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Bidding systems
You can choose between 2 bidding systems :
- SAYC (Standard American Yellow Card) is the Standard American bidding system. It is based on 5-card majors
and a strong 1NT. It is the most popular system played in many countries and is also prevalent in online bridge games.
It includes a number of conventions that can be used to better describe your hand and find the optimal contract. They include: weak 2s, Limit raises, strong 2Clubs, Stayman, Jacoby 2NT, Splinters,
Blackwood, negative doubles, …to name but the most popular ones.
- 2/1 was developed to improve on some of the perceived weaknesses of SAYC and is now becoming the new
standard in high level competitions..
2/1 is very similar to Standard American but there are two major differences:
- A new-suit two-level response to a 1♥/♠ opening is forcing to game.
- The response of 1NT to a 1♥/♠ opening is forcing.