Precision Simplified, Neil H. Timm, PhD
V 1 1♣ 17+ HCP, 16+ with 3+ QT and 5/6 LTC Losers
V 1.1 1♦ 0-7 HCP, Negative
V 1.1.1 1♥ relay bid, responder should bid 1♠. Opener's next bids:
V 1.1.1.1 1♠ forced response.
* 1.1.1.1.1 1NT 20-21 HCP balanced, may have 5-card major
* 1.1.1.1.2 2♣ 5+ hearts, 4+ clubs, non-forcing
* 1.1.1.1.3 2♦ 5+ hearts, 4+ diamonds, non-forcing
* 1.1.1.1.4 2♥ 5+ heart suit with no extra values
* 1.1.1.1.5 2♠ 5+ hearts, 4+ spades, non-forcing
* 1.1.1.1.6 2NT 24-25 HCP balanced hand
* 1.1.1.1.7 3♣/3♦ Forcing, 5-5 hearts and the suit bid (clubs/diamonds).
* 1.1.1.1.8 3♥ 6+ heart suit, invitational to game over the 1♦ bid.
* 1.1.1.1.9 3♠ 5+ hearts, 4+ spades with extra values
* 1.1.1.1.10 3NT to play
* 1.1.1.1.11 4♣ 6+ clubs, 5+ diamonds, forcing and less than 22 HCP
* 1.1.1.1.12 4♦ 6+ diamonds, 5+ clubs, forcing and less than 22 HCP.
* 1.1.1.1.13 4♥ to play
* 1.1.1.1.14 4♠ Kickback 1430 if playing, otherwise 4NT
* 1.1.1.1.15 4NT Blackwood, ace asking only no RKC.
* 1.1.1.2 1NT 5-5 or better in the majors, weak (0-4 HCP)
* 1.1.1.3 2♣/2♦/2♥/2♠ modest 6-card suit, weak.
* 1.1.1.4 2NT 5-5 or better in the minors, very weak (0-4 HCP)
* 1.1.1.5 3♣/3♦/3♥3♠ modest 7-card suit weak.
V 1.1.2 1NT Balanced 16-19 HCP, Systems ON.
* 1.1.2.1 Pass 0-6 HCP
* 1.1.2.2 2♣ 6-7 HCP, Stayman
* 1.1.2.3 2♦/2♥ Jacoby Transfer
* 1.1.2.4 4-suit transfers???
* 1.1.3 1♠ 5-card spade suit, pass 0-4 HCP, raise 2♠ with 3-card support and 4-5 dummy points, raise 3♠ with 5-7 dummy points and 3+ spades.
* 1.1.4 2♣/2♦ 5/6 card minor, unbalanced, 16-21 HCP.
V 1.1.5 2♠ 5+ spades and 22+ HCP, Game Force
* 1.1.5.1 4♠ 0-6 HCP to Play
V 1.1.6 2♥ Relay bid, responder should bid 2♠
V 1.1.6.1 2♠ relay bid
V 1.1.6.1.1 2NT 26-27 HCP balanced hand, may have a 4-card major.
* 1.1.6.1.1.1 New suit shows and ace/king or void
* 1.1.6.1.1.2 3NT 0-4 HCP, denies and ace/king
* 1.1.6.1.1.3 4NT 5-7 HCP, invite slam
V 1.1.6.1.2 3♥ 5/6+ hearts, 22+ HCP, forcing.
* 1.1.6.1.2.1 3NT 0-4 HCP, minimum and no support
* 1.1.6.1.2.2 4♥ 0-4 HCP, minimum and 2-card support
V 1.1.6.1.3 3♣/3♦ unbalanced very strong, 7+ minor hands, forcing to game 22+ HCP.
* 1.1.6.1.3.1 New suit shows ace/king or void
* 1.1.6.1.3.2 3NT no ace/king
* 1.1.6.1.3.3 4♣/4♦ bid suit at from level without singleton
* 1.1.6.1.3.4 Raise to game, denies ace/king, singleton or void.
V 1.1.6.1.4 4♣/4♦ 6-5 clubs/diamonds, diamonds/clubs with 22+ HCP.
* 1.1.6.1.4.1 New suit shows ace/king
* 1.1.6.1.4.2 4NT no ace/king
* 1.1.6.1.4.3 Raise to game, denies ace/king, singleton or void.
