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ACBL Bridge Series – Bidding in the 21st Century
Review Sheet – Chapter 4

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1.  When partner has opened with 1 of a suit and the next player passes, you are the ______and it’s your turn to bid.

2.  You are trying to (a) discover which ______suit (if any) would be the best and (b) the combined strength of the two hands to determine the ______of the final contract.

3.  Responder categorizes his/her hand into _____ levels.

4.  Opener is called the ______and responder is the ______.

5.  After an opening bid of 1 of a suit, a change in suit by responder is ______for one round.

6.  As responder, with 0-5 pts, you will ______.

Simplified responses to opening bids (1 of a suit):

This chart covers most of the responses in Chapter 4 in a general way.

The book goes into more specific detail on how to respond.

7.  Your first goal is to find an ______-card fit in a ______suit.

8.  Your next goal is to be in a ______contract.

9.  Your last option, if the above two contracts are not beneficial, is to end up in a ______suit contract.

10.  If your partner opens 1♥ or 1♠ and you have ____ cards in that same suit, you have the Golden Fit. You will respond in support of your partner’s suit.

11.  As soon as you know you will support your partner’s suit, you can count ______points. Do not add points for length. The suit your partner bid will now be the trump suit. Your partner will be the ______and your hand will be the ______.

12.  If you have a void in a suit other than trump, add _____ points.

13.  If you have a singleton in a suit other than trump, add ______points.

14.  If you have a doubleton in a suit other than trump, add ______point.

15.  With 5 HCPs, support for partner’s major suit opening bid, and a doubleton in a side suit, you now have _____ total pts and can respond.

16.  With 4 HCPs, support for partner’s major suit opening bid, and a singleton in a side suit, you now have ______total pts and can respond.

17.  With 4 HCPs, support for partner’s major suit opening bid, and a void in a side suit, you now have ______total pts and can respond.

18.  With 6-9 total points, you will raise partner’s major suit to the _____ level with 3-card support.

19.  With 6-9 total points and no 3-card support for partner’s major suit, bid the other major suit at the ______level with 4+ cards in the other major. (This only works if partner opened 1♥ and you have 4 spades, then you would bid 1♠.)

20.  With 6-9 total points, no 3-card support and no 4-card major that can be bid at the 1 level, you will bid ______. This is a cut-off (sign-off) bid. You are saying, “Partner, I have 6-9 pts and nothing else to bid at the 1 level.”

21.  If partner opens 1♦ or 1♣, your first priority is to bid a new suit at the _____ level if possible.

22.  With a choice of suits, bid your ______suit.

23.  With two 5-card suits, bid the ______- ranking suit “High Five.”

24.  With two 4-card suits, bid the ______- ranking suit “Low Four.”

25.  If partner opens 1♦ or 1♣ (1 of a minor) and you have 6-9 pts, bid your ____-card major if you have one, support the minor (bid it at the _____ level) with 5 cards in the minor, and with nothing else to bid, bid ______.

26.  To raise an opening bid in a major suit, you need ____-card support.

27.  To raise an opening bid in a minor suit, it’s best to have ___-card support.

28.  Think of these two opening bids as opposites (major vs. minor).
Open a major suit with ____ cards in a major.
Open a minor suit with ____ cards in a minor.
Respond to a major by raising the suit with ____-card support.
Respond to a minor by raising the suit with ____- card support.

29.  With 10+ pts, you can respond in a new suit at the ____ level.

30.  A change of suit by responder at the 1 or 2 level is ______.

31.  With 10-11 pts and a fit in a major, raise the major to the _____ level. (Usually, responder would like to have ____-card support to raise to the 3 level immediately.)

32.  With 12+ pts and a fit in a major, bid another suit first, then jump to the _____ level (game level) as a rebid.

33.  If you have 8 cards in a suit, the opponents have ____ cards in that suit.

34.  If you have 9 cards in a suit, the opponents have ____ cards in that suit.

35.  Usually, an even number of cards will split ______.

36.  Usually, an uneven number of cards will split ______.

37.  What are some common splits in these numbers of cards:
Example: 3 cards usually split 2/1.
4 cards usually split ____/____. 5 cards usually split ____/_____.
6 cards usually split ____/_____. 7 cards usually split _____/______.
8 cards usually split _____/_____.

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