System Standard American Yellow Card NT 1N:15-7 2N:20-1 3N:25-7 JXF! 2S forces 3C! 3C/3D inv! Majors 5cm, J2N!, DR = limit (pre-empt over X) Minors 1D shows 4/4432, DR=limit, 1N/1m:6-10, 2N/1m:13-5, 3N/1m:16-7 Strong 2C shows 22+ balanced or 9+ tricks, 2D artificial, may be wtng Weak 2D, 2H, 2S shows 5-11 hcp, good 6 cards, RONF, 2N reqs feature Overcalls 8-16 HCP, cue is 1R force, jump overcall is pre-emptive NT-Over 1N:15-8, 2C Stayman!, other systems off, Unu 2N = Lower 2 unbid Doubles Negative -> 2S! VS.Doubles New Suit Force 1-level, 2N = Limit raise or better! Preempts may be light Vs.Preempts Dbl is takeout at 2 and 3 level, 2N/weak 2 = 16-9 HCP Bal Cuebids Michaels (5-5), or natural if opp's have bid 2 suits Slam-Bids BLK, GSF, DOPI, Gerber over 1N, 2N openings, resps and rebids Suit-leads 4th best, Kqx Qjx Jtx T9x kJtx kT9x qT9x xxX xxxX xxxXx aKx NT-leads 4th best, aKjx aQjx aJt9 aT98 Kqjx kQt9 kJt9 kT98 Qjtx qT98 Jt9x T98x xxX xxxX xxxXx Carding high discard encourages, low discourages, infreq count signals s, low discourages, infreq count signals