PRECISION BIDDING SUMMARY SHEET Opening Bids ------------ 1C : 16+ 1D : 12-15, min. 3 carder diamond 1H/1S : 12-15, 5 carder 1NT : 13-15 balanced, may be five card minor 2C : 12-15 six-carder C or a good 5-carder with a 4 carder major 2D : 12-15, singleton or void in D, no 5 card major (4414) 2H/2S : 7-11, good 6 carder, no second major, no void, rule of 2 and 3 2NT : 22-23 balanced 3C : 12-15, 7 carder semi-solid C, 7-8 playing tricks 3D/3H/3S: 7-11, 7 carder suit, Rule of 2 and 3 3NT : Gambling, solid 7 carder minor, atmost a Q outside Responses to 1C --------------- a) NEGATIVE : 1D: 0-7 or Impossible negative(4441) 8 or more points b) CONSTRUCTIVE: 2H/2S: 3-6, 6 carder with 1 top honor c) CONSTRUCTIVE: 3C/3D: 7 carder with AQ or KQ d) POSITIVE: 1H/1S: 8 points, 5 carder e) POSITIVE 2C/2D: 8 with 5 carder f) POSITIVE: 1NT: 8-13 balanced, no 5 carder g) POSITIVE: 2NT: 16+ balanced, no 5 carder h) POSITIVE: 3NT: 14-15 balanced Rebids by 1C on 1D ------------------- 1 NT: 16-18 balanced, maybe 5 card minor 2 NT: 19-21 balanced, maybe 5 card minor 3 NT: 24-26 balanced, maybe 5 card minor 1H/1S: 5 carder OR 4 carder with another lower 5 carder 2C/2D: 6 carder or 5 carder with weak major or both minors Jump to 2H/2S/3C/3D: 3 1/2 - 4 1/2 losers Double jump to 3H/3S: solid suit, asking for Aces in side suit Rebids by 1C on 2H/2S --------------------- Pass: Game unlikely new suit: 1 round force 2NT: support in suit, forcing raise 3H/3S: inviting 3NT: shutoff bid Rebids by 1C on 3C/3D --------------------- Natural bids Rebids by 1C on 1H/1S --------------------- new suit 1S/2C/2D/2H: ALPHA asking for support and controls 1NT: BETA asking for number of controls 2H/2S raise: GAMMA Rebids by 1C on 2C/2D --------------------- New suit 2D/2H/2S: ALPHA raise 3C/3D: GAMMA 2NT: Natural Rebids by 1C on 1NT ------------------- 2C: Stayman and relay for point range 2D/2H/2S: suit and ALPHA 2NT: 16-17 minimum, non forcing Rebids by 1C on 2NT ------------------- 3C: Baron 3D/3H/3S: suit and ALPHA 4C: modified BETA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Responses to 1D --------------- a) 1H/1S: 7-15 (Less if D singleton) b) 1 NT: 8-10 balanced, No Major c) 2C: 10+ (less with long suite) d) 2D: 10-15, no major, good D support, one round force e) 3D: Pre-emptive, 5 card D f) 2H/2S/3C: 18+ Strong suite or 15+ fair suite with good D support g) 2NT: 16+, balanced, Baron h) 3NT: 14-15 balanced 4-3-3-3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Responses to 1H/1S ------------------ (a) Pass: 0 - 7, poor support (b) 1S: 7 - 15, maybe with a longer minor if 7 - 9 (c) 2C/2D/2H: 10+, maybe 4 carder but H 5 carder (d) 1NT: 8-11 balanced (e) Raise 2H/2S: 7 - 9, 3 carder support and a ruffing value (f) Double Raise 3H/3S: 10 - 11, 3 card support (g) Triple Raise to 4H/4S: 7 - 11, 5 card support max 3 controls, Pre-emptive (h) Jump in a new suit: 15+ strong suit, or good support and fair suit (i) Jump to 2NT, not a passed hand:15+, no 5 carder or strong ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Responses to 1NT ---------------- (a) 2 C : 8-11 non-forcing Stayman or 0-4 to avoid heavy penalty on (b) 2 D : 12+ game forcing stayman If Playing Jacoby transfers: Opener must accept the transfer unless he has 15 points and 4 card support. Then he can say 3H. 2D is transfer to 2H/2H is transfer to 2S (i) Pass (content to play in 2H/2S) (ii) 2N/3H/3S is invitational (iii) 3C/3D: natural and game forcing (iv) 3NT (asks for pref of game in 3NT or 4H/4S) 3H/3S: 15 HCP and 4 H/4 S (i) Pass/3NT/4H/4S: sign off if Opponents bid over 1NT, Stayman and Jacoby are off if Opponents bid Double over 1NT, Stayman and Jacoby are ON (iii) 3C/3D: natural and game forcing (iv) 3NT (asks for pref of game in 3NT or 4H) 3H: 15 HCP and 4 H (i) Pass/3NT/4H: sign off (c) 2H/S : weak, sign off (d) 2 NT: 10-11 balanced, no major (e) Jump to 3 H/S : 9-11, good six card, not requiring trump support, (f) 4 C: Gerber (g) 4D/H : Texas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Responses to 2C --------------- (a) Pass: 0-8 (b) 2D : Relay 9+, one round force, game likely. (c) 2H/2S: 8-11 5-carder non-forcing. (d) 2NT: 10-12 stoppers in both majors, no majors (e) 3C: 8-10, No major. (f) 3D: 6-9, Very Good 6-carder D (g) 3H/3S: 12+, Very Good 6-carder, strongly invitational (h) 3NT: 13-16, to play, maybe less with C support. (i) 4C/5C: Preemptive ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Responses to 2D --------------- (a) Pass: 0- 6, 6 carder D (b) 2H: 0-6, minimum 3 carder H (c) 2S: 0 - 6, minimum 4 carder S (d) 2NT: 11+, forcing 1 round, asking for strength and pattern (e) 3C: 0-6, 4 carder or 3 carder with no 3 carder H or 4 carder S (f) 3D: 11-12, very good 6 carder D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Responses to 2H/2S ------------------ (a) New Suit: 9-11 good suit, inviting support, one round force (b) 2NT: 12+, game likely, relay asking for points and quality (c) raise to 3H/3S: Pre-emptive (d) Jump to 4H/4S: Maybe preemptive, maybe strong, no slam likely (e) 3NT: shutoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. 2NT: 22-23 balanced (a) 3C: Baron (b) 3D: Flint (c) 3H/3S: 5 carder, forcing (d) 3NT: shutoff (e) 4C: Gerber (f) 4D/4H: Texas ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Responses to 3C (a) 3D:10+,stopper in D(if rebid, then 11+ strong 6 carder, game force) (b) 3H:10+, stopper in H, not in D(if rebid, then 11+ strong 6 carder, no slam likely) (c) 3S: 10+ stopper in S but not in H & D(if rebid then 11+, strong 6 carder, no slam likely) (d) 3NT: 10+ stoppers in D,H,S, shutoff (e) 4C: Weissberger: 9+ good 6 carder major or 5-5 majors asking for 3 carder (f) 4D: 12+, void in 1 suit, support for C, asking for side A (g): 4H/4S: 16+, powerful 6 carder, slam likely ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. 3D/3H/3S: 7-11, 7 carder suit, Rule of 2 and 3 (a) New Suit: forcing 1 round (b) Others: Natural (c) Raises: Pre-emptive -----------------------------------------------------------------------------