Index

Symbols

1N 5-4 majors 5-5 hands 6-card major advanced structure between 1N and 2N Bloomen defense Cappelletti defense, [1] choosing a response CRASH defense D.O.N.T. defense defenses to, [1] Five-Card Stayman Four-Way Transfers interference over interference over, Lebensohl Jacoby transfers Landy defense Meckwell defense Minor Relay Mohan defense quantitative 4N range ask runout when doubled, [1] Smolen splinters Stayman stolen bids Suction defense summary of responses Texas Transfers three-level interference three-level responses, [1] Unusual 2N defense weak, defending against when to open Woolsey defense

1N Forcing opener's rebid semi-forcing 1NT see 1N 2/1 see Two Over One 2N 5-5 hands advanced responses Jacoby 2NT response minor slam tries minor-suit hands Puppet Stayman responses Two-Up Transfers Unusual 2N 2NT see 2N 4N opening when not ace-asking 5N Pick-A-Slam

A

ACBL ACOL 4N see Specific Ace Ask advancer notation

alert procedure announce procedure attitude

B

balanced opening, [1] balancing, [1] guideline in fourth seat over 1N, [1] when both opponents have bid when they stop at two Bergen method Bergen raises reverse

Better Minor Lebensohl convention bid Blackwood Exclusion see also RKC Bloomen convention business double bust

C

call Cappelletti modified Captain concept checkback, [1] advanced after 1m Fourth Suit Forcing New Minor Forcing Two-Way New Minor Forcing XYZ competitive hand strength competitive bidding constructive raises convention control control bid control bidding, [1] advanced Italian style Last Train The Hand controls convention alerting Bergen raises Better Minor Lebensohl Blackwood Bloomen Cappelletti constructive raises control bidding core list CRASH D.O.N.T. delayed Texas Transfers DOPI Drury equal-level conversion double Escape from Moscow Exclusion Blackwood expected with 2/1 Extended Michaels fit-showing jumps, [1] Five-Card Stayman Flannery 2♦ Four Spades Quantitative Minors Four-Way Transfers Fourth Suit Forcing Gambling 3N Gerber Grand Slam Force Guoba Handy Runout Help Suit Game Try Ingberman 2N Inverted Minors Jacoby 2NT Jordan 2NT Jordan All The Time Kickback Kokish Game Tries Landy lead-directing raise Leaping Michaels Lebensohl lower-lower, [1], [2] Major Double Transfers Mathe Defense maximal double Meckwell Meckwell Escapes Mexican Two Diamonds Michaels Cue Bid mini-Roman Minor Relay Minor Suit Stayman Minorwood Mohan Montreal Relays Muppet Stayman Namyats New Minor Forcing Non-Leaping Michaels Ogust Parrish Relay Pick-A-Slam Preempt Keycard Puppet Stayman Redwood response swapping responsive double Reverse Drury RKC ROPI Sandwich 1N Serious 3NT Smolen Soloway Jump-Shifts South African Texas Specific Ace Ask Spiral splinter Stayman Suction Texas Transfers Top and Bottom Cue Bid Transfer Advances Two-Up Transfers Two-Way New Minor Forcing Two-Way Reverse Drury Unusual 2N Unusual vs. Unusual, [1] Western Cue Wolff Signoff Woolsey XYZ

cooperative double Copyright GPLv3 count CRASH convention cue cue bid limit raise, [1] Michaels Cue Bid see also control bidding current count

D

D.O.N.T. as a runout modified (Meckwell) delayed action delayed Texas Transfers convention distributional hands one long suit six-four two-suited DONT see D.O.N.T. DOPI convention Dormer 2NT see Jordan 2NT double equal-level conversion lead-directing Lebensohl Lightner maximal negative of final contract overview penalty or not? reopening responsive special support takeout

doubleton drop dead Drury convention

E

ELCD see equal-level conversion double equal-level conversion double convention Escape from Moscow convention runout

