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Forward |
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Introduction |
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About Kickback and Roman Keycard Blackwood |
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The 1NT opener and responder's options |
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. Opening 1NT with a 5 card major? |
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. Opening 1NT with two doubletons? |
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. Opening 1NT with a six card minor? |
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. A Brief Overview of Responder's Options |
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. Passing partner's 1NT opening |
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. Raising to 2NT |
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Stayman |
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. Denying a 4 card Major? |
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2.2 |
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. Stayman when using 4-way transfers |
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. Garbage or Crawling Stayman? |
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. Opener's bid after responder's invitational 2NT |
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. The 3C/3D bids by responder after bidding Stayman |
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. 3D - (after a 2H/S response to Stayman) Advanced SID (ASID) |
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. 3C - (after Stayman) Shape Asking Relays (SARS) |
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. Responder is 5-4, 4-5, 6-4 or 4-6 in the majors |
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2.6.1 |
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. . The Traditional Method – Smolen etc. |
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. . Smolen |
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. . A New Approach to 5-4, 6-4 etc. |
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. . Quest Transfers |
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. . Summary of all 5-4's and 6-4's – Smolen or Quest Transfers? |
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. Stayman Super Accepts |
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. After 1NT - 2C - 2 H/S - 2NT - what does 3 H/S mean? |
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. Looking for Slam (after Stayman). |
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. . Splinters |
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. . 4D - A general slam try |
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Gerber/RKCB after Stayman |
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. . . 4C - Gerber after a 2D response to Stayman |
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. . . 4C - RKCB after a 2H/S response to Stayman |
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. . 4NT (and 4 of the other major) after Stayman |
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Jacoby (Major Suit) Transfers |
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. When is a Transfer not a Transfer? |
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Responder's 2 nd bid |
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Invitational Bids: - 2NT or 3 of the major |
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. . . . Finding a 5-3 fit in the other major after 2NT |
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. . . . Game tries after 2NT |
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Bidding Game: - 3NT, 4 of the major |
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The Major-Minor two Suiter |
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3.1.3.1 |
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Shortage Ask After a Jacoby (Major-Minor) Two Suiter |
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5-5 in the majors |
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3.1.4.1 |
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. . . . Ace/key Card ask after a Jacoby (5-5 Major-Major) Two Suiter |
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. . . . 6-5 and 5-6 in the majors |
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. . . Bidding the other major |
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3.1.5.1 |
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. . . . 3 of the other major – ambiguous splinters |
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. . . . 4 of the other major |
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. . . 4C - RKCB after a Jacoby transfer |
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. . . 4D - The serious slam try |
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. . . 4NT - Quantitative, after a Jacoby transfer |
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. . Super Acceptance of a transfer. |
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3.2.1 |
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. . . Super Accept with 3 Card Support? |
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Minor Suit Jacoby Transfers |
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. Super Acceptance of a minor suit transfer |
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. The Minor-Major two Suiter |
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. The Minor-Minor two Suiter |
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. The single (minor) suited hand |
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. . Transfer followed by 3NT |
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. . Transfer followed by 4NT |
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. . Transfer followed by 4 of the minor |
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. . Splinters after a minor suit transfer |
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. . Transfer followed by 5 of the minor |
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3 level responses |
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. The direct 3NT |
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. The direct 3C/D/H/S bids |
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. 3D/H - Broken Suit Transfers (BST) |
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. 3C/S - Direct Ambiguous Splinters |
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4 Level Responses |
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. 4C is Gerber |
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Texas Transfers (4D & 4H) |
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. . South African Texas (4C & 4D) |
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. The direct 4NT, quantitative? And what is 4S? |
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Bits and Pieces |
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. We open 1NT with a 5 card major, do we miss a 5-3 fit? |
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. We locate a 5-4 fit, but do we miss a superior 4-4 fit for slam? |
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. Responding to 1NT with 2-suited hands |
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. Alternative options |
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. Overviews |
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8.1 |
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. Summary of Quantitative Bids |
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Summary of Responses to 1NT |
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. Summary of Stayman Sequences |
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Summary of Major Suit Transfer Sequences |
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Summary of Minor Suit Transfer Sequences |
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Bidding Index |
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Index |
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