Standard American Yellow Card
  1. Introduction
  2. Bidding Language
            (Hierarchy Chart)
  3. Evaluate Opening Bid
  4. Opening Bid Options
            (Opening Bid Hierarchy Chart)
  5. Bidding Strategy
            (SAYC Concepts)
  Statistics

PDFs:
  SAYC Concepts
  SAYC Bidding Concepts
  SAYC Point Thresholds for Bidding

Open 1-Level Guidelines
   Open  1 NT 
   Open  1 ♠ 
   Open  1 ♥ 
      Open the Better Minor
   Open  1 ♦ 
   Open  1 ♣ 

Guidelines for Responses to a 1-Suit Opening
        Support a Suit using Distribution Points
        Propose a New Suit (1-over-1 Restriction)
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Respond to  1 ♠  Opening
Respond to  1 ♥  Opening
         Jacoby 2 NT 
Respond to  1 ♦  Opening
Respond to  1 ♣  Opening
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Bid 3 after  1 ♠  Opening
Bid 3 after  1 ♥  Opening
   after  Jacoby 2NT  Response
Bid 3 after  1 ♦  Opening
Bid 3 after  1 ♣  Opening

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

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

• Hierarchy Charts
• SAYC Bidding Concepts
• SAYC Point Thresholds for Bids
• Open 1-Level
• Respond to 1-Suit Openings
• 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