Zahájení 2♣
- 23+ (semi)bal
- 21+ unbal
- 9+ M tricks
- 9.5+ m tricks
Your hand’s quick tricks should outnumber its losers
The QQ test - do you want to be in game if partner has two queens and nothing else?
21-22 4441 w/singleton minor A/K/Q - 2NT common
Other 4441 up to 22 thru 1m
5♣ 5♦ thru 1♦ up to 22
6♣ 4x thru 1♣ up to 22
2♣
- 2♦
- 1+ control or 5+HCP (Q+QJ)
- 2♥
- Immediate second negative
- 2♠
- ART, 6+♥ headed by at least AK/AQ/KQ/AJT
- 2NT
- ART, 6+♠ headed by at least AK/AQ/KQ/AJT
- 3m
- nat, 6+m headed by at least AK/AQ/KQ/AJT
w/7+suit or a strong hand, the requirements for the suit quality are slightly lowered
2♣-2♦
- 2♥
- Birtright, 25-26 (semi)bal/unbal ♥, mostly bid 2♠, possible to bid good 6+ suit (2NT = 6♠)
- 2♠
- nat, unbal
- 2NT
- 22.5-24 (semi)bal
- 3♣
- nat
- 3♦
- nat w/o 4+M
- 3M
- 4M 5+♦
- 3NT
- long minor w/stoppers outside
- 4M
- distributional, exactly 4LTC
2♣-2♦-2♥-2♠ (Kokish relay)
- 2NT
- 25-26 (semi)bal
- 3♣
- 5♥ 4+♣
- 3♦
- 5♥ 4+♦
- 3♥
- 6♥
- 3♠
- 5♥ 4♠
- 3NT
- 6322
- 4x
- 6+♥ w/shortness (4♥ = ♠ shortness)
2♣-2♦-2♠
- 2NT
- waiting
- 3m
- nat, good 6+suit, not biddable in 1st round
- 3♠
- xxx or Hx in ♠ and 2+ controls
- 4♠
- ♠Hxxx, at most J outside
2♣-2♦-2♠-2NT
- 3♣
- 5♠ 4+♣
- 3♦
- 5♠ 4+♦
- 3♥
- 5♠ 4-5♥
- 3♠
- 6♠
- 3NT
- 6322 w/preference for NT (solid suit, few controls)
- 4m or 4♥
- 6♠, void
2♣-2♦-2♠-2NT-3♠
- 3NT
- to play
- 4m
- control, 2+ controls, at most xx or H in ♠
- 4♠
- support, 0-1 controls
2♣-2♦-3♣
- 3♦
- ART, ASK for 4M
- 3M
- nat, 5+suit
- 3NT
- to play
- 4♣
- nat
- 4♦
- Kickback
2♣-2♦-3♦
- 3M
- nat, 5+suit
- 3NT
- to play
- 4♣
- S/T w/♣ control
- 4♦
- S/T w/o ♣ control
Other responses
2♣-2♥
- 3M
- GF, 5M 5m
- 4♣
- GF, 5♣ 5♦
- 4♦
- GF, 5♥ 5♠
2♣-2♠ and 2♣-2NT
- 3m
- good suit
- 3M
- support, now serious/non-serious
2♣-2♠
- 2NT
- waiting
- 4♠
- to play
After interference
2♣-(X)
- XX
- to play, promising 6+♣
- rest
- system ON
2♣-(2♦)
System on
2♣-(2♥+ overcall)
- pass
- GF
- X
- double negative (equivalent to 2♥ response)
- 2NT
- 54+ minors, double negative
- suit 2nd lvl
- nat, 5+suit
- Suit 3rd lvl
- nat, 6+suit
- cue
- nat, something like KQxxxx (opp psyching)
2♣-(p)-2♦-(overcall)
- pass
- forcing, PEN or 55+ or bal w/o stopper
- X
- T/o but can’t have 55+
- suit
- nat 5+ one-suiter
- NT
- bal w/stopper
- cue
- nat 5+suit, opp psyching
2♣-(p)-2♦-(X)
- XX
- T/o w/o diamonds
- suit
- nat 5+ w/system on by both but 2♣-2♦-X-2♥-2♠ as nat 5+ and 2NT after 2♥ as ask with inverted Kokish
- 2NT
- 22.5-24 bal
- 3♦
- 25+ bal