Defensive and Competitive Bidding

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DEFENSIVE AND COMPETITIVE BIDDING LEADS AND SIGNALS W B F CONVENTION CARD OVERCALLS (Style: Responses: 1 / 2 Level; Reopening) OPENING LEADS STYLE Lead In Partner’s Suit CATEGORY: i.e. Green / Blue / Red / HUM / Brown Sticker: Suit 3rd and low 3rd and low NCBO: NT Attitude 3rd and low PLAYERS: Veri Kiljan/ Louk Verhees / Luc Tijssen Subseq Attitude, 2nd 4th through 3rd and low EVENT (Open/Women/Senior/Transnational) declarer) Other:

1NT OVERCALL (2nd/4th Live; Responses; Reopening) LEADS SYSTEM SUMMARY Lead Vs. Suit Vs. NT Ace AK(x) AK GENERAL APPROACH AND STYLE King AK, KQ KQ 1§ 2+, can be balanced with 4¨2§ Queen QJ QJ, AQJ 1¨ 5332 or unbalanced Jack KJT, JT KJT, JT 3 weak 2s JUMP OVERCALLS (Style; Responses; Unusual NT) 10 (H)T9 (H)T9 Dutch dubbelton 9 (H)98 (H)98 Transfers on 1 level in competition Hi-X Attitude 3rd and low 1N = (14)15-17 Lo-X Attitude 3rd and low Reopen: SIGNALS IN ORDER OF PRIORITY DIRECT & JUMP CUE BIDS (Style; Response; Reopen) Partner’s Lead Declarer’s Lead Discarding SPECIAL BIDS THAT MAY REQUIRE DEFENSE michaels 1 L=enc L=even L=enc 1§- 1¨ = 0-7 any/ natural/ 44M 0-10 Suit 2 L=even Lavinthal 1§- 1¨/1©= either 12-14 balanced or natural unbalanced 3 Lavinthal 1 L=enc SMITH, standard L=enc VS. NT (vs. Strong/Weak; Reopening;PH) NT 2 L=even L=even Multi landy 3 Signals (including Trumps):

DOUBLES

VS.PREEMTS (Doubles; Cue-bids; Jumps; NT Bids) TAKEOUT DOUBLES (Style; Responses; Reopening) Leaping michaels with jump

VS. ARTIFICIAL STRONG OPENINGS- i.e. 1§ or 2§ SPECIAL FORCING PASS SEQUENCES X = majors, NT= minors, 1N=cuebid SPECIAL, ARTIFICIAL & COMPETITIVE DBLS/RDLS

OVER OPPONENTS’ TAKEOUT DOUBLE IMPORTANT NOTES

PSYCHICS:

2 2 2 INT 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 4NT 4 4 4 4 3NT 3 3 3 3 2NT 2 ª © ¨ § ª © ¨ § ª © ¨ § ª © ¨ § ª © ¨ §

OPENING

TICK IF ARTIFICIAL 5 5 5 4 2 7 5 5

MIN. NO. OF CARDS

NEG.DBL THRU G 20 W W W strong (14)15 4441 or 5 5crd M ood ay eak eak eak - 2

2 be

4Mopening

- 17 DESCRIPTION

balanced with no other other no with balanced

2NASK nf, 2x 2NASK nf, 2x 2NASK nf, 2x 2 3M 2 1Nnf 2N=10 3x invitational = 2x 2 1 ¨ ª § ¨ invite

waiting rest rest waiting shows inv natural, = 0 = splinter

- - 7 any/ natural/ 44M0 natural/ any/ 7 13 with 13

, 3 m show m

fit + tural

RESPONSES

- 10

RKC unbalanced 1 § -

= either 12 either = - 14 balanced or or balanced 14 HIGH LEVEL BIDDING LEVEL HIGH

natural natural

COMPETITIVE & COMPETITIVE

HAND BIDDING HAND PASSED