5-Card Standard

cTopics covered in this pamphlet include:

• Opening 1-of-a-suit
  • Which suit to open
  • Responding with a fit
  • Responding without a suitable fit
• Showing balanced hands
  • Checkback
  • Responding to opener's notrump bid
• 2-level openings
• Slam bidding
• Preempts
• Competitive bidding
  • Weak jump overcalls
  • Cue raises
  • Negative doubles
  • Unusual 2NT overcall
  • Michaels cue bid
• Card play
  • Leads
  • Signals