Exclusion Blackwood convention Extended Michaels convention

F

fast arrival fast denies feature preempts fit finding major fits fit-showing jumps convention, [1] Five-Card Stayman convention see also Puppet Stayman flag bid Flannery 2♦, [1] flat

forcing bids Four Spades Quantitative Minors convention Four-suit Transfers see Four-Way Transfers Four-Way Transfers summary Fourth Suit Forcing after 1m forcing to game? in a game-forcing auction responses FSF see Fourth Suit Forcing

G

gadgets Gambling 3N convention game forcing hand strength game try Help Suit Game Try Kokish Game Tries Garbage Stayman, [1] with 5-4 majors Gavin Wolpert going for blood redouble Gerber, [1] after a transfer over 1N

gf glossary good good suit Good-Bad 2N Lebensohl GPLv3 Copyright grand Grand Slam Force convention Guoba convention runout

H

Hamilton see Cappelletti hand evaluation Bergen method Bergen revaluing Losing Trick Count revaluing hand strength competitive game forcing invitational slam interest weak

Handy Runout convention HCP, [1] Help Suit Game Try help-suit

I

Ingberman 2N convention intervenor notation

inv Inverted Minors invitational hand strength Italian control bidding

J

J2NT see Jacoby 2NT Jacoby 2NT alternate responses The Hand Jacoby transfers responder's rebid super-accept, [1] Jordan 2NT all the time over overcalls, [1]

Jordan All The Time convention jump-shift, [1] advanced by opener fit-showing jumps, [1] Soloway strong (traditional) weak

K

Kickback 3♠ for hearts convention full

Kokish strong 2♣ Kokish Game Tries convention

L

Landy convention Last Train control bidding Law of Total Tricks, [1] lead-directing lead-directing double lead-directing raise convention Leaping Michaels convention preempts leave it in Lebensohl, [1] additional applications after our 1N Better Minor double Good-Bad 2N over interference to 2♣ over two-suited overcalls over weak two bids, [1] reverse simplified Stayman when off

level LHO notation Lightner, [1] limit raise, [1] cue bid, [1] LMH steps Losing Trick Count, [1] lower-lower convention, [1], [2] LTC see Losing Trick Count

M

M notation m notation major Major Double Transfers convention major opening 1M – 3N response advanced auctions interference raise structures responses responses as a passed hand responses by unpassed hand responses in competition summary of responses third or fourth seat major transfers see Jacoby transfers Marc Smith 2♦ waiting system over 2♣ Two-Way New Minor Forcing over 2N Mathe Defense convention maximal double convention Meckwell convention Meckwell Escapes convention runout Mexican Two Diamonds convention

Michaels Cue Bid 2N asking bid cue bid defense against extended preempts mini-Roman convention minimax, [1] minor minor opening 1♦ – 2♣ game forcing interference responses Minor Relay slam try Minor Suit Stayman convention Minorwood convention slam try misfit mixed raise Modern Super Accept Mohan convention Montreal Relays convention Moysian Fit Multi-Landy see Woolsey Muppet Stayman convention

N

Namyats convention negative double, [1], [2] after a major opening required shape New Minor Forcing after 1m NMF see New Minor Forcing Non-Leaping Michaels convention preempts notation advancer intervenor LHO M m opener (player) responder RHO seat (first, second, ... ) superscripted – or + w W

notrump ranges see also 1N notrump openings see 1N

O

Ogust preempts One-Over Keycard see Redwood opener (player) notation opener's rebid 1N promises balanced after 1N Forcing after 1♥ – 1♠ after a 2/1 response after a major raise after a minor opening opening 1N 2N 2♦ conventions 4N balanced, [1] choosing a bid Flannery 2♦ in fourth seat major suit Mexican Two Diamonds mini-Roman 2♦ minor suit preempts strong 2♣ what hands to open

overcaller overcalls responding to partner's Transfer Advances weak jump, [1]

