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- This bridge bidding cheat sheet is ideal for beginners. Have it handy while you are playing your bridge games! The left hand column shows Opening Bids. The middle column shows the corresponding Responding Bids. The right column shows the Opener's rebids. On the reverse side are Overcalls and Responding to Overcalls, Takeout Doubles.
opening | opening meaning | response | response meaning | continuation |
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1♣ | 3+ cards, 12-21 HCP | 2NT | 10-12 HCP, invitational | |
3NT | 13-15 HCP, sign off | |||
other | see natural responses to 1♥ | |||
1♦ | 4+ cards or 4432, 12-21 HCP | see 1♣ opening | ||
1♥ | 5+ cards, 12-21 HCP | 1♠ | 4+ spades, 6+ pts, usu. no ♥ support | |
1 NT | 6–9 HCP; denies 4 spades or 3 hearts | may be passed | ||
2 ♣/♦ | 10+, 4+ cards | promises another bid unless passed hand or game bid | ||
2♥ | 6-9 HCP, 3+ hearts. | |||
2NT ! | Jacoby: raise, 13+ HCP | 3♣/♦/♠ shortness, 4♥ min, 3NT med, 3♥ max | ||
3♥ | limit raise, 10–12 HCP, 3+ hearts (preempt over X) | |||
3NT | 15–17 HCP, balanced, 2-card support | |||
4♥ | usu. 5+ hearts, shortness, <10 HCP | |||
1♠ | 5+ cards, 12-21 HCP | see 1♥ opening | ||
1NT | 15–17 HCP balanced | |||
2♣ | Stayman, 8+ HCP | 2 ♦/♥/♠ (2♥ with both majors) | ||
2♦ ! | Jacoby transfer to hearts | 2 ♥, or 3 ♥ with max. | ||
2♥ ! | Jacoby transfer to spades | 2 ♠, or 3 ♠ with max. | ||
2♠ ! | transfer to 3♣ | resp. rebid 3 ♦ signoff | ||
3♣/♦ ! | inv. to 3NT with 6+ card suit | |||
3♥/♠ | 6+ card suit, slam interest | |||
4♣ | Gerber, asking for aces | 4♦ = 0 or 4, 4♥ = 1, etc | ||
4NT | natural, invites 6NT | |||
2♣ | strong artificial, 22+ HCP or playing equiv. | 2♦ | artif., may be waiting | opener’s suit rebid forcing to 3 of his major or 4 of his minor; after 2 NT rebid: Stayman, Jacoby, Gerber |
2♥/♠, 3♣/♦ | natural, GF, 5+ cards, 8+ pts | |||
2NT | balanced, 8+ HCP | |||
2♦/♥/♠ | 6+ (or 5) cards, 5–11 HCP; usually no major side suit | 2NT | forcing, game interest | with min. (5–8 p): rebid the suit; with max.: new suit (shows A/K) or 3NT or 4 of minor (shows 4–5 cards with at least Q) |
any raise | to play | |||
2NT | 20–21 HCP balanced, may contain 5-card suit | 3♣ | Stayman | |
3♦/♥ ! | Jacoby transfer | 3♥/♠ | ||
4♣ ! | Gerber | |||
4NT | inviting to slam in NT | |||
3NT | 25–27 HCP balanced | 4♣ ! | Stayman | |
4♦/♥ ! | Jacoby transfer | 4♥/♠ | ||
3/4 of suit | pre-empt, rule of 2/3/4 |
Choosing the opening
- open the higher of long (at least 5 cards) suits of equal length
- with 4–4 minors, open 1 ♦
- notrump openings show a balanced hand but may contain a five-card suit (minor or major)
Continuation
- fourth suit may be artificial (“4th suit forcing”), except in 1♣–1♦–1♥–1♠, which is natural
- after opener’s rebid in a suit, a new suit by responder is forcing
- after opener’s rebid of 1 NT (e.g., 1♥–1♠–1NT), responder’s simple non-reverse rebid in a new suit (e.g., 2♣/♦) is non-forcing
- in that situation, a reverse rebid (e.g. 1♣–1♥–1NT–2♠) or a jump shift into a new suit is game-forcing
Slam conventions
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- regular Blackwood: 4 NT asks for aces, 5♣ = 0 or 4; 5 ♦ = 1; 5 ♥ = 2; 5 ♠ = 3; then 5 NT asks for kings similarly
- Grand Slam Force: jump to 5 NT asks partner to bid grand slam in agreed suit with two of three top honors in it
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Effect of interference
- usually interference cancels conventions (e.g., after major suit opening and interference, a response of 2 NT is natural, 12–14 HCP, not Jacoby)
- double of 1 NT does not affect conventions
- after 1 NT and interfering bid, bid in opponent suit is game-forcing and substitute for Stayman
Defensive bidding
- D for takeout over opening partscore, penalty opening game bid
- simple overcall 8–16 points; only forcing response is opp. suit
- 1 NT overcall 15–18 HCP (10–15 when reopening), balanced, preferably a stopper in opp. suit; 2♣ response Stayman, otherwise natural
- jump 2 NT is “unusual”, i.e. 5–5 lowest unbid suits
- jump overcall in suit preemptive
- a bid in opp. suit is
- Michaels when opps have bid one suit only (Michaels: 5–5 in majors and 8+ pts when opening was in a minor, otherwise the other major and a minor and 10+ pts)
- natural when opps have bid 2 suits
Competitive bidding
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- neg. D up to 2♠
- RD 10+ pts
- responders jump shift over D is to play
- cuebid in right-hand opp. forcing to game
- RD of a D of conventional bid is for business
- RD is SOS when suit contract of 3 or lower is doubled for penalty
- D of conventional bid like Michaels or unusual 2 NT shows 10+ pts