* 1.1.6.2 2NT 5-5 two-suited, extremely weak 0-2 HCP.
* 1.1.6.3 3♣/3♦/3♥/3♠ modest 7-card suit, extremely weak.
V 1.1.7 2NT Balanced 22-23 HCP and may have 5-card major
* 1.1.7.1 Pass 0-2 HCP
* 1.1.7.2 Systems On
V 1.1.8 3NT 28+ HCP balanced, may have a 5-card major. Responder may use Jacoby Transfers
* 1.1.8.1 Pass 0-3 HCP.
* 1.1.8.2 4-level bids are transfers
* 1.1.9 2♣/2♦ 5/6 card suit unbalanced 16-21 HCP.
V 1.2 1♥ 5+ spades (8+HCP) opener bids 1♠with support.
V 1.2.1 1♠ Accepts Transfer with 3+ ♠ or 2 with honor
V 1.2.1.1 2♣ 5-spades
V 1.2.1.1.1 2♦ relay asking to show NT stoppers
* 1.2.1.1.1.1 suit bid is stopper
* 1.2.1.1.1.2 2NT stoppers both minors
* 1.2.1.2 2♦ 6-spades
* 1.2.1.3 2♥ 7+-spades
* 1.2.2 New suit, own 5+ card suit
* 1.2.3 1NT 16-19 HCP
* 1.2.4 2NT 20-21 HCP
* 1.2.5 3NT 22-23 HCP
* 1.2.6 4NT 24+ HCP, Blackwood Ace ascking
V 1.3 2♦ 5+ hearts (8+HCP) opener bids 2♥ with support.
V 1.3.1 2♥ Accept transfer with 3 card support or 2 cards with honor
* 1.3.1.1 3♣ 5 hearts
* 1.3.1.2 3♦ 6 hearts
* 1.3.1.3 3♥ 7+ hearts ???
* 1.3.2 new suit, 5+ card suit
* 1.3.3 2NT 20-21 HCP
* 1.3.4 3NT 22-23 HCP
* 1.3.5 4NT 24+ HCP, Ace Asking
V 1.4 GCB Gamma Control bids after opener accepts transfer
V 1.4.1 1♠/2♥ accepting transfer with 3+ in the major or 2 with a top honor
V 1.4.1.1 2/3♣ by responder says I have 5 major
V 1.4.1.1.1 2D asks about NT
* 1.4.1.1.1.1 Bid suit at 2-level to show stopper.
* 1.4.1.1.1.2 2NT shows stoppers in both minors
* 1.4.1.1.1.3 2M shows no stoppers.
* 1.4.1.2 2/3♦ by responder says I have 6 major
* 1.4.1.3 2/3♥ by responder says I have 7 major
V 1.4.2 2/3 bid of major, Trump Asking Bids (TAB), step responses (NT is not a step)
* 1.4.2.1 3/4♣ no honors in agreed major
* 1.4.2.2 3/4♦ 1 top honor
* 1.4.2.3 3/4♥ 2 top honors
* 1.4.2.4 3/4♠ 3 top honors
V 1.4.3 New SUIT (Epsilon) Shortness Asking Bid (SAB) slam try
* 1.4.3.1 Step 1 no shortness in SUIT (2+ cards)
* 1.4.3.2 Step 2 singleton
* 1.4.3.3 Step 3 void
V 1.5 Rejecting Transfer with fewer than 3 card support or 2 card suit to top honor.
* 1.5.1 WIth unbalanced hand, bid own 5+ card suit.
* 1.5.2 1/2NT 16-19 HCP balanced hand
* 1.5.3 2/3NT 20-21 HCP
* 1.5.4 3/4NT 22-23 HCP
* 1.5.5 4NT Blackwood
V 1.6 1♠ balanced hand (8-13HCP) opener bids 1NT always thereafter systems on.
V 1.6.1 1NT 16-19 HCP Systems On
* 1.6.1.1 Use Stayman or pass with minimal hand.
* 1.6.1.2 2NT with 9 HCP and no 4-card major.
* 1.6.2 2NT 20-21 HCP Systems On.
* 1.6.3 3NT 22-23 HCP.
