Inverted
Inverted Minor Raise Auctions
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This flowchart is used for responder's rebid, and later bids, in an 
Inverted Minor Raise auction.

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Penalty
pass or
double?
12
If partner doubled or redoubled, pass, unless you have game or slam
that partner doesn't know about.  If the opponents are in a No
Trump contract, double for penalties.  Otherwise, estimate your
defensive tricks by adding your Quick Tricks to partner's minimum
Total Points divided by 4.  Then add a trick for each trump that you
hold beyond the third.  Subtract two tricks if you have no trump trick
and partner didn't redouble to show a trick in every suit.  If the
result comes to enough tricks to set the contract by 2 or more tricks,
and you have a trump trick, double for penalties.  Don't double,
however, if we have a game our way, and the value of the game is more
than the value of setting the contract by one fewer trick than we
think we will.

2
Double
or pass
1
If partner has already doubled or redoubled, pass.  Otherwise, double.

2
Signed
off ?
2
Have you or partner bid slam or decided on the contract after using
Blackwood, Gerber, or cuebidding?

2
Responder's
rebid ?
1
Are you making the responder's rebid?

3
Strong
minor
raise ?
1
Did you or partner make a strong inverted minor raise?

3
Weak
minor
raise ?
1
Did you make a weak inverted minor raise?

2
Signed
off ?
1
Did partner pass or bid 3NT?

3
Pass or
minor
game
4
With an 8-card fit in the minor and 28 or more Total Points between you,
bid five of the minor, even if partner bid 3NT.  (Count a 9-card fit as
one more Total Point, a 10-card fit as two more Total Points, and so
forth.)  Otherwise, pass.

1
Preempted ?
1
Did partner bid the minor suit again?

2
Pass or
reraise
5
Partner made a preemptive bid, so pass with less than six trumps.
With six trumps, if your right-hand opponent bid and you can raise
partner's bid exactly one level, do so.  With seven trumps, if your
right-hand opponent bid and you can raise partner's bid exactly two
levels, do so.  Otherwise, pass.

2
New
suit ?
1
Did partner bid a new suit?

1
have support?
1
Do you have 4 card support for partner's new suit?

1
bid
1
Raise partner as cheaply as possible

2
Bid
3NT ?
2
Can you bid 3NT?  (You must have a stopper in every suit not bid by you
or your partner.)

3
Suit
below
3NT ?
1
Can you bid a new suit below 3NT to show a stopper?

2
Bid
stopper
0

2
Bid
minor
4
With 8 or more Total Points, bid five of your minor, if possible.
Otherwise, bid four of your minor, if possible.  Otherwise, if the
opponents have the contract above four of your minor, bid five of your
minor, if possible.  Otherwise, pass.

1
Slam ?
1
Do you have an 8-card suit fit and 32 or more Total Points between you ?

2
Declaring
NT game ?
1
If you or partner is declarer in 3NT or 2NT doubled, pass or bid a minor game.

2
Bid
3NT ?
2
With 26+ Total Points between the two hands and stoppers in every suit
not bid by your partner, bid 3NT.

2
Bid
2NT ?
2
With fewer than 26 Total Points between the two hands and stoppers in
every suit not bid by your partner, bid 2NT.

2
Major
game ?
1
Do you have an eight-card major fit with 26 or more Total Points between you?

3
Bid
major
game
0

3
Cheap
new
suit ?
1
Can you bid a new suit below 2NT?

3
Strong
new
suit ?
2
Can you bid a new suit above 2NT, but below 3NT?  You need 26 or more
Total Points between the two hands to do so.

3
Raise
new
suit ?
2
Can you bid a suit below 3NT in which partner has shown four cards?
You need three cards in the suit and 26 or more Total Points between you.

3
Raise
new
suit
0

2
Partner's
3NT ?
1
Did partner bid 3NT with no overcall from your right-hand opponent?

2
Minor
game ?
3
Can you bid five of your minor?  You need an 8-card fit in the minor and
28 or more Total Points between you, or a 7-card fit in the minor and
31 or more Total Points between you.

3
Bid
minor
game
0

2
Minor
or pass
9
If your or partner is declarer at a contract other than your minor
suit, four of a major, or 2NT, bid your minor suit as cheaply as
possible, or 3NT if you have all suits stopped.  If you or partner is
declarer at your minor suit, at four of a major, or at 2NT, pass.  If
the opponents have the contract above four of your minor, bid five of
your minor with an eight-card fit and 26 or more Total Points between
you.  Otherwise, bid four of your minor with an eight-card fit and 26
or more Total Points between you, or a seven-card fit and 29 or more
Total Points between you, otherwise pass.

2
Bid
3NT ?
2
With 26+ Total Points between the two hands and stoppers in every suit
not bid by your partner, bid 3NT.

2
New
suit ?
2
If partner bid a new suit, can you bid a new suit above 3 of your
minor suit, but below 3NT?

2
Declaring
NT game ?
1
If you or partner is declarer in 3NT, pass.

2
Minor
game ?
2
Can you bid five of your minor?  You need an 8-card fit in the minor and
28 or more Total Points between you.

2
Minor
or pass
10
If your or partner is declarer at a contract other than your minor
suit, bid your minor suit as cheaply as possible.  If you or partner
is declarer at your minor suit, pass.  If the opponents have the
contract above four of your minor, bid five of your minor with an
eight-card fit and 26 or more Total Points between you, or with an
11-card fit if you have already passed.  If the opponents have the
contract below four of your minor, bid four of your minor with a
10-card fit if you have already passed.  Otherwise, bid four of your
minor with an eight-card fit and 26 or more Total Points, otherwise
pass.

1
Temporize ?
2
Can you temporize in a new suit that is below 3NT and above your
planned cuebid suit?

3
Bid
new
suit
1
Bid the cheapest new suit that is above the suit of your planned cuebid.

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Switch Flowcharts
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Slam
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Pass
0

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3NT
0

1
2NT
0

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