RespSuit
Responding to an Opening Suit Bid
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1 of a suit
opened ?
1
Did your partner open with one of a suit ?

1
Splinter ?
4
If playing splinter bids, do you have 13 to 16 Total Points (13 to 15
Total Points if playing La Majeure Cinquième), a singleton
or void in a suit, and at least four-card trump support of partner's
major suit?  (You may bid a splinter over a takeout double or an overcall)

1
Splinter
4
Make a double jump-shift response in your short suit.
(if the opponents overcalled, such that a double jump-shift
would be greater than four of partner's suit, make a single
jump shift instead).

1
Soloway Jump-Shift
7
Can you make a Soloway Jump Shift?
If you are playing Soloway Jump Shifts and there has been no opponent
interference (including doubles) and you are an unpassed hand, you can make
one with one of the following three hand types:
(1) 18-19 HCP and a balanced hand, with a 5-card suit.
(2) A six-card suit, good enough to play opposite a singleton and 17 or more Total Points.
(3) A good five-card suit, with 17 or more Total Points and with support for partner's suit, either 4-card support for a minor or 3-card support for a major.

2
Make Soloway
Jump-Shift
1
Make a Soloway Jump Shift

3
Double
jump-
shift ?
7
If you do not have support for partner's suit, you may make a weak
double jump-shift response with a 7-card or longer suit, 2 to 7
High-Card Points, and within four playing tricks of your bid.
However, if you are playing splinter bids, you may not make a weak
double jump-shift response to a major-suit opening, unless it was
overcalled; if you are playing Bergen Raises, you may not make a weak
double jump-shift response of 3$S to a 1$H opening.

3
Bid
long
suit
2
Make a weak double jump-shift response in your long suit.
You may triple jump-shift at the four level with six or more playing tricks.

3
Weak
jump-
shift ?
11
If you are playing weak jump-shift responses and you do not have
support for partner's suit, you may make a weak jump-shift response at
the two-level with a 6-card or longer suit, and 2 to 5 High-Card
Points; you may make a weak jump-shift response at the three-level
with a 7-card or longer suit, and 2 to 7 High-Card Points; you may make
a weak jump-shift response at the four-level with a 7-card or longer suit,
up to 7 High-Card Points, and 6 Playing Tricks.
(However, don't make a weak jump-shift response with 6 or more Total Points
and an unbid 4-card major that you can bid at the one-level.)
You may not make a weak jump-shift response at the 3-level to a major-suit
opening if you are playing Bergen Raises.

3
Bid
long
suit
1
Make a weak jump-shift response in your long suit.

2
Multi 2$D
opened ?
2
Did your partner open with a Multi-2$D bid, a Mini-Multi 2$D bid, or a 
Multi-Roman 2$D bid ?

2
Multi 2$D
response
8
Even if your partner may have a strong hand, assume a weak hand until
shown otherwise.  With enough strength to make game in either major,
bid 4C if you want to be declarer or 4D if you want partner to be
declarer.  With enough strength to make game in only one major, or to
invite game in both majors, bid 2NT to ask partner to clarify the
hand.  With enough strength to invite game in hearts but not spades,
bid 2S.  Otherwise, bid 2H; partner will pass or correct to 2S, and
then you may invite game in spades if you wish.

3
Benjamin
2$C/2$D
opened ?
1
Did your partner open with a Benjamin strong 2$C or 2$D?

2
2$D
opened ?
1
Did partner open 2$D, forcing to game?

1
LM5ème ?
1
Are you playing La Majeure Cinquième?

2
Show
Aces
9
With no Aces, but with KQxxxx or better in diamonds, hearts, or
spades, bid 3 of your suit.  Otherwise, with no Aces, bid 2$H with 0-7
High-Card Points and at most one King, or bid 2NT with 8 or more
High-Card Points or at least two Kings.  With AKQTxx or better in any
suit but no other aces, bid 4 of your suit.  Otherwise, with one Ace,
bid 2$S with 4-7 High-Card Points, or bid 3$C with 8 or more High-Card
Points.  With two Aces, bid 3NT.  With three Aces (an extremely rare
situation), bid 4NT.  With four Aces (an almost impossible situation),
just bid 7NT.

3
Suit, 
NT,
or 2$H
4
With 8 or more High-Card Points, bid a five-card suit if possible
(jumping in hearts), otherwise bid 2NT.  With 7 High-Card Points, bid
a six-card suit if possible (jumping in hearts), otherwise bid 2NT.
With fewer than 8 HCP, bid 2$H.