V 1.7 1NT 8-13 HCP two 4-card majors
* 1.7.1 2♣/2♦ 16+ HCP 5-card minor, no major fit.
* 1.7.2 2♥/2♠ 3-card support with ruffing values
V 1.7.3 2NT Forcing 16+ HCP asking partner to bid minor suit stoppers.
* 1.7.3.1 Bid minor stopper suit (Qxx)
* 1.7.3.2 3NT both minors stopped.
* 1.7.3.3 No stoppers, bid best major.
* 1.7.4 3♣/3♦ 16+ HCP, 6+card suit, no major fit.
* 1.7.5 3♥/3♠ 16+ HCP, invitational to game.
* 1.7.6 3NT 16+ HCP and usually 2-cards support in majors
* 1.7.7 4♥/4♠ Sign-off.
* 1.7.8 4NT Ace Asking Blackwood.
V 1.8 2♣ 8+ HCP 6-cards in a minor suit with 2 of top 3 honors, may have a 4-card major.
V 1.8.1 2♥/2♠ shows a 5-card major
* 1.8.1.1 Raise major with support or bid minor.
V 1.8.2 2NT Show minor suit, usually without a 4-card major
* 1.8.2.1 3♣/3♦ showing minor
* 1.8.2.2 3NT Sign-off.
V 1.8.2.3 4♣/4♦ (TAB).
* 1.8.2.3.1 no honors, bid game in the minor
* 1.8.2.3.2 1/2 honor bid 6 minor
* 1.8.2.3.3 3 honors bid 7 minor.
* 1.8.3 3NT No interest in slam or the minor
* 1.8.4 4NT Blackwood Ace Asking
V 1.9 2♥/2♠ 4-6 HCP and 6-card suit (weak 2 bids)
* 1.9.1 Pass, game unlikely
* 1.9.2 4♥/4♠ 20+ HCP
V 1.9.3 New suit, 5+ cards without support for the majors
* 1.9.3.1 Raise 3+ support (or Qx)
* 1.9.3.2 Rebid ♥/♠ minimum no support
* 1.9.3.3 Cuebid under 3NT singleton or void
V 1.9.4 3♥/3♠ 16-18 HCP with support
* 1.9.4.1 Pass or bid game
* 1.9.5 2NT Ogust
* 1.9.6 3NT Natural
* 1.9.7 4♠ over ♥ or 4NT, Kickback 1430
V 1.10 2NT 14+ HCP, balanced hand with no 5-card major. Neither partner can pass short of 4NT.
V 1.10.1 3♣ Baron Convention, bid 4-card suits up the line.
* 1.10.1.1 Bid 4-card suits up the line, 3NT shows 6+ clubs.
* 1.10.2 3♦/3♥/3♠ Natural Bids
* 1.10.3 3NT 16-19 HCP balanced hand
V 1.10.4 4NT Quantitative (20+ HCP)
* 1.10.4.1 Balanced, bid NT
* 1.10.4.2 Unbalanced bid best 5/4 card suit.
V 1.11 3♣ 1-4-4-4/4-4-4-1, black singleton lacking 4 controls 8-13 HCP
* 1.11.1 3NT To Play
* 1.11.2 4♥/4♠ To Play
* 1.11.3 4NT Blackwood Ace Asking
V 1.11.4 3♦ Where's your singleton
* 1.11.4.1 3♥ clubs
* 1.11.4.2 3♠ spade
V 1.11.5 4 Singleton, CAB (Control Asking Bid
* 1.11.5.1 1st step 0-2
* 1.11.5.2 2nd step 3 controls
* 1.11.5.3 3rd stop 4 controls
* 1.11.5.4 ...
V 1.12 3♦ 4-1-4-4/4-4-1-4, red singleton lacking 4 controls 8-13 HCP
* 1.12.1 3NT To Play
* 1.12.2 4♥/4♠ To Play
* 1.12.3 4NT Blackwood Ace Asking
V 1.12.4 3♥ Where's your singleton?
* 1.12.4.1 3♠ Diamonds
* 1.12.4.2 3NT Hearts
V 1.12.5 4 Singleton, CAB (Control Asking Bid)
* 1.12.5.1 1st step 0-2
* 1.12.5.2 2nd step 3 controls
* 1.12.5.3 3rd stop 4 controls
* 1.12.5.4 ...
