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Opening Hand No-trump Bidding Structure INT Continuations Stayman Transfers Minor Suit SIgn-off Texas Transfers 2NT Continuations Puppet Stayman One Major Opening First Response Forcing 1NT Bergen Raises Fake Jump Shift Reverse Simple raise and Game Try Two-over-one Game Force Bids Miscellaneous Sequences Summary One Minor Opening First Responses Inverted Minor Raise

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Opener 1NT Rebid Opener 2NT Rebid Opener New Suit Bid New Suit Bid at Level 1 New Suit Bid at Level 2 Reverses Articial Openings Strong Articial 2 Clubs Gambling 3NT Preemptive Openings Level 2 Preempts Slam Bidding Competitive Bidding Defensive Cardings

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1. Opening Hand
1C 1D 1H 1S 1NT 2C 2D/H/S 2NT 3C/D/H/S 3NT -

2. No-trump Bidding Structure

INT Continuations
1NT 2C 2D 2H 2S 2NT 3NT 4C - Gerber, asking for number of aces 4D 1

Responses to Gerber are as follows: 4D 0 or 4 aces, 4H 1 ace, 4S 2 aces, 4NT 3 aces. Gerber is only used when a slam is

conrmed (otherwise use quantitative raise) System Notes 3

Hwa Chong Institution 4H 4NT 2 5NT 6NT 7NT -

Stayman Garbage Stayman: 1NT - 2C 2D 2H 2S - ST TOMAS 3, slaim interest in hearts 2NT 3C/3D 3H 3S - Slam interest in hearts, rst round control 4 in spades 2H 2S 2NT 3C/3D 3H 3S 3NT 4C - Gerber 4NT 5NT 6NT 7NT -

Quantitative raises are on directly after Stayman or Jacoby transfers. If a suit is agreed, use RKCB instead. SImilarly, quanti-

tative raises apply after 2NT opening too.

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ST TOMAS stands for Slayman Then The Other Major Asks Slam First round controls are aces and voids 4

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Hwa Chong Institution 2S 2NT 3C/3D 3H 3S 3NT 4C/4D/4H 4S 3NT 4C/4D - Slam interest in hearts, rst round control in bid suit 4H -

Transfers Super-acceptance of Jacoby Transfers: 1NT - 2D - 2H Pass 2S 2NT 3C/3D 3H 3S - Slam interest in hearts, rst round control in spades 3NT 4C/4D 4H - Quantitative raise with 6 card hearts , inviting to 6H

1NT - 2H - 2S Pass 2NT 3C/3D 3H 3S 3NT 4C/4D 5

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Minor Suit SIgn-off Requirement: 6 card minor suit, unsuitable to play in no-trumps (unbalanced hand), 7 or less points 1NT - 2S - 3C for pass or correct Pass - Sign-off in clubs 3D - Sign-off in diamonds

Alternatively, you may want to play four-way transfers instead of minor suit sign-offs. Please approach your seniors or research yourself for this topic. Texas Transfers 1NT - 4D - 4H Pass 4NT - RKCB 5 in hearts

1NT - 4H - 4S Pass 4NT -

2NT Continuations
2NT 3C - Puppet Stayman, 3+ in hearts or spades, 4+ pts 3D 3H 3S 3NT 4C 4D 4H -

Puppet Stayman 2NT - 3C 3D 3H -

RKCB stands for Roman Key Card Blackwood 6

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Hwa Chong Institution 3H 3S 3NT 3S 3NT

Alternatively, you may want to play Romex Stayman which is much more efcient that Puppet Stayman. However, Romex Stayman is much harder to digest than Puppet Stayman

3. One Major Opening

General Approach: 2 over 1 game forcing

First Response
1H 1S 1NT 2C/2D 2H 2S 2NT 3C 3D 3H 7 1S 1NT 2C/2D 2H 2S 2NT 3C 3D 3H 3S/4C/4D 3NT -

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Hwa Chong Institution 3S 3NT 4C/4D/4H -

Forcing 1NT
1H - 1NT 2C 2D 2H 2S 2NT 3CD 3H 2D 2H 2S 2NT 3C 3D 3H -

1S - 1NT 2C/D 2H 2S 2NT 3CD 3H -

Bergen Raises
Note: This is not the standard version of Bergen raise due to the inclusion of fake jump shift 1H - 3C 3D -

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Hwa Chong Institution 3H 4H Other new suit - First round control in bid suit

1H - 3D 1H - 3H 1S - 3D 3H 3S 4S Other new suit - First round control in bid suit

1S - 3H 1S - 3S

Fake Jump Shift

1H - 2S 2NT/3C/3D: 3H: 3S4C/4D: 3NT: 4H:

1S - 3C 3D/3H/3NT: 3S: 4C/4D/4H: 4S:

Reverse
The responses for reverse applies for other forms of reverse too. 1H - 1NT - 2S 2NT: 3C: 3 Other:

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Hwa Chong Institution 3 Other:

Simple raise and Game Try

1H - 2H 2S 2NT 3C 3D 3H -

1S - 2S 2NT 3C 3D 3H 3S -

There can be three types of game tries: short suit game try, long suit game try and help suit game try. Our recommendation is to use two-way game try, including help suit game try and long suit game try.