1
LM5ème ?
1
Are you playing La Majeure Cinquième?

3
Bid a
suit
or 2$D
2
(1) With 8 or more High-Card Points and your own five-card suit, bid your suit.
(2) Otherwise, bid 2$D.

3
Suit, 
NT,
or 2$D
4
With 8 or more High-Card Points, bid a five-card suit if possible
(jumping in diamonds), otherwise bid 2NT.  With 7 High-Card Points, bid
a six-card suit if possible (jumping in diamonds), otherwise bid 2NT.
With fewer than 8 HCP, bid 2$D.

2
Strong 2
opened ?
1
Did your partner open with a strong two-bid in a suit ?

1
Acol ?
0

1
Acol response
7
Raise: This is first choice - raise with 3 trumps and at least one ace or void.
Jump in new suit: Solid 6 card suit (AKQxxx), and less than 3 cards
in opener's suit.
New suit at 2 level: 5 card and 1 Quick Trick.
New suit at 3 level: 5 card and 1 1/2 Quick Tricks.
3NT: 10-12 HCP, no singleton ace or void, not 3-card trump support.
Else bid 2NT.

2
Artificial
2$C opened ?
1
Did your partner open with an artificial 2$C bid ?

2
Weak 2-bid
opened ?
1
Did your partner open with a weak 2-bid ?

2
3-bid
opened ?
1
Did your partner open with a 3-level shutout bid ?

1
6+ Points ?
1
Pass with less than 6 Total Points

2
Raise, bid
or pass
7
Playing Bergen raises, with four or more trumps, make a Bergen raise
to three of partner's major.  Otherwise, raise your partner's major
with 5 Total Points and a 4-card suit and no interference (but not if
playing Bergen Raises), bid your own major over partner's minor with 5
Total Points and a 5-card suit and no interference, make a weak
Inverted Minor Raise with 5 Total Points and a 6-card suit, otherwise
pass

1
Doubled ?
1
Did your right-hand opponent make a take-out double ?

2
Negative
doubles ?
1
Are you playing negative doubles ?

2
Playing Eastern
Cue Bids ?
2
Did your right-hand opponent overcall?  If they did are you playing
Eastern Cue-Bids?

1
Eastern Cue Bid ?
2
Do you have a game-forcing, semi-balanced hand with a stopper in
RHO's bid suit ?

1
Eastern 3NT ?
3
Do you have a game-forcing raise of partners suit that is semi-balanced
and does not include a stopper in RHO's bid suit ?  Partner's suit must
be a major.

1
Make Cue Bid
1
Make an Eastern Cue Bid.

2
Playing Western
Cue Bids ?
2
Did your right-hand-opponent overcall?  If they did are you playing Western
Cue Bids?

1
Western Cue Bid ?
4
Do you have a Western Cue-Bid?  To make a Western Cue-Bid you must have
a semi-balanced hand without a major suit fit with partner and without a
stopper in the opponent's suit.  You must also have game going strength.
It is ok if you have a singleton in partner's major, but not a void.

1
Make cue bid
1
Make a Western Cue Bid.

2
High
overcall ?
1
Did your right-hand opponent overcall 1 No Trump or higher ?

1
RHO overcall 1NT ?
2
If the RHO overcalled 1NT showing an opening NT hand, check for a penalty
double of his bid.

3
Unusual
over
Unusual ?
2
If you are playing Unusual over Unusual, did your right-hand opponent
made an Unusual 2NT overcall of partner's opening one-bid in a major?

2
Possible
slam ?
1
Do you have an eight-card fit with partner and 32 or more joint Total Points?

2
Bid after
Unusual 2NT
10
If you have an eight-card fit with partner, then bid three of
partner's suit with 6-9 Total Points (but pass with 6-7 Total Points
and worse than Jxx in partner's suit), make an Unusual over Unusual
overcall with 10-12 Total Points, or bid four of partner's suit with
13 or more Total Points.  Otherwise, if you have five cards in the
unbid major, then make an Unusual over Unusual overcall with 10-12
Total Points, or bid the unbid major with 13 or more Total Points.
Otherwise, if you have 13 or more Total Points, double.  Otherwise,
pass.  The Unusual over Unusual overcall is 3$C to show
hearts, or 3$D to show spades.

2
Invisible
Cuebids ?
3
If you are playing Invisible Cuebids, did your right-hand opponent make
a Michaels cuebid, a Ghestem overcall, a La Majeure Cinquième two-suited
overcall, or an Unusual 2NT overcall?

