Forc1NT
Response and Rebid After a Forcing 1NT
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Response
to 1NT ?
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Did your partner make the forcing 1NT bid ?

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Forcing or
Semi-Forcing ?
3
Was partner's 1NT bid forcing or was it a semi-forcing 1NT bid?
If you are playing semi-forcing notrump or if partner is a passed
hand than the bid is semi-forcing.

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Pass ?
3
Do you have a minimum balanced hand that should pass this semi-forcing 1NT
bid?  A hand suited for a pass must be 5-3-3-2 and have 13 or fewer HCP and
14 or fewer TP.

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6-card
major ?
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Rebid the
major
2
Bid 4 with 20 or more points, 3 with 17-19, and 2 with 16 or less.
If you are 6-5 or 6-4 with a bad 6-card major suit, consider bidding your 2nd suit as well.

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NT hand,
16+ points ?
2
Do you have 17 or more high-card points, with no 5-card minor or
unbid 4-card major, and no singleton or void ?

1
Bid NT
1
Bid 3NT with 20 or more high-card points, 2NT otherwise

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5-4 in
majors ?
2
Do you have 4 or more cards in the other major
(with 17 or more points if you opened 1$H) ?

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Bid other
major
2
Bids in the other major:
4$H = 5 or more hearts, 19+ points      3$H = 18+ points      3$S = 19+ points

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Longer
minor
2
With 2-2 minors, rebid your major. Otherwise bid your longer minor
(clubs if equal), at the three-level with 18 or more points.

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Response 
to Bart?
1
Are you playing Bart, and did partner bid 2D over you 2C?

2
Make appropriate
call
2
With 2-3 hearts, bid 2H. With a five-card club suit, bid 3C. 
Otherwise bid 2S.

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Partner 2NT?
1
Did parnter bid 2NT?

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Make rebid
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If you have a Limit Raise hand, bid 4 of partner's major.
If you have a weak hand with support, bid 3 of partner's major.
If you have a six-card or longer heart suit, bid 4H.
If you have a very weak hand with a six-card minor, bid 3m.
Otherwise, judge between 2NT and 3NT

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Partner reverse?
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Did partner just reverse in 2$S?

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Respond to reverse
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Make your response to partner's reverse.
Depending on your conventional agreements in this situation, 2NT may be a relay to 3$C.

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Partner jump-shift
1
Did partner just make a jump-shift and establish a GF?

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Make bid
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You are in a game-forcing sequence and don't have tons of room to explore.
With a limit-raise hand, jump to 4M.
With three-card support for partner's opening major, bid 3M.
If partner jumped-shifted into hearts and you have support, raise or bid Blackwood.
With solid stoppers in the unbid suits bid 3NT.
With slam interest in partner's minor, you can raise.
With no slam interest side-suit shortness and 4-card or longer support for partner's minor, bid 5 of it.
With an unbid 5 or 6 card suit, bid it below 3NT.
Otherwise, scramble for a bid, preferencing to partner's major, bidding a stopper below 3NT, etc.

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Partner 3NT ?
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Did partner respond 3NT over your 1NT?

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Find bid
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It is almost always right to pass in this instance.
Partner has a reason for jumping to 3NT and you don't necessarily know what it is.
If you have 3-card support for partner's major, you can preference to it.
A bid of 4NT should be Blackwood, intending to land in opener's bid suit
and you can bid this with a Limit Raise hand.
Or if you have a good six-card heart suit, you can bid 4H.
With a 7-card minor and side shortness, not in partner's major,
it is right to bid 5 of your minor.
Otherwise, you should pass.

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Major Suit
Support ?
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Do you have three-card or longer major-suit support for partner's opening bid?

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Support partner's major
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With a three-card limit raise you should:
(1) Bid game if partner rebid 2 of his suit.
(2) Bid game if the opponents have interfered above 2 of partner's suit.
(3) Bid Blackwood if partner jumped to 4M
(4) Otherwise, jump to 3M to show the 3-card Limit Raise.
With a weak hand with three-card support, you should always rebid partner's suit as cheaply as possible.

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3-major rebid?
1
Did partner respond by jumping to three of his major?

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1$S - 1NT - 2$H 
with fit ?
1
Did partner open 1$S and rebid 2$H?  If so, do you have 4 or more hearts?

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Raise aggressively
10
On these auctions you should raise very aggressively.
You know you have at least an 8-card fit, but it is often 9 or more.
Partner's hand is also very wide ranged, so you want to keep the auction alive.
If you have four-card support, then with
- Less than 7 total points, Pass
- 7 or more total points, raise to 3$H.
- 11 or more total points, raise to 4$H.
If you have five-card support, then with
- Less than 9 total points, bid 3H
- Otherwise bid 4H

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Pass, 3NT, or raise
3
You should decide between playing in 3M, playing in 4M, or playing in 3NT.
With an outside 7-card or long suit and a singleton or void in partner's suit,
you can also consider bidding it, but it must be capable of playing opposite a void.

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Weak
hand ?
1
Do you have the 6-9 point hand type ?

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Weak minor
response ?
1
Did partner bid 2 of a minor ?

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Bart?
1
Did partner bid 2$C and do you have a Bart bid available?

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Make Bart call
3
If you have six or more hearts, bid 2H. If you have five hearts, 
bid 2D to find the right partscore. Bid 3D if you want to sign-off
in diamonds.

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minor fit?
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Do you have 5-card support for partner's minor ?

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raise?
1
Unless there was interference or you have 8 points pass.

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interference?
1
If there was interference you should pass.

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find bid?
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The priority of your bids are as follows:
(1) Bid a 6 card suit at the 2 level
(2) Show 2 card support for partner's major
(3) Pass with 4 card support for partner's second suit
(4) Bid a 6 card suit at the 3 level
(5) Bid a 5 card suit at the 2 level
(6) Pass with 3 card support for partner's second suit
(7) Return to partner's major

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Switch Flowcharts
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Go to the flowchart entitled "Bidding When Partner Has Bid (I)"
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partner strong?
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Did partner reverse or make a jump-shift?

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8 card major fit?
1
Check to see if you have an 8 card major fit.

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bid your fit
3
Show your fit and values by inviting to the 3 level.
If partner has rebid his major and you originally had a limit raise,
jump to game.

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penalty double?
1
If the RHO interfered in the auction do you have a penalty double?

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6 card suit?
1
Do you have a 6 card suit that you can jump in?

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NT rebid?
2
Can you rebid 2NT?
You need to have a somewhat balanced hand and stoppers in the unbid suits.

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strong 5 card suit?
1
With a really solid 5 card suit you can jump rebid in that suit.

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balanced?
3
If the opponents have interfered either pass or double.
Otherwise, with a balanced hand, rebid 2NT, even without all the stoppers.
if unblanced you should raise partner's rebid.

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make jump bid
3
Make your jump bid.  If the opponents have interfered and you are now forced 
bid at the three level then do not jump.
If your suit is partner's suit, jump to game.

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Pass
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Double
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2NT
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