Source:
AUSTRALIAN YOUTH BRIDGE BULLETIN JUNE – JULY – AUGUST 2015
![club suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/c.gif)
EXTENSION TO YOUR STRONG 2
![club suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/c.gif)
– KOKISH RELAY
If you don’t play the Kokish Relay yet, it is a very useful add-on tool for your strong 2
![club suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/c.gif)
opening at little cost. Here is the gist of it:
2![club suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/c.gif) |
Pass |
2 *(*Assuming 2 = Waiting) |
Pass |
? |
|
|
|
2![Heart Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/h.gif) |
Kokish Relay, multi meaning. A puppet to 2 so opener can clarify |
2NT |
22-23 balanced (Assuming a 2NT opening shows 20-21 balanced) |
Other |
As per normal |
After 2
![club suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/c.gif)
-2
![Diamond Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/d.gif)
-2
![Heart Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/h.gif)
-2
![Spade Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/s.gif)
(2
![Spade Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/s.gif)
is forced):
2![club suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/c.gif) |
Pass |
2 * (*Assuming 2 = Waiting) |
Pass |
2![Heart Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/h.gif) |
Pass |
2![Spade Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/s.gif) |
Pass |
? |
|
2NT |
(24)25+ balanced |
3![club suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/c.gif) |
5+ 4+![club suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/c.gif) |
3![Diamond Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/d.gif) |
5+![club suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/c.gif) 4+![Diamond Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/d.gif) |
3![Heart Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/h.gif) |
6+ (single suited hand) |
3![Spade Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/s.gif) |
5+ 4![Spade Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/s.gif) |
The advantage here is that opener is able to show a 25+ balanced hand. Rebidding 2
![Heart Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/h.gif)
shows either a big balanced hand, or a strong hand with natural hearts. As the 2
![Heart Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/h.gif)
bid is a puppet to 2
![Spade Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/s.gif)
, responder is forced to bid 2
![Spade Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/s.gif)
so opener can clarify his true intentions.
If you want to get complicated, one slight improvement is to play Transfer Kokish Relay. That is, after 2
![club suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/c.gif)
-2
![Diamond Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/d.gif)
-2
![Heart Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/h.gif)
-2
![Spade Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/s.gif)
, 3
![club suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/c.gif)
+ bids are transfers. So 3
![club suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/c.gif)
would show 5+
![Heart Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/h.gif)
4+
![Diamond Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/d.gif)
, 3
![Diamond Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/d.gif)
shows 6+
![Heart Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/h.gif)
’s, 3
![Heart Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/h.gif)
shows 5+
![Heart Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/h.gif)
4
![Spade Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/s.gif)
, and 3
![Spade Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/s.gif)
shows 5+
![Heart Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/h.gif)
4+
![club suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/c.gif)
.