Requirements for Notrump Small Slams

Typically, the two main ingredients to bid all the way up to 6NT are

• A balanced handThis term refers to the count of cards in the four suits in your hand. Any of the following three patterns is considered a balanced hand.
  5, 3, 3, 2 In any suit order
  or
  4, 3, 3, 3 In any suit order
  or
  4, 4, 3, 2 In any suit order facing a balanced hand
• 33 high card pointsHigh Card Points (HCP) Honour cards (the Ace (A) the King (K) the Queen (Q) the Jack (J) and the Ten (10) in each suit, each of these cards is has a different points value called HCP = High Card Points. There are a total of 40 points in the entire pack of card... (HCP) between the two hands

Bidding Notrump Grand Slams

These are also true for grand slam except, you need 37+ points for grand slam. and if you have..

• A balanced hand facing partners balanced hand
• 37+ high card points (HCP) between the two hands
• Controls in every suit

Wouldn’t you like to see a hand in which you have the power to make a small slam in Notrumps? 

In NoTrumps a control or stopper is:

An honor cardAn honor card is sometimes referred to as a face cards
the Ace (A)
the King (K)
the Queen (Q)
the Jack (J)
and the Ten (10 or T) in each suit
The 10 and 9 card in any suit are known as Intermediate Cards/s in a suit (usually the Ace or King & Queen) which is certain to prevent the opponents from running a suit in a notrumpA bid to play a hand without a trump suit where the highest card played to the suit first led to the trick - wins. This bid is peculiar to Bridge contractThe final suit and level of bidding sets the number of tricks and the trump suit for the game.This is called the contract. The partnership that wins the bidding can earn the points if they succeed in getting the number of tricks they contracted.
The number ....

NoTrump Slam Bidding

When your partner has bid NoTrump you can signal to your partner 5 different options. Do you want to invite to them to bid game, sign off yourself in game, invite partner to bid slam, force partner to bid slam or sign off yourself in slam. See table below.