2
Possible
slam ?
1
Do you have an eight-card fit with partner and 32 or more joint Total Points?

3
Bid after
two-suited
overcall
14
With support for opener's suit, make a splinter bid in an opponent's
suit with 13 or more Total Points and a singleton or void (15 or more
Total Points if you are forcing partner to return to a minor suit at
the four-level) ; make the cheapest available cuebid in an opponent's
suit with 10 or more Total Points ; raise opener's suit with 6 to 9
Total Points (raising to the four level with a ten-card fit or
better) ; otherwise, pass.  If the opponent's bid specified two suits,
then with five or more cards in the single unbid suit and 10 or more
High-Card Points, make a cuebid in the opponent's higher suit.
Otherwise, with stoppers in the opponent's suit or suits, bid 2NT with
10-12 High-Card Points or 3NT with 13 or more High-Card Points.
Otherwise, double with 10 or more High-Card Points.  Otherwise, with 6
or more cards in an unbid suit, and 6 or more Total Points, bid that
suit, jumping with 7 or more cards.  Otherwise, pass.

1
Weak jump overcall?
1
Check to see if the opponents just made a weak jump overcall.

2
Must 
double ?
3
Do you have 4 cards in the opponent's suit with at least 2 top honors or
5+ cards in the opponent's suit and a penalty double available to you?
If yes, your first priority should be to double.

2
Have 
fit ?
1
Check to see if you have a fit for partner's opening suit.

1
Major ?
1
Check to see if your fit is in a major suit.

1
what level
2
With a strong hand either jump to game or cuebid the opponents' suit.
With a weak hand rebid as cheaply as possible or raise pre-emptively.

1
what level
5
With an 8 card fit, check to see if you have a stopper in the opponent's suit
and can bid NT. With a game forcing hand, cuebid the opponents suit if you
can do so below 3NT. With a weak hand, rebid the suit as cheaply as possible
(so long as at the 3 level). With a weak hand if your cheapest rebid is at
the 4 level you should pass.

2
Biddable 
suit ?
3
Do you have a five-card or longer suit you can bid at the 3 level?
You need 10+ points to bid at the 3 level.  You can also bid a 6 card suit
at the 4 level.

3
Bid 
your 
suit
2
Bid your suit, or if you have a really strong hand, you can cue-bid the
opponents suit.

1
NT bid ?
2
Do you have at least a full stopper in the opponents suit and a balanced
hand type with 10+ points to bid 2NT and 13+ to bid 3NT?

1
what level ?
4
With less than 12 and no running suit bid 2NT.
With 12-17 points bid 3NT.
With 18-21 bid 6NT.
With 22+ bid 7NT.

3
Double, 
cuebid, 
or pass
3
With 13+ points you should cuebid the opponent's suit to create a game force.
If you have at least 4 cards in the two unbid suits, you can make a negative
double. Otherwise you should pass.

2
Can you
double ?
5
With 13 or more Total Points, go for a game your way instead of doubling.
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. If the total comes to enough tricks to set
the contract by 2 or more tricks, double.

1
Switch Flowcharts
1
Go to the flowchart entitled "Bidding When Partner Has Bid (I)"
Constr1
3
Strong
minor
raise ?
6
If you are playing Inverted Minor Raises; you have at least four-card
support for partner's minor-suit opening bid; you have at least 10
Total Points; right-hand opponent passed, doubled, or bid one of a
suit; you have no four-card unbid major; and your other minor isn't
longer than your support for partner's minor; then raise partner's suit 
to the two level.

3
Make
strong
raise
3
Raise partner's one-of-a-minor opening to the two level.  (But with
exactly ten total points, exactly four-card support, and no singleton
or void, you will be better off bidding 1NT instead.)

3
Weak
minor
raise ?
6
If you are playing Inverted Minor Raises; you have at least five-card
support for partner's minor-suit opening bid (or at least four-card
support with at least five High Card Points in trump); you have 6 to 9
Total Points; left-hand opponent passed, doubled, or bid one of a 
suit; and you have no four-card unbid major; then raise partner's suit to
the three level.

3
Make
weak
raise
3
Raise partner's one-of-a-minor opening to the three level.  (But with
an honor in each unbid suit and no singleton or void, or with 4-3-3-3,
you will be better off bidding 1NT instead.)

2
1D-P-3C
as invitational ?
2
Are you playing 1D-P-3C as an invitational jump shift showing a long club suit?
If so, do you have such a hand?

