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Bidding When Partner Has Bid (I)
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  This flowchart handles nearly all advanced auctions.
It is designed to handle all non-conventional bids beyond the opener's
rebid, excluding slam bidding which is handled elsewhere.  As the flowchart
is so large, it is broken into two, constructive bidding I and
constructive bidding II.

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2
Signed
off ?
4
Has partner bid slam, bid a Stayman 2$C followed by 3$C, decided on
the contract after you made a Bergen raise of 3$C or 3$D, decided on
the contract after you made a trial bid, or decided on the contract 
after using Blackwood or Gerber ?

1
opponents sacrifice?
2
Check to see if the opponents just bid over a game that you and your
partner had bid.

1
pass out or direct?
1
Are you in the pass out seat?  Or are you in the direct seat?

2
Can you
sacrifice ?
2
Check to see if the opponents are in a major or minor game and you have
a known fit that you may want to sacrifice in.

1
Sacrifice bid ?
3
Do you have a sacrifice over the opponent's bid?
Or were they preempting and do you have a realistic shot at a
game or at a slam?

1
make bid
1
make bid

1
penalty double?
1
Do you have a penalty double of the opponent's suit?

1
offensive hand?
4
Do you have extra length in your agreed upon suit and limited defensive
values?
If you do, you should bid your agreed upon suit as cheaply as possible.
If you do not, you should pass.

1
penalty double?
1
Do you have a penalty double of the opponent's sacrifice?

1
offensive hand?
2
Do you have a hand that wants to compete over the opponent's sacrifice,
or should you pass it out.

2
Bidding
judgment ?
5
Is this a situation in which the program should use simulation to determine
the best bid?
The situations in which simulation is typically used are when our partnership
has already established an eight-card fit and the opponents have competed over
us and currently control the contract.

3
Make
best
bid
1
Make the best bid based on simulation.

2
4th Suit
Forcing ?
1
Is this a situation in which 4th Suit Forcing would apply

1
Make 4th suit bid
1
Bid in the 4th suit.

1
Wolff Relay ?
2
Is this a situation where the Wolff Relay would apply and are you playing it?
Wolff Relays apply after the auction has gone 1m-P-1M-P-2NT-P

1
balanced NT raise ?
2
With a balanced hand there is no need for the Wolff Signoff
and you should continue through the flowhcarts

1
Make Wolff Signoff Bid
7
Make a Wolff Signoff bid.  The Wolff Signoff bids are as follows.
(1) Bid 3C with a weak hand that wants to play short of game or with a hand that is interested in slam and has clubs.
(2) Bid 3D with a hand that wants to check back for a 5-3 major suit fit or a 4-4 major suit fit.
(3) Bid 3M, where M is the suit you bid at the one-level with a 6-card suit and interest in slam.
(4) Bid 3M, where M is not the suit you bid at the one-level with 9+ cards in the majors.
(5) Bid 3NT to play.
(6) Bid 4M to sign-off with a 6-card suit.

2
Major
fit ?
1
Do you have an 8-card fit in a major suit between you ?

3
Mathe
asking
bid ?
7
If partner opened one of a suit, you bid one of a major, partner
jumped to three of your major, you have 12 or more Total Points, and
you are playing Mathe asking bids, make a Mathe asking bid to find out
if partner has a singleton.  If partner has a singleton that fits your
hand well, you are likely to consider a slam contract ; if partner has
no singleton, or a singleton that fits your hand poorly, you are
unlikely to consider a slam contract.

3
Mathe
Asking
Bid
1
Bid 3$S if your major is hearts, or 3NT if your major is spades.

2
Enough
for game ?
2
Do you have 26 or more Total Points (27 or more if playing La Majeure 
Cinquième) between you ?

2
Splinter
bid ?
4
Playing La Majeure Cinquième, do you have 30 or more Total Points between
you and a void or a singleton in a suit that you could bid below 3$S,
and was partner's last bid in the major suit of your fit?  If so, jump to 
3$S or higher in your short suit to show your distribution.

2
Bid
splinter
1
Jump in your short suit.

3
Possible
game or
competing ?
3
Can you and your partner possibly have 26 Total Points (27 if playing
La Majeure Cinquième) between you, or are you competing with the opponents
for the contract ?

2
Anything
to spare ?
1
Do you have 32 or more Total Points between you ?

2
Bid
game
1
Bid game in your major suit if you are not already there

2
Beyond
2-level ?
1
Are you already beyond the 2-level ?

2
Bid 4
or pass
4
Bid four with 24 or more Total Points between you, or if you are already
past the 3-level. If the opponents have the contract, bid three with 21 or
more Total Points between you.  (Playing La Majeure Cinquième, bid four with
27 or more Total Points between you.)

2
3-level
safe ?
1
Do you have 22 or more Total Points between you ?

