Kantar Cue Bid

Kantar Cue Bids are used after opener starts the bidding with 1-of-a-suit and the next player makes a suit overcall. A cue-bid by responder shows a three-suited hand (at least four cards in each suit), a singleton or void in the enemy suit, and 8+ points. Subsequent rebids by opener and responder are natural.

The use of Kantar Cue Bids precludes the more common approach of cuebidding to show a limit raise or better for opener's suit.

		Opener			Responder
		AT72			5
		AQJ73			KT92
		K85			QT62
		T			K742
		West     1 3 (2)		North     1 Pass	East     2 (1) 4	South     Pass All Pass

1. Showing a 3-suiter short in spades with 8+ points.
2. Help-suit game try.

		Opener			Responder
		AJT8			KQ52
		Q875			J
		AQJ			K985
		72			T854
		West     1 2 (2)		North     1 All Pass	East     2 (1)	South     Pass

1. Showing a 3-suiter short in hearts with 8+ points. Note that a negative double, by inference, would exclude this hand type.
2. Correcting to the known 8-card fit.

The Kantar Cue Bid is named for its inventor, American expert Eddie Kantar.