2
Jump
shift ?
14
Make a jump bid in a new suit if you have 19 Total Points or 8 Playing
Tricks, and either (i) 4-card support for partner's major, or (ii) 6-card
support for partner's minor, or (iii) a suit which is good for 5 Playing
Tricks by itself, or (iv) 18 or more High-Card Points and a balanced hand.
If you have already passed, however, a jump shift shows 13 Total Points
and 4-card major or 6-card minor support for partner's suit.  (If playing
Weak Jump-Shift Responses, you may not make a strong jump bid in a new
suit.)  Playing La Majeure Cinquième, make a jump bid in a new suit if you
have (1) AKxxx or better in a suit and at least 16 High-Card Points ; 
(2) four-card support for partner, a five-card suit of your own, and 18 or
more Total Points ; (3) 8 Playing Tricks and a suit which is good for 7
Playing Tricks by itself.  If you have already passed, however, playing
La Majeure Cinquième, a jump shift shows 12 Total Points, 3-card support if
partner's suit is a major, and a 5-card major or 3-card minor.

3
Jump bid in
your longest
suit
3
If you don't have a five-card suit, temporize by bidding (but not
jumping in) a four-card suit
If you don't have a four-card suit, bid (but don't jump in) your better minor.

2
Major suit
opened ?
0

1
Drury ?
5
Can you bid a Drury or Reverse Drury 2C?  (If playing Drury or Reverse
Drury, as a passed hand after a major-suit opening and a pass by the
opponent, with 3-card or longer support for opener's major and 10+
Total Points, or a six-card or longer club suit and 9+ High Card
Points, bid a Drury or Reverse Drury 2C).

1
2$C or 2$D ?
3
If you are playing Two-Way Reverse Drury, bid 2$C with three-card support and
2$D with four-card support.
Otherwise bid 2$C.

3
1-level
response in
longest suit ?
4
Can you bid your longest suit at the 1-level ?  (Playing La Majeure Cinquième,
with no 4-card major, at most 4 diamonds, and 8-15 High-Card Points (with
an honor in every unbid suit if you have 11-15 High-Card Points), bid No
Trumps over 1C, not 1D)

2
1-level
response ?
6
Bid a four-card suit at the 1-level if you can (In La Majeure Cinquième, bid
a five-card minor at the 2-level in preference to a five-card major at the 
1-level, but only if you have 12 or more High-Card Points; also, with no
4-card major, at most 4 diamonds, and 8-15 High-Card Points (and an honor
in every unbid suit, if you have 11-15 High-Card Points), bid No Trumps over
1C, not 1D)

3
2-level
response in
longest suit ?
6
With 10 Total Points, and a 5-card suit of your own, respond at the
2-level (Playing two-over-one game force, 12 High-Card points or 13
total points are necessary; playing Drury or Reverse Drury,
if a passed hand, don't bid 2C; playing La Majeure Cinquième, if not a
passed hand, 10 High-Card Points are necessary, or 8 High-Card Points
and a strong 6-card suit)

3
Bid your
longest
suit
15
If you have two (or three) equally long suits that can be bid at the
1-level, bid your lower major (unless you have two 5-card majors, in
which case bid 1$S).  Playing La Majeure Cinquième, if you have two
(or three) equally long suits that can be bid at the 1-level, bid your
lower major unless: (1) you have two 5-card majors, in which case bid
1$S; (2) you have a 4-card major suit (or two) without honors and AQxx
or longer in Diamonds, in which case bid 1$D if possible; (3) you have
18 or more High-Card Points, in which case bid your cheapest suit of
equal length.  Also, playing La Majeure Cinquième, bid 1$S with a
4-card spade suit, a 5-card diamond suit, and less than 10 Total
Points.
Playing Walsh you should always bypass a four-card or longer minor suit
for a four-card major suit unless you have a hand with 13 or more total points.
If you have 13 or more total points and are playing Walsh, never bypass a five-
card or longer diamond suit.

3
Bid your
longest
suit
2
If you have two equally long suits that can be bid at the 2-level,
bid the higher of them

3
Bid a
4-card
suit
2
If you have two (or three) 4-card suits that can be bid at the
1-level, bid your lower major

1
2NT ?
4
2NT shows no singletons or 5-card suits (other than perhaps in partner's minor
suit), and 13-15 High-Card Points (unless you have already passed, or your
right-hand opponent intervened, in which case it shows 11-12 High-Card Points.
Acol or La Majeure Cinquième: 11-12 High-Card Points)

2
Limit
raises ?
3
If playing Limit Raises or Bergen Raises over a major suit opening,
2NT is a forcing raise, and so you must invent a bid in a minor on
balanced hands

1
3NT ?
6
3NT shows 16-17 High-Card Points, and 4-3-3-3 distribution over a minor suit
opening, or 4-4-3-2 distribution with a doubleton in partner's suit over a
major suit opening (unless your right-hand opponent intervened, in which
case it shows 13-16 High-Card Points with a stopper in the opponent's suit
and no singletons)
Acol or La Majeure Cinquième: 13-15 High-Card Points.