P

Parrish Relay convention strong 2♣ pass or correct passout seat opening in preempts in two-level openings in Pearson Points penalty double recognizing Pick-A-Slam over quantitative 4N planning the auction classifying your hand points power double preempt Preempt Keycard convention slam try preemptive preempts competing with, [1], [2], [3] feature four-level in passout seat interference over lead-directing raise Leaping Michaels light style Michaels Cue Bid Namyats Non-Leaping Michaels Ogust, [1] responses RONF takeout double of three-level traditional style two-level Western Cue

Prime Directive pull puppet Puppet Stayman convention see also Five-Card Stayman

Q

quantitative after a transfer over 1N

quick-tricks strong 2♣

R

raises Bergen raises constructive, [1] fit-showing jumps, [1] limit mixed of responder's major (Spiral) range ask 1N rank redouble after their takeout double going for blood SOS Redwood convention slam try relay Montreal Relays vs. transfer reopening double responder notation response swapping convention responsive double, [1] reverse, [1] by opener by responder Ingberman 2N relay Lebensohl responding to

Reverse Drury two-way RHO notation right-side RKC 0-1-1-2-2 scale for minors interference king ask queen ask responding with a void responses when 4N is not RKC when not to bid Roman Keycard Blackwood see RKC RONF preempts ROPI convention Rubens Advances see Transfer Advances Rubensohl Rule of Rule of 17 Rule of 20 runout, [1] advanced Escape from Moscow Guoba Handy Runout Meckwell Escapes

S

Sandwich 1N convention SAYC seat importance of seat (first, second, ... ) notation semi-balanced semi-forcing Serious 3NT convention short singleton slam bidding advanced control bidding slam interest hand strength slam try Minor Relay minors, over 2N Minorwood Preempt Keycard Redwood slamish slow shows Smolen, [1] playing without Soloway Jump-Shifts, [1] SOS redouble, [1] South African Texas convention Texas Transfers Specific Ace Ask convention Spiral convention splinter convention over 1N

Stayman, [1] 5-4 majors Garbage interference over Lebensohl over 2N power raise responses showing both majors The Hand stiff stolen bids strain strong 1♣ CRASH defense Mathe Defense strong 2♣ 2N rebid advanced responses control-showing responses interference over, [1] Kokish Parrish Relay quick-tricks Smith's 2♦ waiting system Two Hearts Bust strong jump-shifts Suction convention super-accept advanced, [1] Modern Super Accept weak doubleton schemes superscripted – or + notation support double, [1]

T

takeout takeout double, [1] after (1x) – P – (1y) of a preempt, responding to over a preempt rebids by the doubler responding to transfers after 1M (X) when they make one with a strong hand tenace Texas Transfers delayed playing without Sons of Texas South African Texas The Hand control bidding evaluation Jacoby 2NT Stayman thirteen Top and Bottom Cue Bid convention transfer 5-4 majors interference over, [1] Mathe Defense why use them Transfer Advances convention overcalls Truscott 2NT see Jordan 2NT

TWNMF see Two-Way New Minor Forcing Two Hearts Bust strong 2♣ Two Over One, [1] auctions opener's rebid two-suited bids advanced Bloomen Cappelletti, [1] D.O.N.T. defense to defense to Michaels defense to Unusual 2N Extended Michaels Landy Meckwell Michaels Cue Bid over 1N Sandwich 1N Suction Top and Bottom Cue Bid Unusual 2N Woolsey Two-Up Transfers convention Two-Way Checkback Stayman see Two-Way New Minor Forcing Two-Way New Minor Forcing over a 2N rebid Two-Way Reverse Drury

U

UDA UDCA underlead unpassed hand Unusual 2N defense against over our 1N over their 1N

Unusual notrump see Unusual 2N Unusual vs. Unusual convention, [1]

V

void

W

W notation w notation Walsh style weak hand strength weak jump overcalls weak jump-shifts

weak two bids see preempts Western Cue convention preempts Wolff Signoff convention slam tries Woolsey convention defenses to

X

X XX	XYZ convention

Y

yarborough