NoTrump Bidding

The Definitive Guide To (strong)…                   No Trump Bidding,   Stayman and Transfers             Terrence Quested, B.Sc.

last updated 7-June-2007             The Definitive Guide to No Trump Bidding, Stayman and Transfers.       This book has now been published. The book may be ordered direct from the publishers at http://www.trafford.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000156402 . The Pattaya Bridge Club is a small club with a big web site(!), purchasing the book will help to keep this site maintained. The book is the most comprehensive book on 1NT openings and continuations ever written and every conceivable sequence in an uncontested auction is discussed in detail.       Page Ch pdf Doc Table of Contents         1   x Forward 4   x Introduction 8   x About Kickback and Roman Keycard Blackwood 9 1   x The 1NT opener and responder's options 12 1.1   x . Opening 1NT with a 5 card major? 14 1.2   x . Opening 1NT with two doubletons? 17 1.3   x . Opening 1NT with a six card minor? 18 1.4   x . A Brief Overview of Responder's Options 20 1.5   x . Passing partner's 1NT opening 21 1.6   x . Raising to 2NT         22 2 X   Stayman 24 2.1   x . Denying a 4 card Major? 28 2.2   x . Stayman when using 4-way transfers 31     . Garbage or Crawling Stayman? 32     . Opener's bid after responder's invitational 2NT 35 2.3   x . The 3♣/3♦ bids by responder after bidding Stayman 40 2.4   x . 3♦ - (after a 2♥/♠ response to Stayman) Advanced SID (ASID) 42 2.5   x . 3♣ - (after Stayman) Shape Asking Relays (SARS) 57 2.6   x . Responder is 5-4, 4-5, 6-4 or 4-6 in the majors 60 2.6.1   x . . The Traditional Method – Smolen etc. 61     . . Smolen 74 2.6.2   x . . A New Approach to 5-4, 6-4 etc. 77   x . . Quest Transfers 92 2.6.3   x . . Summary of all 5-4's and 6-4's – Smolen or Quest Transfers? 93 2.7   x . Stayman Super Accepts 102 2.8   x . After 1NT - 2♣ - 2♥/♠ - 2NT - what does 3♥/♠ mean? 103 2.9   x . Looking for Slam (after Stayman). 104 2.9.1     . . Splinters 106 2.9.2     . . 4♦ - A general slam try 107 2.9.3     . . 4♣ - Gerber/RKCB after Stayman 107 2.9.3.1     . . . 4♣ - Gerber after a 2♦ response to Stayman 108 2.9.3.2     . . . 4♣ - RKCB after a 2♥/S response to Stayman 109 2.9.4     . . 4NT (and 4 of the other major) after Stayman         115 3 X   Jacoby (Major Suit) Transfers 117     . . . When is a Transfer not a Transfer? 118 3.1   x . . Responder's 2 nd bid 119 3.1.1     . . . Invitational Bids: - 2NT or 3 of the major 120 3.1.1.1     . . . . Finding a 5-3 fit in the other major after 2NT 121 3.1.1.2     . . . . Game tries after 2NT 123 3.1.2   x . . . Bidding Game: - 3NT, 4 of the major 125 3.1.3   x . . . The Major-Minor two Suiter 132 3.1.3.1     . . . . Shortage Ask After a Jacoby (Major-Minor) Two Suiter 136 3.1.4   x . . . 5-5 in the majors 141 3.1.4.1     . . . . Ace/key Card ask after a Jacoby (5-5 Major-Major) two suiter 145 3.1.4.2     . . . . 6-5 and 5-6 in the majors 147 3.1.5   x . . . Bidding the other major 148 3.1.5.1     . . . . 3 of the other major – ambiguous splinters 149 3.1.5.2     . . . . 4 of the other major 151 3.1.6   x . . . 4♣ - RKCB after a Jacoby transfer 152 3.1.7     . . . 4♦ - The serious slam try 153 3.1.8     . . . 4NT - Quantitative, after a Jacoby transfer 155 3.2   x . . Super Acceptance of a transfer. 164 3.2.1     . . . Super Accept with 3 Card Support?         166 4 X   Minor Suit Jacoby Transfers 171 4.1   x . Super Acceptance of a minor suit transfer 172 4.2   x . The Minor-Major two Suiter 177 4.3   x . The Minor-Minor two Suiter 192 4.4   x . The single (minor) suited hand 193 4.4.1     . . Transfer followed by 3NT 195 4.4.2     . . Transfer followed by 4NT 197 4.4.3     . . Transfer followed by 4 of the minor 199 4.4.4     . . Splinters after a minor suit transfer 200 4.4.5     . . Transfer followed by 5 of the minor         201 5 X X 3 level responses 201 5.1     . The direct 3NT 202 5.2     . The direct 3♣/♦/♥/♠ bids 209 5.3     . 3♦/♥ - Broken Suit Transfers (BST) 212 5.4     . 3♣/♠ - Direct Ambiguous Splinters         220 6 X X 4 Level Responses 220 6.1     . 4♣ is Gerber 221 6.2     . Texas Transfers (4♦ & 4♥) 223 6.2.1     . . South African Texas (4♣ & 4♦) 224 6.3     . The direct 4NT, quantitative? And what is 4♠?           7 X X Bits and Pieces 226 7.1     . We open 1NT with a 5 card major, do we miss a 5-3 fit? 228 7.2     . We locate a 5-4 fit, but do we miss a superior 4-4 fit for slam? 230 7.3     . Responding to 1NT with 2-suited hands 233 7.4     . Alternative options 236 7.5     . What's new?           8 X X . Overviews 237 8.1   x . Summary of Quantitative Bids 238 8.2   x . Summary of Responses to 1NT 239 8.3   x . Summary of Stayman Sequences 240 8.4   x . Summary of Major Suit Transfer Sequences 241 8.5   x . Summary of Minor Suit Transfer Sequences         242 x x Bidding Index         264 x x Index                             For corrections and additions to the published book, refer to NoTrump book corrections.     For new material/examples of No Trump bidding that have occurred after the publication of the book, refer to No Trump book additions (No Trump bidding problems).             For reviews of other bridge books about bidding, play or general bridge, refer to the Bridge book reviews pages of this site.