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Deciding on an Opening Bid (Precision)
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   Decide on your opening bid.  The precision openings are:
   1C: 16+
   1D: 11-15 at least 2 diamonds
   1H/1S: 11-15 with 5 card suit
   1NT: 14-16 (or range of your choice) balanced
   2C: 11-15 5+ clubs
   2D: 11-15 0 or 1 diamonds
   2NT: 23-24 (or range of your choice) balanced
   3NT: 25-27 balanced
   Weak 2's and 3's

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1
Gambling 3NT ?
3
Check to see if you have a gambling 3NT opening bid.
A gambling 3NT opener consists of a long solid minor
(7+ solid playing tricks in the suit) andno K's or A's outside the suit.

1
Namyats ?
4
Are you playing Namyats?
If you are are, do you have a Namyats 4C or 4D opening bid?
Or a weaker 4H or 4S opening bid?
Or a 3NT opening bid, a preempt to 4 of a minor?

1
4$C, 4$D, 4$H, or 4$S
4
With 8+ playing tricks in hearts, bid 4$C.
With 8+ playing tricks in spades, bid 4$D.
With less than 8 playing tricks in hearts, bid 4$H.
With less than 8 playing tricks in spades, bid 4$S.

1
Balanced ?
2
Do you have a balanced hand? A balanced hand is a hand without a singleton
or void and with at most 1 doubleton.

1
Opening count ?
4
Do you have enough points to open the hand?
You need 11 or more High Card Points to open a balanced hand.
Unless you are playing 10-12 1NT opening bids, in which case you need 10
or more High Card Points.

1
Which NT range ?
5
What NT point range does your hand fall into?
If playing 14-16 points for your NT openers and 23-24 for your 2NT openers,
the following are the ranges:
11-13 1D, 14-16 1NT, 17-22 1C, 23-24 2NT, 25-27 3NT, 28+ 1C
If playing another NT range determine the correct opener.

1
16+ HCP ?
1
With 16 or more High-Card Points, bid 1C.

1
11-15 HCP ?
6
Use the Opening Aggressiveness settings to determine whether or not this hand
is suitable for a suit opening bid. If you have your aggressiveness set to
Very Aggressive, you will be opening all 10 point hands. If you have your
aggressiveness set to Very Conservative, you will usually need 12 HCP to open.
With Normal Bidding, you will open almost all 11 counts and 10 counts with 6
card suits or 5-5 distribution.

1
5 card major ?
1
Do you have a five-card major?

1
Bid longer major
1
Bid your longer major.  With equal length in the majors, bid spades.

1
Short diamonds ?
1
Do you have a singleton or a void in diamonds?

1
Precision 2D
2
Open 2D unless you have a singleton diamond honor which devalues your hand
to a point that it is no longer worth opening.

1
Long clubs ?
2
With 6 or more clubs or with 5 clubs and a 4 card major open 2C.
Otherwise you should open 1D.

2
Seven-card
suit ?
3
If you have a suit of seven or more cards, you should consider making a
shutout bid. This is a bid designed to make it difficult for the opponents
to find their best contract, by jamming their bidding space.

2
Fourth
hand ?
4
Since the purpose of making a shutout bid is to make things difficult for
your opponents, you must never make one when you are last to speak, unless
you can practically guarantee your contract. Just pass the hand out and wait
for a better hand on the next deal.

2
Bid what you
can make
2
Pass with less than 9 Playing Tricks, otherwise just bid to the number
of tricks (3 or 4) you can make in your own hand

2
Bid according to
your Playing Tricks
7
Use the aggressiveness control settings to determine whether or not your hand
is suitable for a preemptive bid. Take into account seat position,
vulnerability, suit quality, and points outside your long suit.
Generally speaking if you are in third seat or if you are not vulnerable and
the opponents are vulnerable, you may preempt on many more hands. 
If you are vulnerable and the opponents are not vulnerable your preempts
should be very conservative and have strong suit quality.

2
Weak
2-bids ?
3
Are you playing weak 2-bids, with a 6-card Heart or Spade suit ?
You cannot open a weak two in diamonds because you are playing precision
and the precision 2D opener shows a three suited hand short in diamonds.

2
Open with
5+ HCP
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Use the aggressiveness control settings to determine whether or not your hand
is suitable for a weak-two bid. Take into account seat position,
vulnerability, suit quality, points outside your long suit, and outside
voids or long suits. Generally speaking if you are in third seat or if you
are not vulnerable and the opponents are vulnerable, you may preempt on many
more hands. If you are vulnerable and the opponents are not vulnerable your
preempts should be very conservative and have strong suit quality. A weak-two
bid always shows a 6 card suit and usually shows between 5 and 10 high card
points.

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3NT
0

1
Pass
0

1
1$C
0

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0 0 0 1 2 1 2
19 1 0 -1 -1 -1 -1
1 0 -1 3 4 1 2
2 1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
3 0 -2 5 8 1 2
4 1 -2 6 7 1 2
5 2 -2 -1 -1 -1 -1
20 1 -3 -1 -1 -1 -1
6 0 -3 9 10 3 2
21 -1 -3 -1 -1 -1 -1
7 0 -4 11 16 1 2
8 1 -4 12 13 2 1
9 1 -5 -1 -1 -1 -1
10 2 -4 14 15 1 2
11 3 -4 -1 -1 -1 -1
12 2 -5 -1 -1 -1 -1
13 0 -5 17 20 3 2
14 -1 -5 18 19 3 2
15 -2 -5 -1 -1 -1 -1
16 -1 -6 -1 -1 -1 -1
17 0 -6 21 22 1 2
18 1 -6 -1 -1 -1 -1
20 0 -7 -1 -1 -1 -1
0