1
Cuebid ?
3
Playing La Majeure Cinquième, a cuebid of the opponent's suit shows a hand
suitable for a 2NT or 3NT bid, except without a stopper in the opponent's
suit.

1
Cuebid
1
Bid your opponent's suit.

1
1NT ?
4
With 6-10 (Acol: 6-9) High-Card Points, no major suit fit,
and 3 cards or Kx in each unbid suit, bid 1NT (playing La Majeure Cinquième,
over a 1C opener, you need 8-10 High-Card Points, 2-3 cards in each major,
and 3-4 cards in each minor to bid 1NT)

1
0-10 points ?
1
Fewer than 11 (Acol: 10) Total Points ?

1
Raise ?
2
With Kx (Acol: Kxx) in partner's major, or 4 or more cards in partner's minor,
raise to the 2-level (but not in a major if playing Bergen Raises).

2
1NT or
Pass
4
If right-hand opponent overcalled and you have no stopper, pass.
Otherwise bid 1NT with 6 or more High-Card Points, and pass with less.
(Playing La Majeure Cinquième, bid 1NT over 1C with 8 or more High-Card Points,
and pass with less.)

2
Double
raise ?
6
With 5 cards in partner's minor and 13+ Total Points,
raise to the 3-level.

Acol: with 4 cards in partner's minor and 10+ Total Points.

La Majeure Cinquième: with 5 cards in partner's minor and 11-12 Total Points.

3
Triple
minor
raise ?
3
Playing La Majeure Cinquième, make a triple raise of partner's minor with 13+
Total Points, 7-card support, and an outside void (but no more than 12 
High-Card Points.)

3
Bid 4 of
partner's
suit
0

1
1NT ?
1
Bid 1NT with up to 10 (Acol: 9) High-Card Points and no major suit fit

2
Bid a
minor
1
Bid your longest unbid minor and await developments

2
Bergen
raise ?
2
If you are playing Bergen Raises, do you have at least three cards in
partner's suit ?

2
Bergen
raise
15
With three trumps: pass with 0-5 Total Points; make a single raise
with 6-9 Total Points; with 10-12 Total Points, if playing a forcing or
semi-forcing variation of 1NT, bid 1NT, if not bid 2 of your longer minor;
make a Bergen raise to 3NT with 13-16 Total Points, a balanced hand,
and stoppers in all side suits; otherwise; bid a new suit at the cheapest 
level to temporize, including with 13-16 and and an unbalanced hand or
with 17 or more points.  With four trumps: make a Bergen raise
to three of partner's major with 0-6 Total Points; make a Bergen raise
to 3$C with 7-9 Total Points; make a Bergen raise to 3$D with 10-12
Total Points; make a Bergen raise to 3 of the other major with 13 or
more Total Points and a side-suit singleton or void (if you are not
playing splinters, if playing splinters make a splinter bid with these
hands); Otherwise bid 2NT.  With five or more trumps, jump to game in
partner's major with 0-10 total points or bid 2NT with 11 or more total
points.

2
Jacoby 2NT
bid ?
4
Are you playing Jacoby 2NT?  If so, do you have a Jacoby 2NT bid?
A Jaoby 2NT bid is a forcing major suit raise.  It is game forcing
so requires 13 or more total points and shows at least 4 card trump
support for partner's major.

2
Triple
raise ?
8
A triple raise of a major suit shows 5-card support and
less than 10 High-Card Points (unless your right-hand opponent intervened,
in which case a raise shows at least 3-card support with 12-16 Total Points)

Acol: A triple raise of a major suit shows 4-card support, 13-14 Total Points.

La Majeure Cinquième: A triple raise of a major suit shows 4-card support, 
13-15 Total Points.

2
Double
raise ?
9
A double raise of a major suit shows Qxx or better in partner's suit,
and 13-16 Total Points. If you have already passed, however, or if your
right-hand opponent intervened, or if you are playing limit major
raises, it shows 10-12 Total Points.

Acol: A double raise of a major suit shows 4-card support, 10-12 Total Points.

