Wake-up on a 1 in a suit opening, at level1
A player is in a wake-up position when, last to bid after an opening by the opps, a Pass on his part would set the final contract. This memo only covers direct wake-ups, ie after an opening bid and 2 passes.

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Exercise E20458 In South, after 2 "passes" You are in a wake-up position

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Exercice E4763
Do not confuse wake-up bids and opening in 4th seat...

The different direct wake-up bids

Bidding a suit without a jump shows 8-13HD with, normally 5 cards in that suit
Bidding a suit with a jump shows 11-13HD and 6 good cards.
1 NT shows 10-13HD, a regular hand and,in principle, a stopper in the opps suit
2 NT shows 17-19 HD , a regular hand and a stopper in the opps suit
Double is used with
- either 8+HCP in a 3-suiter hand,( short in the opps suit)
- or opening values with no other bid possible

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Exercise E20458 An obvious wake-up. Limited, in general to 13HD

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Exercise E20457 1NT,ou have a ♦ stopper, a regular hand and the strength to wakee-up with 1NT (10-13HD)

Further bidding after a wake-up at level 1

After a wake-up in a suit
- Suit changes are forcing and promise:
  - 4 cards and 8HL at level 1
  - 5 cards and 12HD at higher levels
- NT bids
  - 1 NT with 8-12HD
  - 2 NT jump, with 13-14HD
- Support bids :
  - Simple : 8-12HD
  - Jump support : with unbalanced distributions
- Cue-bid
  - At least 13HD and support in the wake-up suit
  - or at least 13HD without a better bid
- After a take-out double, the "doubler" owes his partner a bid if he has a 'decent' hand (12-13HD). L.