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Chapter 1

  1. Introduction
  2. Bidding
  3. Evaluate Opening Bid
  4. Opening Bid Options
  5. Scoring Structure
  6. Bidding Strategy
  Statistics
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Chapter 2:  Open 1 Level

Open 1 Level
   Open  1 ♠ 
   Open  1 ♥ 
       Open  1 NT 
           Open Better Minor
               Open  1 ♦ 
               Open  1 ♣ 
Opening Bid & Table Position
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Chapter 3:  Respond 1 Suit Opening

   Guidelines for Responses
         Support Suit (Distribution Points)
         Propose Suit (1-over-1 Restriction)
  • Respond to  1 ♠ 
  • Respond to  1 ♥ 
        Use the  Jacoby 2 NT  response
  • Respond to  1 ♦ 
  • Respond to  1 ♣ 
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Chapter 4:  Opener's Next Bid

Opener's Next Bid (Bid 3)
   after  1 ♠  Opening
   after  1 ♥  Opening
   after  1 ♦  Opening
   after  1 ♣  Opening
   after  Jacoby 2NT  Response
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Chapter 5: Respond to 1 NT Opening

Respond to  1 NT 
    Transfers (1NT)
          5+Hearts
          5+Spades
    Stayman (1NT)
           2 ♦  No 4-card Major
           2 ♥  4-card Heart
           2 ♠  4-card Spade
    No 4+card Major (1NT)
          (Balanced, 6+clubs, 6+diams)
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Chapter 6 - Weak Openings

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 ♠ 
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Chapter 7 - Strong  2 ♣ 

Open  2 ♣ 

Respond to  2 ♣ 
  • 2-Diamond Waiting (SAYC)
  • 3-Point Step (Social Bridge)
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Chapter 8 - Open Strong  NT's 

Open  2 NT  or  3 NT 

Respond to  2 NT 
    Transfers (2NT)
    Stayman (2NT)
    No 4-card Major (2NT)
Respond to  3 NT 
    Transfers (3NT)
    Stayman (3NT)
    No 4-card Major (3NT)
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Chapter 9 - Other Bids

 • Slam (Blackwood & Gerber)
 • Overcalls
 • Doubles
 • Balancing
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Chapter 10 - Practice Bidding

• Open 1 Level
• Responses to 1 Suit Openings
• Open  1 NT  (14 Examples)
• Open  1 NT  (16 Examples)
• Open Weak (17 examples)
• Responses to  2 ♣  Opening
• Overcalls

Practice Websites

   • SAYC Bidding Practice
   • Trickster
   • Bridge Base On Line
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Chapter 11 - Taking Tricks

• Leads on Defense
• Leads on Offense
• Finessing a Tenace
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Chapter 12 - Duplicate Bridge

Equipment
Duplicate Protocol
Duplicate Scoring
1. Contract Points
2. Match Points
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• 1-SAYC Summary
• 2-Open 1-Level Bids
• 3-Respond 1-Suit Opening
• 4-Respond 1 NT Openings
• 5-Respond Weak Openings
• 6-Respond 2 Club Openings
• 7-Bid 3 Summary Tables
• 8-Duplicate Bridge Protocol
• 9-Duplicate Bridge Points Table
• 10-SAYC Mantra
• 11-BetterMinor

Home Page - Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC)

This website contains bidding concepts of a BEGINNER's version of Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC).

What is SAYC (Std American Yellow Card)?

Chapter 1

   1. Introduction
  2. Bidding
  3. Evaluate Opening Bid
  4. Opening Bid Options
  5. Scoring Structure
  6. Bidding Strategy
  Statistics

Chapter 2

Open 1-Level
   Open  1 ♠ 
   Open  1 ♥ 
        Open  1 NT 
              Open Better Minor
                  Open  1 ♦ 
                  Open  1 ♣ 
Table Position

Chapter 3

Respond to 1-Suit Openings
   Support Suit (Dist Pts)
   Propose New Suit (1-over-1)
• Respond to  1 ♠  Opening
• Respond to  1 ♥  Opening
   Use  Jacoby 2 NT  response
• Respond to  1 ♦  Opening
• Respond to  1 ♣  Opening

Chapter 4

Opener's Bid3
  • after  1 ♠  Opening
  • after  1 ♥  Opening
  • after  1 ♦  Opening
  • after  1 ♣  Opening
  • after  Jacoby 2NT  Response

Chapter 5

Respond to a  1 NT  Opening
     Transfers (1NT)
        • 5+Hearts
        • 5+Spades
     Stayman (1NT)
        •  2 ♦  No 4-card Major
        •  2 ♥  4-card Heart
        •  2 ♠  4-card Spade
     No 4+card Major (1NT)
         (Bal, 6+clubs, 6+diams)

Chapter 6

Weak Opening

 6-card:          2 ♦   2 ♥   2 ♠ 
7-card:  3 ♣   3 ♦   3 ♥   3 ♠ 
8-card:                  4 ♥   4 ♠ 

Respond to Weak Opening

Resp to:         2 ♦   2 ♥   2 ♠ 
Resp to:  3♣   3♦   3 ♥   3 ♠ 
Resp to:                  4♥   4♠ 

Chapter 7

Open Strong  2 ♣ 

Respond to  2 ♣  Opening
  • 2-Diamond Waiting (SAYC)
  • 3-Point Step (Social Bridge)

Chapter 8

Open  2 NT  or  3 NT 

Respond to  2 NT 
   Transfers (2NT)
   Stayman (2NT)
   No 4-card Major (2NT)
Respond to  3 NT 
   Transfers (3NT)
   Stayman (3NT)
   No 4-card Major (3NT)

Chapter 9

Other Bids
 • Slam (Blackwood & Gerber)
 • Overcalls
 • Doubles
 • Balancing

Chapter 10

Practice Bidding
• Open 1 Level
• Respond to 1 Suit Openings
• Open  1 NT  (14 Examples)
• Open  1 NT  (16 Examples)
• Open Weak (17 Examples)
• Respond to  2 ♣  Opening
• Overcalls
Practice Websites
• SAYC Bidding Practice
• Trickster
• Bridge Base On Line

Chapter 11

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

Chapter 12

Duplicate Bridge
• Equipment
• Protocol
• Scoring
  Contract Points
  Match Points

Downloads

• 1-SAYC Summary
• 2-Open 1-Level Bids
• 3-Respond 1-Suit Opening
• 4-Respond 1 NT Openings
• 5-Respond Weak Openings
• 6-Respond 2 Club Openings
• 7-Bid 3 Summary Tables
• 8-Duplicate Bridge Protocol
• 9-Duplicate Points Table
• 10-SAYC Mantra
• 11-BetterMinor

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