La Majeure Cinquième: A double raise of a major suit shows 3-card support, 
11-12 Total Points.

2
Longer
minor
2
Bid your longer minor, strongest if same length,
clubs if same length and strength

2
Single
raise ?
4
A single raise of a major suit shows three cards in the suit and
6 to 10 Total Points.

Acol: A single raise of a major suit shows 4-card support, 6-9 Total Points.

2
Invitational
single-suiter ?
3
Are you playing Invitatioanl Three-Level Jump-Shifts?
If so, do you have a hand with a good 9 to a bad 12 points with
a good six-card suit that you can jump into at the three-level?

1
Jump to 3-level
1
Jump into your long suit at the three level.

2
Forcing
1NT ?
6
If you are playing the forcing 1NT over 1$H/1$S, you should bid it with
(i) 6-9 points, with at most 2-card support, no higher 4-card suit,
and either 2-card support, 5 Hearts, 5 Diamonds, or 6 Clubs; or
(ii) 10-12 points with 3-card support; or
(iii) 10-11 high-card points in a balanced hand with 2-card support; or
(iv) 10-11 high-card points in any hand, playing two-over-one game force.

3
Bid 2 of
partner's
suit
2
Bid 1$S over 1$H if you have 4 or more spades and less than 4 hearts (but not
when playing La Majeure Cinquième)

3
Bid 3 of
partner's
suit
1
With 17+ total points, bid Blackwood

3
Bid 4 of
partner's
suit
0

2
Low suit
overcall ?
1
Did your right-hand opponent make a suit overcall at the 1- or 2-level ?

2
Spade
overcall ?
1
Was the overcall suit spades ?

2
Hearts and
points ?
1
Do you have four or more hearts and seven or more total points?

2
Unbid
suits ?
5
Do you have exactly four cards in each unbid major suit and at least
three cards in each unbid minor, with no major-suit fit ?
(Playing La Majeure Cinquième: over a 1D or 1H overcall, do you have 8-11
High-Card Points without a 4-card major?)
(Playing Forum D, you do not have a negative double available).

2
Strength
for double ?
2
Over a non-jump bid, make a negative double with 8 or more Total Points.
Over a jump overcall, you need 11 or more Total Points.

1
major suit opened?
4
Did partner open either 1H or 1S.
If he did, was the overcall less than 2 of his major suit opening and
do you support for his suit? If yes, then a cue-bid will show a limit
raise or more and a jump to 3 of his major will be weak.

1
WJO ?
1
Was the overcall a weak jump overcall ?

1
weak or strong?
2
Do you have a weak jump raise of partner or do you have a cuebid showing 
a limit raise or more.

1
bid 3
1
Bid 3 of partner's major

1
cue-bid
1
Bid the opponent's suit as cheaply as possible

1
Forum D ?
1
Are you playing Forum D?

1
support ?
3
Do you have a fit with partner that you should show?
If partner opened 2$D and you have a 5 card major and more than 5
points than that is more important than a diamond fit.

1
Raise
3
With 0-3 total points, pass.
With 4-9 total points, jump to game.
With 10+ total points, make a single raise.

1
Find bid
5
With a 5 card suit that is biddable at the 2 level and 4+ points, bid it.
With a 5 card suit that is biddable at the 3 level and 9+ points, bid it
With 9-10 points and 2 card support bid 3NT.
Otherwise with 4+ points bid 2NT, which is forcing.
Or pass with 0-3 points.

1
LM5ème ?
1
Are you playing La Majeure Cinquième?

2
LM5e
response
10
1) With 10 or more Total Points and your own 5-card suit, bid your suit.
2) Raise to the 3-level with 10 or more Total Points (and thus slam hopes) and
3 or more trumps.
3) Raise a major to the 4-level with 7-9 Total Points and 3 or more trumps.
4) Bid 3NT with 9-10 High-Card Points and no 5-card suit.
5) Bid your longest suit (you need 4 High-Card Points at the 2-level, or
8 High-Card Points and at least AQxxx at the 3-level.)
6) Bid 2NT (forcing and artificial) with 4-8 High-Card Points (or 5-6
Total Points and 3 or more trumps).
7) Pass.

2
Positive
response ?
1
Do you have an Ace and a King, or 1 Quick Trick and 8 High Card Points ?

1
Support ?
1
Do you have 3-card support for partner's suit ?

1
Raise
1
Raise to the 3-level

2
5-card
suit ?
1
With no 5-card suit of your own, bid 3NT

2
Bid your
longest suit
0

1
Control Responses ?
2
Are you playing Control Showing responses to 2C?
This type of control responses are only used in the Forum D system.

