Standard American Yellow Card
  1. Introduction
  2. Bidding Language
       Heirarchy Chart
  3. Evaluate Opening Bid
   4. Opening Bid Options
       Heirarchy Chart
  5. Bidding Strategy
  Statistics

  SAYC Bidding Concepts
  SAYC Point Thresholds for Bidding

Open 1-Suit Guidelines
   Open  1 ♠ 
   Open  1 ♥ 
      Open the Better Minor
   Open  1 ♦ 
   Open  1 ♣ 

   Guidelines for Responses
        Distribution Points (Support a Suit)
        1-over-1 Restriction (Propose a New Suit)
Responder's Bid (Bid 2)
   Partner's Response to  1 ♠  Opening
   Partner's Response to  1 ♥  Opening
         Jacoby 2 NT 
   Partner's Response to  1 ♦  Opening
   Partner's Response to  1 ♣  Opening
Opener's Response Options (Bid 3)
   after  1 ♠  Opening
   after  1 ♥  Opening
   after  Jacoby 2NT  Response
   after  1 ♦  Opening
   after  1 ♣  Opening

Open  1 NT   2 NT   3 NT 
     Respond to  1 NT  ⇉   Xfr    Stay    No 4crd Major 
     Respond to  2 NT 
     Respond to  3 NT 

Weak Suit Opening Bids
 • 6-card suit            2 ♦   2 ♥   2 ♠ 
 • 7-card suit   3 ♣   3 ♦   3 ♥   3 ♠ 
 • 8-card suit                    4 ♥   4 ♠ 
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Respond to Weak Suit Openings
  • Respond to          2 ♦   2 ♥   2 ♠ 
  • Respond to  3 ♣   3 ♦   3 ♥   3 ♠ 
  • Respond to                   4 ♥   4 ♠ 

Open  2 ♣ 
Respond to  2 ♣ 
  •  2 ♦  Waiting (SAYC)
  • 3-Point Step (Social Bridge)

 • Gerber, Blackwood & Quantitative Invitation

 • Overcalls
 • Doubles
 • Balancing

• Open 1 Suit
• Respond to 1 Suit Openings
• Respond to  1 NT  Opening (14 hands)
• Respond to  1 NT  Opening (16 hands)
• Respond to  2 ♣  Opening
• Respond to  2 ♣  Opening (3-Point Step)
• Overcalls

Practice Websites

   • SAYC Bidding Practice
   • Trickster
   • Bridge Base On Line

• Leads on Defense
• Leads on Offense
• Finessing a Tenace

  Keeping Score

Equipment
Duplicate Protocol
Duplicate Scoring
1. Contract Points
2. Match Points

• SAYC Bidding Concepts
• SAYC Bidding Strategy
• SAYC Point Thresholds for Bids
• Hierarchy Charts
• Chapter 1:  Open 1-Level
• Chapter 2:  Respond to 1-Suit Opening
• Chapter 3:  Respond to NT Openings
• Chapter 4:  Open Weak and Responses
• Chapter 5:  Strong 2 Club Opening and Responses
• Strong NT Openings and Responses
• Slams (Gerber, Blackwood and QI)
• Chapter 10:  Duplicate Bridge