| Box R1B
(Version 1.0)
| Responding to 1NT
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| Bid
| Meaning
| Forcing?
| Where to next?
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| Pass
| 0-8 HCP, five clubs or fewer, five diamonds or fewer, no 5+ holding in hearts or spades
| NF
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| 2♣
| 1NT:2♣ is 3-card Redshift, requesting the 1NT bidder to reply with his cheapest 3+ card suit — i.e. 2♦ or 2♥. Responder has one of:
- 6+ club suit and a weak hand (i.e. 0-9 HCP), planning to bid 3♣ on the next round whatever opener replies. (K1#4)
- Weak hand (i.e. 0-9 HCP) and 5-card heart suit, when he passes 1NT bidder's 2♥ or bids 2♥ after 1NT bidder's 2♦.
- Weak hand (i.e. 0-9 HCP) and 5-card spade suit, when he rebids 2♠.
- Balanced or semi-balanced hand containing 10-11 points, when he will rebid 2NT. (R3#3)
- Good hand (i.e. 10-13 HCP) and 5+ card suit in ♦, ♥ or ♠. He will rebid the suit at the 3-level whatever Opener responds. (K1#3)
- Very good hand (i.e. 14-16 HCP) and a 5+ card suit. He will rebid the suit at the 4-level whatever Opener responds.
- Or exceptionally, Weak hand (i.e. 0-9 HCP), at least four cards in each red suit, and a shortage in spades (i.e. either a singleton or void), when he will pass whatever the 1NT bidder replies, preferring to play in, at worst, a 4-3 trump fit rather than NT with a spade shortage.
| F
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| 2♦ / 2♥ / 2♠
| Weak (0-10 points) and a 6+ diamond/heart/spade suit.
| NF
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| 2NT
| 12-14 points, balanced or semi-balanced, no 4+ card major, stopper in the enemy suit (if they have bid).
| NF
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| 3♣ / 3♦ / 3♥ / 3♠
| 17-22 points and cheapest 4+ card suit.
| NF
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| 3NT
| 15-16 points, balanced, probably no 4+ card major, stopper in the enemy suit (if they have bid).
| NF
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| 4NT
| 19-20 points, balanced. Quantitative inquiry. Opener:
- passes on 11-12 HCP,
- bids 5NT on 13-14 HCP, and
- bids 6NT on 15-16 HCP
| NF
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