Arturo Franco - Marco Pancotti Blue Team Club Translated into English from Italian by D. J. Neill Rel 990914.01e Arturo Franco and Marco Pancotti Blue Team Club PREFACE....................................................................................................................................................................3 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM...............................................................................................................4 THE PRINCIPLE IDEAS OF THE SYSTEM .........................................................................................................5 BRIDGE IS A GAME OF SUITS .......................................................................................................................................5 IT IS BETTER NOT TO ENTER THE RACE THAN NOT TO BE ABLE TO WIN .......................................................................7 DON’T TELL THE OPPONENTS HOW TO PLAY THE HAND ..............................................................................................7 OPENING BIDS IN THE SYSTEM..........................................................................................................................9 OPENING 1♣ ............................................................................................................................................................11 RESPONDING 1♦ ......................................................................................................................................................11 RESPONDING 1♥ ......................................................................................................................................................17 RESPONDING 1♠ ......................................................................................................................................................18 RESPONDING 1NT ....................................................................................................................................................18 RESPONDING 2♣......................................................................................................................................................19 3♣ AFTER THE 2NT REBID........................................................................................................................................19 RESPONDING 2♥ AND 2♠.........................................................................................................................................20 RESPONDING 2NT ....................................................................................................................................................20 RESPONDING 3NT ....................................................................................................................................................20 OPENING 1♦ ............................................................................................................................................................21 RESPONSES TO 1♦....................................................................................................................................................21 OPENER’S REBIDS.....................................................................................................................................................21 ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCES AFTER OPENING 1♦ ...........................................................................................................23 OPENING 1♥/♠ ........................................................................................................................................................28 RESPONSES TO THE OPENING OF 1♥/1♠ ...................................................................................................................28 NATURAL SEQUENCES OVER 1♥ AND 1♠.................................................................................................................29 CHECKBACK OVER OPENING 1♥ AND 1♠ .................................................................................................................33 BIDDING 2-SUITERS AS NORTH AFTER OPENING 1♥/1♠ ...........................................................................................34 THE 2♣ RESPONSE TO OPENING 1♥ OR 1♠ ..............................................................................................................41 THE RESPONSE OF 2♦ TO THE OPENINGS OF 1♥ OR 1♠.............................................................................................45 GAME INVITATIONS IF DEFINITE FIT..........................................................................................................................47 INTERFERENCE OVER OPENINGS OF 1♦/♥/♠ ..............................................................................................49 OVER A DOUBLE:......................................................................................................................................................49 OVER A SUIT:............................................................................................................................................................49 INTERFERENCE OF 1NT ............................................................................................................................................49 TWO-SUITED INTERFERENCE ....................................................................................................................................49 1NT OPENER............................................................................................................................................................50 LIMITED RESPONSES.................................................................................................................................................50 TRANSFER RESPONSES..............................................................................................................................................50 THE SUPER-ACCEPTANCE OF A MAJOR TRANSFER.....................................................................................................53 APPLICATION OF TRANSFER RESPONSES ...................................................................................................................53 SEQUENCES FOLLOWING THE TRANSFER TO A MAJOR...............................................................................................54 SEQUENCES FOLLOWING THE 2♠ AND 2NT TRANSFERS ...........................................................................................55 RESPONSE OF 2♣......................................................................................................................................................55 SEQUENCES FOLLOWING 2♣.....................................................................................................................................57 POSSIBLE VARIANTS.................................................................................................................................................59 OPPENENTS’ INTERFERENCE OVER THE 1NT OPENING .............................................................................................60 Over X .................................................................................................................................................................60 Oppents’ suit interference ...................................................................................................................................60 Arturo Franco and Marco Pancotti Blue Team Club Interference over the 2♣ ask ...............................................................................................................................61 Inteference over a major transfer........................................................................................................................61 OPENING 2♣ ............................................................................................................................................................63 OPENING 2♦ ............................................................................................................................................................65 OPENING 2♥/♠ ........................................................................................................................................................66 SOUTH’S BID AFTER AN INITIAL PASS .......................................................................................................................66 OPENING 2NT..........................................................................................................................................................67 INTERFERENCE OVER OPPENENTS’ OPENINGS.........................................................................................68 DOUBLE OF A SUIT....................................................................................................................................................68 OVERCALLING 1 OF A SUIT .......................................................................................................................................69 OVERCALLING 1NT..................................................................................................................................................70 2-LEVEL OVERCALLS (NON-JUMP) ............................................................................................................................70 OVERALLING THE ENEMY 14-18 NT (STRONG) ........................................................................................................70