Two-over-one Game Force Bids

1H - 2C 2D 2H 3H 4H 2H 2S 2NT 3C 3D 3H 3NT 4H -

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Hwa Chong Institution 2S - Reverse 6, 16+ points 2NT 3C 3D 3H -

1H - 2D 3C -

Miscellaneous Sequences
1H - 1S 1NT 2C 2D 3C 3H 3S 3NT 2D - Fourth Suit Forcing to Game 2H 2S 2NT 2C - New Minor Forcing 2D 2H 2S 2NT 3C/3D 3H 3S 3NT -

2NT after this reverse is natural and not Lebensohl. 11

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Hwa Chong Institution 2H 2S7 2NT 3C -

3C/3D 3H 3S 4S -

Summary
Responder Point Range Weak (0-5 points) Constructive (6-9 points) Limit Raise (10-11 points) Game Forcing (12+ points) With 3 Card Support With 4 Card Support

4. One Minor Opening

First Responses
1C 1D 1H 1S 1NT 2C 2D/2H/2S 2NT 3C 3D/3H/3S 3NT -

Game tries will still be on after openers support 12

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Inverted Minor Raise

1C(D) - 2C(D) 2D/2H/2S 2NT 3C 3D/3H/3S -

1C(D) - 3C(D) 3D/3H/3S 3NT -

Opener 1NT Rebid

1C - 1S - 1NT8 Pass 2C 2D 2H 2S 2NT 3C 3D 3H 3S 3NT 2H 2S 2NT 3H 3S 3NT -

This is the scheme if New Minor Forcing is used. Alternatively, one can play Checkback Stayman or Puppet Checkback.

After a New Minor Force, the priority is to show 4 card hearts, then to support partners major, and lastly is to bid no trump. 13

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Opener 2NT Rebid

1C - 1S - 2NT 3C 3D - New Minor Forcing 3H 3S 3NT 3H 3S 3NT -

Opener 2m Rebid
1C - 1H - 2C Pass 2D - New Minor Forcing 2H 2S 2NT 3C 3D 3H 3NT 2H 2S 2NT 3C 3D 3H 3S 3NT

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Opener New Suit Bid

New Suit Bid at Level 1 1C - 1H - 1S 1NT 2C 2D9 2H 2S 2NT 3C 3D 3H 3S 3NT 4C 4H 4S 2H 2S 2NT 3C -

New Suit Bid at Level 2 1D - 1S - 2C 2D 2H 2S 2NT 3C -

There is one specic instance where fourth suit forcing can be ambiguous: 1C - 1D - 1H - 1S. Some players use 1C - 1D -

1H - 2S as the fourth suit forcing sequence instead. System Notes 15

Hwa Chong Institution 3D 3H 3S 3NT 4C 4D 4S -

Reverses
1C - 1H - 2S 2NT 3C 3D 3H 3S 3NT 3C 3 Other -

1C - 1S - 2H 2S 2NT 3C 3D 3H 3S 3NT 3C 3 Other -

1D - 1S - 3C

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5. Articial Openings
Strong Articial 2 Clubs
2C 2D 2H 2S 2NT 3C 3D -

Please extend this bidding tree yourself.

Gambling 3NT
3NT - Shows a solid 7+ cards minor suit headed by AKQ, with no outside voids, no outside A/K, no 4 card major Pass - 2 suits effectively stopped 4C - Pass or correct, lack stoppers 4D - Slam interest, asking for shortness 4H/4S - Shortness in hearts/spades 4NT - No shortness (7222 hand) 5C - Shortness in other minor

4H/4S - Sign-off 4NT - Promises at east AAAK, asking for 8th card in minor suit or outside queen 5m - No outside queens or 8th card 5 new suit - Queen in the suit 6m - 8th card in minor suit

6. Preemptive Openings
Level 2 Preempts
2H 2S 2NT - Ogust, 16+ points, Hand Inquiry 3C - Weak hand, weak suit

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Hwa Chong Institution 3D - Weak hand, strong suit 3H - Strong hand, weak suit 3S - Strong hand, strong suit 3NT - Solid suit headed by AKQ

3C/3D 3H 3S 3NT 4C/4D 4H -

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7. Slam Bidding

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8. Competitive Bidding

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9. Defensive Cardings

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