Table of Contents

1.0 Purpose of the Auction

1.1 How Good Is This Hand?

1.2 Which Suit to Open?

2.0 1NT Opening

2.1 Responses to 1NT

2.2 When They Interfere over 1NT

3.0 Minor Suit Openings

3.1 Responses to 1♣

3.2 Opener’s Rebid after 1♣

3.3 Responses to 1♦

3.4 New Minor Forcing

3.5 Bidding after Reverses — Ingberman

3.6 Rebidding in Competition

3.7 Inverted Minor Suit Raises

3.8 Fourth Suit Forcing to Game

4.0 Major Suit Openings

4.1 Responses to Major Suit Opening Bids

4.2 After the Forcing 1NT Response

4.3 Opener’s Rebids After a Two over One Response

4.4 Bidding after the Single Raise

4.5 Natural Game Tries

5.0 Strong Opening Hands

6.0 Competitive Bidding — Co-operative Doubles

6.1 Unusual Versus Unusual

6.2 Defense to Michaels

6.3 Negative Doubles

6.4 Competing over the Opponents’ 1NT Opener

6.5 After Opponents’ Take Out Double of Our Opener

6.6 Defense to Flannery 2♦

6.7 After the Opponents Preempt

6.8 Weak Two Bid Openings

6.9 Defense to Multi 2♦

7.0 Tactical Considerations

7.1 Tactics for Third Seat Bidding

7.2 IMP Versus MP — General

7.2.1 Part Score Battles

7.2.2 Bidding Games

7.2.3 Taking Sacrifices

8.0 Cue Bid Confusion