more frequently as, otherwise, the bidding stops at a low level and the opponents might be able to make their contract easily when we might have one ourselves. It is often said that in the protective seat, bids are stretched by a couple of points. Here, it is even slightly more: the protective 1NT shows between 10…