1
Make control response
7
Your rebids following a Forum D 2C Opener are:
(1) 2D 0-7 HCP with less than 2 Kings and No Aces.
(2) 2H/2S with the Ace in the bid suit.
(3) 2NT no Aces with either 2+ Kings or 8+ HCP.
(4) 3C/3D with the Ace in the bid suit.
(5) 3NT with 2 Aces.
(6) 4NT with 3+ Aces.

1
LM5ème ?
1
Are you playing La Majeure Cinquième?

2
Show
Aces
9
With no Aces, bid 2D with 0-7 High-Card Points and at most one King, or
bid 2NT with 8 or more High-Card Points or at least two Kings.  With one
Ace, bid 2H if it is the Ace of Diamonds or the Ace of Hearts, or bid
2S if it is the Ace of Clubs or the Ace of Spades.  With two Aces, bid 3H
if they are the same color (red or black), 3S if they are the same rank
(minor or major), or 3NT if neither applies (you have the Aces of Spades and
Diamonds, or the Aces of Hearts and Clubs.)  With three Aces (an extremely
rare situation), bid 4NT.  With four Aces (an almost impossible situation), 
just bid 7NT.

2
Playing Control
Showing Responses ?
1
Are you playing responses to a 2C opener that show controls?

1
Bid your controls
10
Bid the number of controls that you have in your hand.
An Ace counts as 2 controls and a King counts as 1 control.
The responses are:
(1) 2D showing 0 or 1 controls and less than 6 points.
(2) 2H showing 0 or 1 controls and 6+ points.
(3) 2S showing 2 controls.
(4) 2NT showing 3 controls all Kings.
(5) 3C showing 3 controls with an Ace and a King.
(6) 3D showing 4 controls.
(7) 3H showing 5+ controls.

2
Playing Step
Responses ?
1
Are you playing step responses to 2C opening bids?

1
Make step response
5
Make your point-showing response.  The responses are:
(1) 2D showing 0-3 HCP.
(2) 2H showing 4-6 HCP.
(3) 2S showing 7-9 HCP.
(4) 2NT showing 10+ HCP.

2
Positive
response ?
1
Do you have an Ace and a King, or 1 Quick Trick and 8 High Card Points ?

2
5-card
major ?
1
Do you have a 5-card or longer major ?

1
Bid it
2
Bid your major suit.  If you are playing 2C-2H as a double negative,
bid 2NT instead to show hearts.

2
6-card
minor ?
1
Do you have a 6-card or longer minor ?

1
Bid it
0

2
Balanced
hand ?
4
Do you have a balanced hand (no voids, no singletons)
with less than 12 total points ?
If you are playing 2C-2H as a double negative than 2NT shows hearts
so you must bid 2D as a game-forcing waiting bid.

2
Playing 2C-2H
Double Negative ?
1
Are you playing 2H as a double negative over 2C opening bids?

1
Double Negative ?
3
Do you have a double negative?  A double negative is a hand with
0-4 HCP, no Aces, no Kings, and less than 2 Queens.  If you have
such a hand, bid 2H.  Otherwise bid 2D, which is Game-Forcing.

2
Possible
slam ?
1
Do you have Qxx or xxxx or better in partner's suit and 24+ Total Points ?

1
Switch Flowcharts
1
Go to the flowchart entitled "Bidding When a Slam is Likely"
Slam
1
4th seat ?
1
Was your partner's Weak Two Opening bid in fourth seat ?

1
Major Raise ?
4
With support for partners 2H or 2S opening bid, you can make an
invitational raise to the three-level or jump to the 4 level with
a good fit and maximum values.  If there was interference, you can
compete at the 3 level, or jump to the 4-level

1
Make Raise
1
Raise to the 3-level or the 4-level.

1
Can bid ?
4
Did partner open with 2D?  If yes, can you bid 2NT or 3NT, or
raise diamonds with support ?  If you have an invitational
hand and a 5 card major, you can bid that as well.
If not, you should pass.

1
Make bid
1
Either bid NT, raise, or bid a 5-card major.

2
Jump to
four ?
4
Do you have enough for a strong jump to four in a major?  With 19 or 20
points, a doubleton in partner's suit is necessary.
With 17 or 18 points, three cards or a doubleton honour in partner's suit
are necessary.

1
game forcing strength?
1
With 21 or more points you want to get to game.

