JACOBY vs. JORDAN
Excerpt from Standard Bidding with SAYC
By Ned Downey and Ellen Pomer (Caitlin)
While it is a part of SAYC, Jordan, also known as Truscott, sometimes gets misused as Jacoby 2NT.
JORDAN
According to the OEB, the 2NT bid in this context is popularly known as Jordan - after the U.S. expert Robert Jordan - but was in fact developed Alan Truscott prior to moving to New York in the early 1960s. The bid , first described by Truscott in The Bridge World in 1954.
The bid of 2NT has no natural meaning after a double because with a strong balanced hand, one would redouble. The OEB states that "most cexperienced players (use the bid of 2NT) to show a hand that would have made a limit jump raise to 3 of opener's suit if there had been no double."
Many confuse Jordan with Jacoby 2NT. Jordan is used only over an intervening double and shows a limit raise or better. Jacoby 2NT shows opening count or better and is employed on hands where RHO passes.
| Hand 28 | Hand 29 | |
| ª 5
© Q865 ¨ QJ96 § K743 |
ª 5
© T987 ¨ A653 § Q864 |
Once again, partner opens 1© and RHO doubles.
Hand 28: In support of hearts, this hand is worthy of a limit raise. Bid 2NT.
Hand 29: A natural corollary of Jordan is that the jump raise can now be used preemptively. Bid 3©. Tell partner about the four-card support and jam the auction a bit in the process. You will not bid again unless partner forces you to.
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