2
Bid
three
4
Bid to the three-level if you are not already there
(Playing La Majeure Cinquième, make a trial bid (a new suit below 3 of
your major with 4+ cards in that suit, or 2NT with no such suit) if the
last bid was 2 of your fit and you have shown 4 or more in your fit)

2
Sign
off
4
Raise to the 2-level with 14 or more Total Points between you
(and either 4 Total Points or 4 cards in the major suit in your hand),
bid hearts at the 3-level to show 5-6 or better,
pass or convert to your major suit

2
Minor
slam ?
1
Do you have an 8-card minor suit fit and 32 or more Total Points between you?

2
Negative
double ?
9
Playing La Majeure Cinquième, can you make a negative double?  You must
have at least 9 High-Card Points.  If opener is on your left, partner
overcalled in a suit, and responder bid a new suit, you must have at
least 5 cards in the only unbid suit.  If opener is on your left,
partner overcalled in a suit, and responder raised opener, you must
have at least 4 cards in each unbid suit.  If opener is on your right,
you overcalled in a suit, responder bid a new suit, partner bid the
fourth suit, and opener bid any suit, you must have exactly 2 cards in
partner's suit.

3
Unbid
5-card
suit ?
1
Do you have an unbid 5-card suit ?

1
1-level ?
1
Can you bid it at the 1-level ?

2
Bid if
you can
1
Bid it with 6 or more Total Points, otherwise pass

1
2-level ?
1
Can you bid it at the 2-level ?

2
High
bid ?
1
Is it higher-ranking than some suit bid at the 1-level by you or your partner?

2
Strength for
high bid ?
1
Do you have 9 or more Total Points, and 19 or more combined Total Points?

1
Bid it
1
Bid your 5-card suit, jumping with a game-forcing hand

2
21+ combined
points ?
2
Do you have 21 or more Total Points between you ?  (Also, don't bid 2C
if it would be Checkback Stayman.)

1
Bid it
1
Bid your 5-card suit

1
3-level ?
1
Can you bid it at the 3-level ?

2
25+ combined
points ?
1
Do you have 25 or more Total Points between you ?

1
Bid it
1
Bid your 5-card suit at the 3-level

2
Checkback
Stayman ?
5
If the bidding has gone 1minor-1major-1NT to you with no intervention,
and you have at least 10 High-Card Points, and you have either exactly
five cards in your major or exactly four cards in the unbid major, and
you are playing Checkback Stayman, and you are not 5-5 or better in
the majors, bid 2C to search for a 4-4 major fit.

2
New Minor
Forcing ?
5
If the bidding has gone 1X-1Y-1NT to you with no intervention,
and you have at least 10 High-Card Points, and you have either exactly
five cards in your major or exactly four cards in hearts after 1X-1S-1NT, and
you are playing New Minor Forcing, and you are not 5-5 or better in
the majors, bid your better unbid minor to search for a 4-4 major fit.

3
Bid New
Minor
Forcing
2
If a minor has been bid, bid the other minor.  Otherwise, bid your longer
minor (or your stronger minor if your minors are of equal length.)

2
Playing Konvention
Relais Transfer ?
1
Are you playing the Forum D Konvention Relais Transfer ?

1
Konvention Relais Transfer
7
Do you have a Forum D Konvention Relais Transfer 2C bid ?
To have a Relais Transfer bid, you must have at least 10 points and
a 5+ card major with invitational values
a 5-4 major hand with invitational values
Any 5-4 hand with game forcing values
a major of exactly 5 cards in length with game forcing values
An invitational hand with 3 card support for partner if he opened 1H.

1
Crowhurst ?
2
Are you playing Acol and playing the Crowhurst convention and has
the auction gone 1X-1Y-1NT?

1
Bid Crowhurst 2C ?
10
Do you have invitational or better values and a balanced or semi-balanced hand?
If yes, then you should make a Crowhurst 2C call to find out about partner's
strength and shape.  Hand types on which you should bid Crowhurst include:
Hands with a five-card major that you have bid at the one-level.
Hands with exactly three hearts on which partner opened the bidding 1H.
Hands with an unbid five-card minor.
Game-forcing hands with a six-card or longer major suit.
Game-forcing hands with interest in either a minor-suit or NT slam.
Game-forcing hands with five-card or longer support for opener's minor.
All Crowhurst 2C calls must have at least 10 HCP and 11 TP.

2
Major
rebid ?
8
To rebid a suit at the 6-level, you need 7 cards in the suit (or 6
cards and at most 2 losers), and 36 Total Points between you. To rebid
a suit at the 4-level, you need 7 cards in the suit (or 6 cards and at
most 2 losers), and 26 Total Points between you. To rebid at the
3-level, you need 6 cards in the suit and 24-26 Total Points. A
2-level rebid shows less than 25 Total Points. In addition, a 2-level
rebid in a non-forcing situation, or in a situation where 2C would be
Checkback Stayman, shows 6 cards.

2
Rebid
your suit
0

2
Le Coup
de Frein ?
3
Playing La Majeure Cinquième, has partner just made a reverse at the 2-level,
and do you have 5-8 High-Card Points?  If so, bid 2NT, le Coup de Frein 
(pushing the brake pedal).

