Sequence signals are used against both suit and no-trump contracts. They can also be used when following suit or discarding.
Dummy | ||||
982 | ||||
West | East | |||
A3 | KQJT7 | |||
Declarer | ||||
654 |
West leads the
Dummy | ||||
872 | ||||
West | East | |||
A3 | QJT94 | |||
Declarer | ||||
K65 |
When West leads the
This signal does not necessarily have its own name, and I have called it a "sequence signal" in an attempt at semantic clarity. In his book "How to Defend a Bridge Hand", Bill Root refers to this as "Signaling with honor cards." In one of his bridge defense articles, Mike Lawrence calls it an "information signal."
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