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ANNOUNCING AND ALERTING SUMMARY |
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Opening Bid |
Description |
Announce |
Alert |
No Action |
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1
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1 |
Could be on fewer than 3 cards |
"May be X" where X is 0, 1 or 2 |
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Natural, 3 or more |
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Other (strong, artificial) |
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1NT |
Balanced |
"12 to 14" (or appropriate range)
and, if relevant, "may contain a singleton" |
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2 |
Strong, Acol, (Benji Acol, etc) |
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Precision |
"Intermediate" |
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2 |
Weak with diamonds |
"Weak" |
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Strong with diamonds |
"Strong, forcing" or "Strong non-forcing" |
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Other (Benji, Multi, etc) |
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2/ |
Weak with hearts/ spades |
"Weak" |
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Strong with hearts/ spades |
"Strong, forcing" or "Strong non-forcing" |
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Other (Lucas, Flannery, etc) |
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2NT |
Balanced |
"20 to 22" (or appropriate range) |
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Responses to 1NT or 2NT openings |
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1NT - 2
2NT - 3 |
Simple Stayman (promissory or not) [Note: 5-card Stayman is alerted]. |
"Stayman" |
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1NT - 2 - 2
2NT - 3 - 3 |
Denies 4 card major |
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1NT - 2
2NT - 3 |
Transfer |
"Hearts" |
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1NT - 2 - 2
2NT - 3 - 3 |
Completion of transfer |
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1NT - 2
2NT - 3 |
Transfer |
"Spades" |
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1NT - 2 - 2
2NT - 3 - 3 |
Completion of transfer |
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Bids above 3NT |
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Bids above
3NT |
artificial suit bids on 1st round of the auction (for this purpose the first round of the bidding is the opening bid and three subsequent calls) |
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Other bids |
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