The Drury convention is a bridge convention, used to show a game-invitational major suit raise by a passed hand. In its simplest form, a response of 2♣, by a passed hand, to a 1♥ or a 1♠ opening, is artificial and, assuming a system like Standard American where only 5-card majors are opened, shows 3 or 4 card support for opener's suit plus 10 or more support points. Because responder has already passed, this hand is limited to fewer than 12 high card points.

The convention was devised by Canadian player Douglas Drury (1914-1967). Drury lived in Canada most of his life, moving to the USA in the 1950s.

The Drury convention is valuable because:

Opener rebids 2♦, to show a light opening.

A rebid of 2♦ shows a full opening. While not universally accepted, a bid of 2♥ by opener after opening 1♠ is also a weakish bid showing 5 spades and 4 hearts (or better). With a good hand (say 15 or more points) opener may simply jump to game (4 of the major suit). Other bids tend to be natural and descriptive, in effect a game try. With an excellent hand, opener may be interested in a slam and will bid accordingly.

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Schmidt was a 1980 graduate of Harvard High School in Harvard, Nebraska. He then attended the University of Nebraska, where he graduated in 1986.

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