1NT - ?

- 2§ : Stayman

- 2¨ : transfer

- 2© : transfer

- 2ª : transfer to club

- 2NT : transfer to diamond

- 3§ : short club (4-4-4-1) or with five diamonds

- 3¨ : short diamond (4-4-1-4) or with five clubs

- 3© : short heart and minimum nine cards (5-4) in minors, (3-1-4-5) or (2-1-5-5)

- 3ª : short spade and minimum nine cards (5-4) in minors, (1-3-4-5) or (1-2-5-5)

- 4§ : Gerber

- 4¨ : Texas with 6+ hearts

- 4© : Texas with 6+ spades

- 4ª : slam forcing with balanced hand; asking lowest four card suit

- 4NT : quantitative

Stayman

1NT - 2§

- 2¨ : denies four card major

- 2M : shows four card major

- 2NT : (4-4) majors, minimum

- 3§ : (4-4) majors, maximum

1NT - 2§

2¨ - ?

- 2M : five cards in this major with four cards in other major, invitational

- 3M : four cards in this major with five cards in other major, game-forcing, Smolen

- 3§ : (1-4-4-4), (4-1-4-4) or four majors and five clubs, game-forcing

- 3¨ : four majors and five diamonds, game-forcing

- 4¨ : transfer to heart with four spades and six hearts

- 4© : transfer to spade with four heart and six spades

1NT - 2§

2¨ - 3§

- 3¨ : 4+ diamonds, no four clubs

- 3© : 4+ clubs with good honors in hearts

- 3ª : 4+ clubs with good honors in spades

- 3NT : 4+ clubs with good honors in both majors

- 4§ : very good hand with club fit

1NT - 2§

2¨ - 3¨

- 3© : shows good honors in hearts

- 3ª : shows good honors in spades

- 3NT : shows good stoppers in both majors

- 4m : very good hand with diamond fit

1NT - 2§

2© - ?

- 3§ : (4-1-4-4) or four spades, 5+ clubs and may have singleton heart, game-forcing

- 3¨ : four spades and 5+ diamonds and may have singleton heart, game-forcing

- 3ª : singleton spade, (1-4-4-4)

- 4§ : singleton club, slam try for heart with five hearts and four spades

- 4¨ : singleton diamond, slam try for heart with five hearts and four spades

- 2ª : slam try in heart, any distribution

opener must bid 2NT, now 3© slam try with balanced hand; 3§, 3¨ or 3ª shows

five card suit, probably no singleton or only interest in long suit honors.

4© balanced slam invitation and 4NT is RKCB.

1NT - 2§

2© - 3§

- 3¨ : four diamonds

- 3© : four clubs

- 3ª : (3-4-3-3) and maximum hand with good three clubs

- 3NT : to play

- 4§ : raise responder’s suit, shows very good hand with good four cards

1NT - 2§

2© - 3¨

- 3© : four diamonds

- 3ª : (3-4-3-3) and maximum hand with good three diamonds

- 3NT : to play

- 4¨ : raise responder’s suit, shows very good hand with good four cards

1NT - 2§

2ª - ?

- 3§ : (1-4-4-4) or four hearts, 5+ clubs and may have singleton spade, game-forcing

- 3¨ : four hearts, 5+ diamonds and may have singleton spade, game-forcing

- 4§ : singleton club, slam try for spade with 4+ hearts

- 4¨ : singleton diamond, slam try for spade with 4+ hearts

- 4© : singleton heart, (4-1-4-4)

- 3© : slam try in spade, any distribution

opener must bid 3ª, now 3 NT slam try with balanced hand; 4§, 4¨ or 4© shows

five cards suit with support. 4ªalso slam invitation with (5-4-2-2). if responder has

a singleton can shows it later.

1NT - 2§

2ª - 3§

- 3¨ : four diamonds

- 3© : four clubs

- 3ª : (4-3-3-3) and maximum hand with good three clubs

- 3NT : to play

- 4§ : raise responder’s suit, shows very good hand with good four cards

1NT - 2§

2ª - 3¨

- 3© : four diamonds

- 3ª : (4-3-3-3) and maximum hand with good three diamonds

- 3NT : to play

- 4¨ : raise responder’s suit, shows very good hand with good four cards

Rules

after majors slam try

- If responder makes slam try with long or short suit,

openers 3^rd or 4^th level bids under 4NT shows good hand; five level bids shows very good

hand and the number of key cards he has (5CL= 0-3) or returning to trump shows bad hand.

after minors slam try

- If opener rebids at the 3^rd level,

repeating original minor at the 4^th level or raising the supported minor to four, is RKCB

1NT - 2§

2NT - ?

- Pass : to play

- 3¨ : transfer to hearts

- 3© : transfer to spades

- 3NT : to play

- 4¨ : transfer to hearts

- 4© : transfer to spades

(same after 3§ rebids)

Transfers

1NT - 2¨

1NT - 2ª

- 2NT : shows bad hand

- 3§ : shows good hand

1NT - 2NT

- 3§ : shows bad hand

- 3¨ : shows good hand

Rules

- After major transfers, 4NT is slam invitation, 5NT for choice at six level

- After minor transfers, new suit shows shortness in this suit

Texas

1NT - ?

- 4¨ : transfer to hearts

Rules

- Texas also used after overcall, after 3§ overcall in, after 3¨ and over out

- After Texas, 4NT is RKCB; new suit shows void and ask for key cards

After 3m

1NT - 3§

- 3¨ : shows good support in diamond no four cards major

- 3M : shows four cards major

- 3NT : to play

- 4¨ : very good diamond fit and maximum hand

1NT - 3¨

- 3M : shows four cards major

- 3NT : to play

- 4¨ : very good club fit and maximum hand

After 3M

1NT - 3ª

- 3NT : shows good stoppers in spade

- 4m : shows fit

1NT - 3ª

3NT - ?

- 4ª : shows void and at least (5-5) minors

- 4m : shows short minor and slam try hand

Now opener’s first step bid supports five cards minor; second step bid supports

four cards minor, 4NT shows very good stoppers and no support for any minor

Quantitative

1NT - 4NT 16 HCP

- Pass, with minimum

- With maximum; bid five cards suit at six level or bid lowest four cards suit at five level,

then go step by step to find (4-4) fit, Baron