2
Delayed
support ?
2
Do you have a 7-card major fit with partner that you can bid at the 3-level,
having denied an 8-card fit ?

2
Show your
support
1
Support partner at the 3-level

2
In NT
game ?
1
Are you already in 3NT (or 2NT doubled) ?

2
Anything
to spare ?
1
Do you have 32 points between you?

2
Pass or
correct
3
If you have a 6-card major suit that you haven't yet shown, or if you have
at most two losers in the suit, correct to four of a major (unless the suit
is headed by AKQ, which is just as useful in No Trump).  Otherwise pass.

3
Are you
at least
5-4/5-5 ?
5
If you have a 5-card major but have only shown four, and you have a lower-
ranking unbid 4-card or longer suit, and at least two more Total Points than
you have already shown, bid the lower-ranking suit at the 3-level or below
(but if 2$C would be Checkback Stayman, or if 2$C or 2$D would be New Minor
Forcing, 2$H shows five or more hearts)

1
Bid it
2
Bid your unbid 4-card suit on cheapest level or jump if
partner opens in suit and rebids 1NT and you have 12+ HCP

2
Partner's
No Trump ?
1
Did partner bid No Trump ?

2
Unbid suits
stopped ?
7
If there is just one unbid suit, you need a full stopper to bid
No Trump. With two or more unbid suits, half stoppers (Qx or Jxx)
in all unbid suits are sufficient.  Full stoppers in all suits
bid by the opponents are always necessary.  
(You may also bid 1NT or 2NT with one unstopped suit, but only
if your hand is balanced, you have no unbid 4-card suit, and
this is your first chance to speak.)

2
Strength
for NT ?
3
To bid 7NT, you need 37 High Card Points or more between you.
Bid 6NT with 33 or more, 3NT with 25 or more, 2NT with 23-24,
or 1NT with less than 23 (and 2-card support for partner's suits)

1
Bid NT
0

2
Delayed
support ?
2
Do you have less then 10 High Card Points and
a 7-card minor fit with partner that you can bid at the 2-level?

2
Show your
support
1
Support partner at the 2-level

2
Bid
stopper ?
3
Playing La Majeure Cinquième, can you bid a stopper at the 3-level after 
the last bid was 3 of your minor fit (you must have 25 or more joint
High-Card Points)?

2
Bid
stopper
0

2
Cue-bid
for stopper ?
5
Playing La Majeure Cinquième, if the opponents have bid only one suit, you
may cuebid the opponent's suit below 3NT, with a hand suitable for No Trump,
to ask for a stopper in that suit; and if the opponents have bid two suits,
you may cuebid an opponent's suit below 3NT, with a hand suitable for No
Trump, to show a stopper in that suit.

2
Cue-bid
for stopper
3
With one suit bid by the opponents, make a cue-bid in that suit to ask
for a stopper.  With two suits bid by the opponents, make a cue-bid in the
suit in which you have a stopper.

2
Minor
fit ?
1
Do you have an 8-card fit in a minor suit between you ?

2
LSM
force ?
2
Playing La Majeure Cinquième, has partner just made a reverse at the 2-level?
If so, bid partner's minor suit -- a forcing bid showing at least 9 HCP.

2
Bid
three
1
Bid three of your best fit

2
Enough
for game ?
1
Do you have 28 or more Total Points between you ?

3
Possible
game or
competing ?
2
Can you and your partner possibly have 28 Total Points between you,
or are you competing with the opponents for the contract ?

2
Anything
to spare ?
1
Do you have 32 or more Total Points between you ?

2
Bid
game
4
Bid game in your minor suit if you are not already there (but bid 3NT, if
possible, if partner has bid a natural No Trump; and if you are playing
Control Asking Bids and game in your minor suit would be a control asking
bid, just bid four in your minor suit)

2
3-level
safe ?
1
Do you have 23 or more Total Points between you ?

2
Raise to
three ?
1
Can you raise to the three-level?

2
Bid
three
1
If all suits stopped, just bid 2NT instead

2
Raise to
four ?
1
You need 25 points to raise to the 4 level

2
Bid
four
1
If all suits stopped, just bid 3NT instead

2
Sign
off
1
Raise to the 2-level, pass or convert to your minor suit

2
Minor
rebid ?
4
To rebid a suit at the 4-level, you need 7 cards in the suit and 26 Total
Points between you. To rebid at the 3-level, you need 6 cards in the suit
and 24-26 Total Points (or 7 cards in the suit and 22-26 Total Points.)
A 2-level rebid shows less than 25 Total Points.

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Switch Flowcharts
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Go to the flowchart entitled "Bidding When Partner Has Bid (II)"
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Switch Flowcharts
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Go to the flowchart entitled "Bidding When a Slam is Likely"
Slam
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Pass
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Double
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2$C
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2NT
0

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6NT
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