A bid intended to give specific information about the content of the hand to the bidder's partner rather than to advance the auction.
‘In disturbed auctions, however, a cue bid at the first opportunity is always artificial.’
‘On the contrary, if she had a splinter bid, she would have a hand that cue bids in spades around 30% of the time.’
‘This is a cue bid of the opponent's suit after your partner has opened the bidding (for your side).’
‘If responder does not have a five card suit nor stoppers in opponent's preempt, he is forced to cue bid spades and your defensive contract becomes uncomfortably high.’
‘There have been many questions about cue bids, and many advancing players find them confusing since they are so context-sensitive.’
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