| Category |
No Alert |
Alert |
Announce |
| Natural Calls Not Specifically Noted |
About expected strength and shape |
Highly unusual strength, shape, etc. |
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| Conventional/Artificial |
- Stayman (next higher level of clubs)
- Blackwood (4NT) and expected responses
- Gerber (4C)/NT
- Conventional 2NT response to an opening two-level
suit bid
- Two diamond response to strong artificial two
club opening which is waiting or negative
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All other conventional and/or artificial bids.
*See Delayed Alerts Above for when to Alert* |
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| Notrump Openings |
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Conventional |
State Range, if natural, for all 1NT openings |
| Notrump Overcalls |
- Conventional overcalls by a passed hand
- Jumps to 2NT or any four-level or higher notrump
bid that is unusual
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- Jump to 3NT that is unusual
- Other conventional notrump overcalls
- A natural notrump overcall with an expected lower
limit of less than 14 HCP and/or an upper limit
of more than 19 HCP
- Natural jumps to 2NT, except in balancing seat
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| Responses to Notrump Opening Bids and Overcalls |
- Stayman (next higher level of clubs) asking
for a four-card major. (Also, Stayman after the
NT opening has been doubled.)
- Natural signoffs at the next higher level in diamonds,
hearts and spades
- Three-level natural responses whether a jump response
or not
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- Stayman (next higher level of clubs) if
other than asking for a four-card major, and rebids
- Transfers, except for those which are announced
and other artificial responses above next higher
level of clubs
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- State "Transfer" any time a diamond response to
a natural notrump bid at any level is a transfer
to hearts.*
- State "Transfer" any time a heart response to
a natural notrump bid at any level is a transfer
to spades.*
*If the transferer may occasionally
hold a Game Forcing hand without the next higher
suit, state "Transfer" and Alert the subsequent
bid which cancels the transfer meaning
NOTE: Announcements of transfers as above apply
after a natural NT rebid by opener
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| Opening Suit Bids at the One Level |
Natural non-forcing openings with an agreed range
of somewhere between 10-21+ HCP |
- Conventional and/or artificial openings which
do not require an Announcement such as a strong/artificial
forcing club
- Frequent very light openings (fewer than 10 HCP
by agreement). Also, pre-Alert
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State "may be short" for non-forcing 1C and 1D calls
which may be shorter than three cards |
| Responses to One-Level Opening Bids in a Suit |
- Non-forcing 1NT response whether four-card majors
are bypassed or not
- Forcing natural 2NT response that may bypass four-card
majors
- A one-level major-suit response to 1C that may
bypass longer diamonds
- 2/1 which shows at least game invitational values
- All jump raises in or out of competition except
a weak jump raise after a pass by RHO (no competition)
- Natural forcing jump shifts and all natural jump
shifts in competition
- Natural 2NT response invitational or better
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- Conventional 1NT response which is not Announced
- Non-forcing suit bid by an UPH
- A weak jump raise after a pass by RHO (no competition)
- A natural, non-forcing jump shift after a pass
by RHO (no competition)
- All conventional responses not listed under no
Alert
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- State "Forcing" if a 1NT response to a major is
simply forcing
- State "Semi-forcing" if a 1NT response to a major
is forcing except when opener has a balanced minimum
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| Opener’s and Responder’s Rebids |
- Two-of-a-minor after a forcing or semi-forcing
1NT response
- A 1NT or 2NT rebid that implies a balanced hand
(may contain one or two four-card majors)
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- Opener’s 1NT rebid, if strong
- Responder’s artificial third- or fourth-suit bids
- Responder’s "checkback" bids (of 2 or 3 C or D)
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| Opening Two-Level Bids in a Suit and Responses |
- 2C strong, artificial, and forcing
- Weak, natural 2D, 2H or 2S
- Conventional and/or forcing 2NT responses
- Natural, forcing responses in a suit
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- Other conventional and/or artificial bids
- Natural 2D, 2H or 2S, if intermediate or better
- Natural weak or intermediate 2C
- Natural and non-forcing 2NT responses
- Natural, non-forcing responses in a suit
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| Doubles and Redoubles |
Most Doubles and Redoubles *See Alertable Doubles* |
Doubles and redoubles with highly unusual or unexpected
meanings |
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| Cue-bids |
Most Cue-bids *See Alertable Cue-bids* |
Direct cue-bid of natural opening bid played as natural |
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| Passes |
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Passes with highly unusual or unexpected meanings |
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| Other Constructive Calls |
- Over suits, 4NT ace-asking and responses
- Over notrump, 4C ace-asking and responses
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- Ace-asking calls and responses at or below the
level of 3NT or any opening ace-asking call and
response
Delayed Alerts
- Ace-asking calls and responses above the level
of 3NT beginning with opener’s second call except
for those listed under not Alertable
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| Defensive Bids |
- Weak jump overcalls (two or three level)
- All constructive or better jump-shift advances
- All natural jump raises of an overcall
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- Very light overcalls (fewer than 6 HCP) Also
pre-Alert
- Intermediate or better jump overcalls (two or
three level)
- Weak jump shifts after partner’s overcall
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