Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC) opening characteristics response meaning continuation 1♣ 3+ cards 2NT 13–15, GF 3NT 16–17 1♦ 4+ cards or 4432 as to 1♣ 1♥ 5+ cards 1♠ 4+ spades, 6+ pts, usu. No ♥ support 1 NT 6–9; denies 4 spades or 3 hearts may be passed 2 ♣/♦ 10+, 4+ cards promises another bid unless passed hand. Practice bidding Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC). This bridge app is available for install on Android and Chrome. The autobidder is designed to follow the official ACBL pamphlet as well as the excellent Standard Bidding With SAYC by Ned Downey and Ellen Pomer. Improvements are made to the autobidder regularly. Bidding Tips for Winning Bridge Games. In bridge, bidding is considered the most important aspect of the game. It’s a given that a good bidder equals a winning bridge player. Here are a few bidding tips to start you off: Before opening, add your high card points (HCP): Ace = 4, King = 3, Queen = 2, Jack = 1. With 12 or more HCP, open the bidding. Practice bidding Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC). This bridge app is available for install on Android and Chrome. The autobidder is designed to follow the official ACBL pamphlet as well as the excellent Standard Bidding With SAYC by Ned Downey and Ellen Pomer. Improvements are made to the autobidder regularly. 2NT response to 1H or 1S opening bid is Game Forcing, agreeing trumps, with slam interest Opener bids 3 of a non-trump suit to show a singleton or void, or else shows point count by jump to 4 of trump suit to show max 14, 3NT 15-17, 3 of trump suit 18+.
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opening | opening meaning | response | response meaning | continuation |
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1♣ | 3+ cards, 12-21 HCP | 2NT | 10-12 HCP, invitational | |
3NT | 13-15 HCP, sign off | |||
other | see natural responses to 1♥ | |||
1♦ | 4+ cards or 4432, 12-21 HCP | see 1♣ opening | ||
1♥ | 5+ cards, 12-21 HCP | 1♠ | 4+ spades, 6+ pts, usu. no ♥ support | |
1 NT | 6–9 HCP; denies 4 spades or 3 hearts | may be passed | ||
2 ♣/♦ | 10+, 4+ cards | promises another bid unless passed hand or game bid | ||
2♥ | 6-9 HCP, 3+ hearts. | |||
2NT ! | Jacoby: raise, 13+ HCP | 3♣/♦/♠ shortness, 4♥ min, 3NT med, 3♥ max | ||
3♥ | limit raise, 10–12 HCP, 3+ hearts (preempt over X) | |||
3NT | 15–17 HCP, balanced, 2-card support | |||
4♥ | usu. 5+ hearts, shortness, <10 HCP | |||
1♠ | 5+ cards, 12-21 HCP | see 1♥ opening | ||
1NT | 15–17 HCP balanced | |||
2♣ | Stayman, 8+ HCP | 2 ♦/♥/♠ (2♥ with both majors) | ||
2♦ ! | Jacoby transfer to hearts | 2 ♥, or 3 ♥ with max. | ||
2♥ ! | Jacoby transfer to spades | 2 ♠, or 3 ♠ with max. | ||
2♠ ! | transfer to 3♣ | resp. rebid 3 ♦ signoff | ||
3♣/♦ ! | inv. to 3NT with 6+ card suit | |||
3♥/♠ | 6+ card suit, slam interest | |||
4♣ | Gerber, asking for aces | 4♦ = 0 or 4, 4♥ = 1, etc | ||
4NT | natural, invites 6NT | |||
2♣ | strong artificial, 22+ HCP or playing equiv. | 2♦ | artif., may be waiting | opener’s suit rebid forcing to 3 of his major or 4 of his minor; after 2 NT rebid: Stayman, Jacoby, Gerber |
2♥/♠, 3♣/♦ | natural, GF, 5+ cards, 8+ pts | |||
2NT | balanced, 8+ HCP | |||
2♦/♥/♠ | 6+ (or 5) cards, 5–11 HCP; usually no major side suit | 2NT | forcing, game interest | with min. (5–8 p): rebid the suit; with max.: new suit (shows A/K) or 3NT or 4 of minor (shows 4–5 cards with at least Q) |
any raise | to play | |||
2NT | 20–21 HCP balanced, may contain 5-card suit | 3♣ | Stayman | |
3♦/♥ ! | Jacoby transfer | 3♥/♠ | ||
4♣ ! | Gerber | |||
4NT | inviting to slam in NT | |||
3NT | 25–27 HCP balanced | 4♣ ! | Stayman | |
4♦/♥ ! | Jacoby transfer | 4♥/♠ | ||
3/4 of suit | pre-empt, rule of 2/3/4 |
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Choosing the opening
- open the higher of long (at least 5 cards) suits of equal length
- with 4–4 minors, open 1 ♦
- notrump openings show a balanced hand but may contain a five-card suit (minor or major)
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Continuation
- fourth suit may be artificial (“4th suit forcing”), except in 1♣–1♦–1♥–1♠, which is natural
- after opener’s rebid in a suit, a new suit by responder is forcing
- after opener’s rebid of 1 NT (e.g., 1♥–1♠–1NT), responder’s simple non-reverse rebid in a new suit (e.g., 2♣/♦) is non-forcing
- in that situation, a reverse rebid (e.g. 1♣–1♥–1NT–2♠) or a jump shift into a new suit is game-forcing
Slam conventions
- regular Blackwood: 4 NT asks for aces, 5♣ = 0 or 4; 5 ♦ = 1; 5 ♥ = 2; 5 ♠ = 3; then 5 NT asks for kings similarly
- Grand Slam Force: jump to 5 NT asks partner to bid grand slam in agreed suit with two of three top honors in it
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Effect of interference
- usually interference cancels conventions (e.g., after major suit opening and interference, a response of 2 NT is natural, 12–14 HCP, not Jacoby)
- double of 1 NT does not affect conventions
- after 1 NT and interfering bid, bid in opponent suit is game-forcing and substitute for Stayman
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Defensive bidding
- D for takeout over opening partscore, penalty opening game bid
- simple overcall 8–16 points; only forcing response is opp. suit
- 1 NT overcall 15–18 HCP (10–15 when reopening), balanced, preferably a stopper in opp. suit; 2♣ response Stayman, otherwise natural
- jump 2 NT is “unusual”, i.e. 5–5 lowest unbid suits
- jump overcall in suit preemptive
- a bid in opp. suit is
- Michaels when opps have bid one suit only (Michaels: 5–5 in majors and 8+ pts when opening was in a minor, otherwise the other major and a minor and 10+ pts)
- natural when opps have bid 2 suits
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Competitive bidding
- neg. D up to 2♠
- RD 10+ pts
- responders jump shift over D is to play
- cuebid in right-hand opp. forcing to game
- RD of a D of conventional bid is for business
- RD is SOS when suit contract of 3 or lower is doubled for penalty
- D of conventional bid like Michaels or unusual 2 NT shows 10+ pts