V 1.13 3♥ specifically 1=4=4=4 with 4+ controls (AK+), usually 14+ HCP
V 1.13.1 3♠ Control Asking Bid
* 1.13.1.1 3N 4 controls
* 1.13.1.2 4♣ 5 controls
* 1.13.1.3 4♦ 6 controls
* 1.13.1.4 ...
* 1.13.2 3NT/4♥/5♣/5♦ to play
V 1.14 3NT specifically 4=4=4=1 with 4+ controls, usually 14+ HCP
V 1.14.1 4♣ Control Asking Bid
* 1.14.1.1 4♦ 4 controls
* 1.14.1.2 4♥ 5 controls
* 1.14.1.3 4♠ 6 controls
* 1.14.1.4 ...
* 1.14.2 4♥/4♠/5♣/5♣ to play
V 1.15 4♣ specifically 4=4=1=4 with 4+ controls, usually 14+ HCP
V 1.15.1 4♦ Control Asking Bid
* 1.15.1.1 4♥ 4 controls
* 1.15.1.2 4♠ 5 controls
* 1.15.1.3 4NT 6 controls
* 1.15.1.4 ...
* 1.15.2 3NT/4♥/4♠/5♣ to play.
V 1.16 4♦ specifically 4=1=4=4 with 4+ controls, usually 14+ HCP
V 1.16.1 4♥ Control Asking Bid
* 1.16.1.1 4♠ 4 controls
* 1.16.1.2 4NT 5 controls
* 1.16.1.3 5C 6 controls
* 1.16.1.4 ...
* 1.16.2 3N/4♠/5♣/5♦ to play
V 1.17 3♠ a solid 7-8 (AKQJxxx) suit with 12+ HCP with/without side controls.
* 1.17.1 3NT 16-17 HCP to play
* 1.17.2 4♠/4♥ 16-17 HCP, 5+ cards, no slam interest.
V 1.17.3 4♣ 18+HCP knows suit CAB Asks about outside suit controls
* 1.17.3.1 4♦ no outside controls
* 1.17.3.2 4♥ outside king
* 1.17.3.3 4♠ outside ace or 2 kings
* 1.17.3.4 4NT ace/2-3 kings
V 1.17.4 4♦ 18+HCP, What's your suit
* 1.17.4.1 4♥/4♠/5♣ hearts, spades, clubs
* 1.17.4.2 4NT diamonds
* 1.17.5 4NT Blackwood Ace Asking.
V 2 1♦ Balanced or semi-balanced 11-12 HCP, 11-15 HCP weak 5-card clubs and likely a 4-card diamond suit, 11-15 HCP with any five-card or longer diamond suit not covered by other standard precision openings, some 4-4-4-1 that are 4=4 in the majors but 16+ HCP.
V 2.1 After Opponents Double
* 2.1.1 XX 5+ hearts, asks partner to bid 1♥
* 2.1.2 1♥ 5+ spades, asks partner to bid 1♠
* 2.1.3 1NT 8-10 HCP
* 2.1.4 2♣ natural 2 clubs
* 2.1.5 2♦ 13+ HCP diamond raise
* 2.1.6 2♥/2♠ to play
* 2.1.7 2NT 11-12 HCP
* 2.1.8 3♣ 10-12 HCP limit raise in diamonds
V 2.2 1♥ 4+ hearts with 6+ HCP (to show weak hand, rebid majors since using strong jump shifts)
* 2.2.1 1♠ 4 spades, denies 4 hearts
V 2.2.2 1NT Balanced hand, denies a 4-card major
V 2.2.2.1 2♣ NMF/Checkback Stayman
* 2.2.2.1.1 2♦ No heart fit 11-12 HCP
* 2.2.2.1.2 2♥ 3 hearts and 11-12 HCP
* 2.2.2.1.3 2♠ 4 spades and 13-15 HCP
* 2.2.2.1.4 2NT 13-15 HCP and balanced
* 2.2.2.1.5 3♥ 3 hearts and 13-15 HCP
* 2.2.3 2♣ 5= clubs, denies a 4-card major
* 2.2.4 2♦ 5+ diamonds, denies a 4-card major
* 2.2.5 2♥ 11-12 HCP 4+ card support
* 2.2.6 2NT 13-15 HCP, stoppers in other suits
* 2.2.7 3♣ 5-5 minors, (values in the minors)
* 2.2.8 3♦ 6+ diamond suit (strong diamond suit)
* 2.2.9 3♥ 13-15 HCP and 4 hearts
V 2.3 1♠ 4+ spades with 6+ HCP (to show weak hand, rebid majors since using strong jump shifts)
