MICHAELS CUE BIDS With shapely hands ( 5/5 or longer) it is important to get into the bidding early. Bear in mind that you must have the points in the suits and NOT in the opponent's suits. If such is the case then use Michaels Cue Bids - Over the opponents bid of 1♠
2♠ shows 5♥ and 5 of a minor 2♥ shows 5♠ and 5 of a minor - Over opponent's opening of 1♣
2♣ shows 5/5 in the majors - Over opponents opening of 1♦
2♦ would show 5/5 in the majors LEAPING MICHAELS The concept is attributed to Mark Feldman, a bidding theorist responsible for inventing numerous conventions in popular use, but this is unsubstantiated. This is a method whereby the player makes a jump to four of a Minor suit over an opposing Major suit Weak Two bid, and sometimes preempts on the three level, to show a two-suiter, generally a 5-5 distribution, in the suit bid and the unbid Major suit and/or one still unknown and unspecified Major suit, depending on whether the Weak Two bid and/or Preempt is a Minor or Major suit. However, if the two suits are different in length, then the assumed longer suit is the Minor suit as in a 5-6 distribution. The so-called leap is not forcing so one would expect opening bid strength, but rather distributional features
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