1
NT or long suit?
3
With a 5 card major or a 6 card minor suit, bid it as cheaply as possible.
If you have all 3 other suits stopped, jump to 3NT.
Otherwise, bid a 5 card minor or 2NT.

1
Bid four
1
Bid four of partner's suit

1
Bid three
1
Bid three of partner's suit

2
Invite to
game ?
3
Do you have enough to invite to game ?  (With 17 or more total points, invite
to game even with a void in partner's suit.  With 14-16 total points,
three cards or a doubleton honour in partner's suit are necessary.)

1
Interference ?
1
Did your right-hand opponent force you to bid at the four-level ?

1
McCabe?
1
Are you playing the Mccabe convention?

2
Make 
McCabe bid
2
Your hand has been classified as one well suited for a McCabe bid
so make the corresponding conventional call 

1
Raise
1
Make your cheapest bid in partner's suit

2
Forcing
bid
1
Bid a 5-card major or a 6-card minor, or a forcing 2NT

2
Raise to
three ?
2
Do you have 3+ card support for partner?
You can raise on a doubleton honor if RHO doubled

1
3 or 4 level?
1
do you want to raise to the 3 level or should you raise higher?

1
Major ?
2
Do you have a 5-card major biddable at the two-level and
at least 13 total points?

2
Bid your
major
2
Bid your 5-card major at the two-level, unless you have 3-card support for
partner, in which case bid 2NT

2
Own long
suit ?
3
If you have an 8-card suit of your own, and only singleton support for
partner, and your Playing Tricks are within half a trick of game,
bid game.

1
Bid game
3
Bid game in your suit.  (If you are playing Control Asking Bids, and
the opponents have been silent, and your suit is a minor, bid your suit
at the 4-level instead.)

2
Bid game
if likely
2
Add your Quick Tricks to partner's Playing Tricks. If the total is
within half a trick of game, bid it.

1
major suit support?
1
Do you have a major suit fit with partner?

1
raise
24
If playing Truscott 2NT
1) with 10+ points and 4+ card support, bid Truscott 2NT.
2) with an absolute bust, pass.
3) with <= 9 points and 3 card support bid 2M.
4) with <= 7 points and 4 card support bid 3M.
5) with 5+ card support bid 4M.
6) with 10+ points and 3 card support look for another suit to bid.

If not playing Truscott 2NT
1) with an absolute bust, pass.
2) with < 9 points bid 2M.
2b) If playing Splinters and have a splinter bid, make it.
3) if playing Limit raises 10-12 bid 3M.
4) if playing Limit raises with 13+ bid 4M.
5) if not playing Limit raises with 13+ bid 3M
6) if not playing Limit raises with 10-12 and 4+ card support bid 4M
7) if not playing Limit raises with 10-12 and 3 card support,
look for another suit to bid.

If playing Artificial Minors after 1M-X
your responses with a weak hand are different
With 2-6 HCP and 3-card support bid 2M.
With 7-9 HCP and 3-card support bid 2C.
With 7-9 HCP and 4-card support bid 2D.

1
minor suit support?
1
Do you have a minor suit fit with partner.

1
raise
13
If playing Inverted minors:
1) With 6+ points and a 4 card major bid it.
2) With 10+ total points bid 2m.
3) With an absolute bust, pass.
4) With <= 7 points bid 3m.
5) With 8-9 points, try to find another constructive bid.

If not playing Inverted minors:
1) with an absolute bust pass.
2) with 6+ and a 4 card major, bid it.
2) with < 9 points bid 2m.
3) with 10-13 bid 3m.
4) return 5m.

1
weak jump shift?
1
Do you have a 6+ card suit and 7 or fewer points?

1
which suit?
1
Which suit are you going to jump shift into?

1
6+ points?
1
if you do not have 6 or more points, at this point you should pass.

1
biddable new suit?
3
Do you have a 4 card suit you can bid at the 1 level or a 5 card suit you
can bid at the 2 level?
To bid a new suit at the two level you need at least 9 points.

1
which suit?
3
Make your cheapest bid in your longest suit.  If you are short in opener's
suit and have 10+ points and no 5 card suit of your own, you can still
redouble.

1
Redouble?
1
With 10 or more high card points you should redouble.

1
1NT ?
2
With 7-9 high card points and a balanced hand, bid 1NT.
Otherwise pass.

1
3NT
0

1
Double
0

1
3$C
0

1
2NT
0

1
1NT
0

1
Pass
0

1
2$D
0

1
2$H
0

1
Redouble
0

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