Reverse Bids
What is a reverse?
When to reverse
Reverses, jump shifts, and splinters
How to treat partner's reverse
Incorporating Lebensohl
Balancing
What is balancing?
When to balance
When not to balance
Double, notrump, or suit balance?
Converting balancing double to penalty
Conventional
Doubles
Takeout doubles
Negative and responsive doubles
Support doubles
Balancing
Lead-directing doubles
Lightner doubles
Competitive
bidding
Simple overcalls
Notrump overcalls
Pre-emptive overcalls
Sacrifice bidding
Competitive
Bidding Conventions
Unusual Notrump
Michaels
Competing against notrump openings
DONT
Cappelletti
Defensive
Signalling
Attitude
Count
Standard defensive signals
Odd-Even Discards
Lavinthal Discards
Upside Down
Signals
Suit Preference Signals
Suit Preference Leads
Gambling 3NT
Requirements
Who controls
When and how to pull
Weak 2-Level
Opening Bids and Responses
Requirements
Offense versus Defense
Feature rebids
OGUST
Responding to
NoTrump Openers
Stayman
Jacoby and
Quantitative Raises (Immediate and
Delayed)
Puppet Stayman
Opponent's Interference
Game Tries
Short Suit Game Try
Help Suit Game Try
Ace-Asking
Sequences
When to ask for aces
Cue bidding controls
Roman Keycard Blackwood (3014, and 1430)
Queen-Ask
Asking for kings
Exclusion Blackwood
Cue Bids
In competitive sequences
Western Cue Bid
Showing controls
Inverted Minor
Raises
Philosophy
Pre-emptive double raise
Forcing single raise
Search for 3NT
Showing stoppers
In Competition
Jacoby 2NT
Requirements
Responses
Continuance
Drury
What is Drury?
Why Drury is used
When to use Drury
Responses to Drury
Reverse Drury
Two-way Reverse Drury