* 2.3.1 2♠ 4 hearts, denies 4 spades
V 2.3.2 1NT Balanced hand, denies a 4-card major
V 2.3.2.1 2♣ NMF/Checkback Stayman
* 2.3.2.1.1 2♦ No spade fit, 11-12 HCP
* 2.3.2.1.2 2♥ 4 hearts and 11-12 HCP
* 2.3.2.1.3 2♠ 3 spades and 11-12 HCP
* 2.3.2.1.4 2NT 13-16 HCP and balanced
* 2.3.2.1.5 3♠ 3 spades and 13-15 HCP
* 2.3.3 2♣ 5= clubs, denies a 4-card major
* 2.3.4 2♦ 5+ diamonds, denies a 4-card major
* 2.3.5 2♠ 11-12 HCP 4+ card support
* 2.3.6 2NT 13-15 HCP, stoppers in other suits
* 2.3.7 3♣ 5-5 minors, (values in the minors)
* 2.3.8 3♦ 6+ diamond suit (strong diamond suit)
* 2.3.9 3♠ 13-15 HCP and 4 spades
* 2.4 1NT 8-10 HCP balanced hand
* 2.5 2NT 11-12 HCP balanced Hand
* 2.6 3NT 13-15 HCP balanced hand
* 2.7 2♣ 10-12 HCP forcing one round, 5/6+ diamonds
V 2.8 2♦ 13+ HCP with 5/6+ diamonds, forcing one round
* 2.8.1 Show Major suit stoppers 2♥ or 2♠, bid up the line, no extra values
* 2.8.2 2NT with minimum and both majors stopped
* 2.8.3 3♣ club stopper without major stopper
* 2.8.4 3♥ or 3NT, showing hearts stopped, over 2♠ with minimum values.
* 2.9 2♥/2♠ 16+ HCP strong jump shift in major 5+ cards, Game Force
* 2.10 3♣ 10-12 HCP HCP, 5+ diamonds (criss-cross)
V 2.11 3♦ less than 10 HCP, 5+ diamonds, weak pre-emptive raise.
* 2.11.1 Pass with all minimum and almost all intermediate sized hands.
* 2.11.2 A new suit is forcing one round and shows a very strong hand
* 2.11.3 3NT is to play regardless what part had for his preemptive raise
* 2.11.4 4 of the minor is invitational
* 2.12 3♥/3♠ Splinter in support of diamonds, slam interest (16+ HCP)
* 2.13 4♣ Splinter in support of diamonds, slam interest (16+ HCP)
* 2.14 4♦ Minorwood 1430 keycard ask
* 2.15 4♥/4♠ single suited hand to play
* 2.16 After opponents double 1♦
* 2.17 Redouble shows 5+ hearts, asks partner to bid 1♥
* 2.18 1♥ shows 5+ spades, asks partner to bid 1♠
* 2.19 1♠ transfer, asks partner to bid 1NT
* 2.20 2♣ natural, 5+ clubs
* 2.21 2♥/2♠ to play
* 2.22 2NT 11-12 HCP
* 2.23 3♣ 10-12 HCP, limit raise in diamonds
* 3 1NT 13-15 HCP balanced/semi-balanced, no 5-card major Systems On.
V 4 2♣ 11-15 HCP, 6+ Clubs, may have 4-card major
V 4.1 2♦ conventional, forcing one round
* 4.1.1 2♥ 11-15 HCP, 4 hearts
* 4.1.2 2♠ 11-15 HCP, 4 spades
V 4.1.3 2NT 11-15 HCP, 6-3-2-2 balanced, 6 clubs with a major stopper
V 4.1.3.1 3♦ request opener clarify stoppers
* 4.1.3.1.1 3♥ heart stopper
* 4.1.3.1.2 3♠ spade stopper
* 4.1.3.1.3 3NT ♥ and ♠ stoppers
* 4.1.3.2 3♣ 14-15 HCP non-forcing and unbalanced (1-3-3-6)
* 4.1.3.3 3♥ 14-15 HCP, 5+ hearts
* 4.1.3.4 3♠ 14-15 HCP, relay back to clubs, solid club suit (AKJT9x) allows responder to bid 3NT.
* 4.1.3.5 3NT 14-15 HCP, 5+ spades and 6+ clubs
* 4.2 2♥/2♠ Natural with 5+ cards, 8-10 HCP.
* 4.3 2NT Natural 10-12 HCP
* 4.4 3♣ Preemptive raise, not forward going
* 4.5 3♦/3♥/3♠ 6+ card suit, 12 HCP, opener may pass, raise, or bid 3NT.
* 4.6 4♣ Invitational to game in clubs
* 4.7 4♥/4♠ Natural and to play
* 4.8 4♦ RKCB (kickback) for clubs.
V 4.9 With Interference
* 4.9.1 Negative double through 3♠
* 4.9.2 Redouble 10+HCP
* 4.9.3 Cuebid 13+HCP
V 5 2♦ 11-15 HCP, 4=4-1-4/4=4-0-5 in the Majors (Modified Mini-Roman)
* 5.1 2♥2♠ 3+ card support 0-12 HCP
V 5.2 2NT 13+ HCP, ask opener to bid singleton
* 5.2.1 3♣/3♦ 4=4=4=1 4=4=1=4 singleton in bid suit
* 5.2.2 4♣/4♦ 4=4=4=0 4=4=0=4 void in bid suit
* 5.2.3 Opener sets the contract or bids 4NT Blackwood
V 5.3 3♣/3♦ 13+ HCP with own 5-card suit
* 5.3.1 Pass 11 HCP
* 5.3.2 3NT 12+ HCP denies support for the minor
* 5.3.3 Bidding other minor at the 4 level is an asking bid, bid best major
* 5.4 3♥/3♠ 13+ HCP and 4+ cards in the major
* 5.5 3NT 16+ HCP and support for 1 major
* 5.6 4♣/4♦ splinter bid with singleton and support for 1 major
* 5.7 5♣/5♦ void in bid suit with support for 1 major
* 5.8 With interference, negative double through 3♠
* 5.9 Redouble 10+ HCP
* 5.10 Cuebid 13+ HCP
* 6 2♥/2♠ 5-10 HCP with a 6-card suit (vulnerable 2 of top 3 honors, non-vulnerable with at least 1 top honor)
V 7 2NT 5-5 in the minors and 5-10 HCP non-vulnerable, 11-15 vulnerable.
* 7.1 3♣/3♦ to play
V 7.2 3♥ asking bid
* 7.2.1 3♠ 5-5 minimum 4-8 NV, 8-12 VUL
* 7.2.2 3NT Maximum
* 7.2.3 4♣ 6-5 clubs and diamonds, minimum
* 7.2.4 4♦ 6-5 diamonds and clubs, minimum
* 7.2.5 4♥ 6-5 clubs and diamonds, maximum
* 7.2.6 4♠ 6-5 diamonds and clubs, maximum
* 7.2.7 4NT 6-6 in the minors
* 7.3 3♠ to play
* 7.4 3NT to play
* 7.5 4♣/4♦ preemptive bids and to play
* 7.6 4♥/4♠ to play
* 7.7 5♣/5♦ to play
* 8 3X 5-10 HCP, 2/3 top honors vulnerable, 1/3 non-vul
V 9 3♠ a solid 7+ card suit (AKQJxxx) 14+ HCP with or without side controls
* 9.1 3NT to Play
* 9.2 4♥/4♠ Natural showing 5+ cards with no slam interest
V 9.3 4♣ CAB asks about outside suit controls
9.3 Partner knows suit
* 9.3.1 4♦ no outside controls
* 9.3.2 4♥ outside king
* 9.3.3 4♠ outside ace or 2 kings
* 9.3.4 4NT ace 2-3 kings
V 9.4 4♦ suit is unknown, what is your suit
* 9.4.1 4♥/4♠/5♣ hearts, spades, clubs
* 9.4.2 4NT diamonds