Modern Acol Bidding

Benjaminised Acol (Benji Acol) Weak Twos in Three Suits Simple 2NT Feature Asking - response to a Weak Two Ogust 2NT Red Suit Transfers Summary of Transfer Responses to 1NT McKendrick Baron NT Four Suit Transfers Transfers and Stayman Transfers Over 2NT Transfers in competitive auctions Alan Truscott's Point Count System The Losing Trick Count (LTC) Supporting Partner's Suit Evaluating your hand Pre-emptive Game Raise The Delayed Game Raise The Pudding 3NT Balanced Forcing Raise Splinter Bids Evaluating your holding in response to a splinter bid Slam Bidding Gerber Roman Key Card Blackwood (RKCB) DOPI Control-showing bids (Cue bids) Bidding Slams: Blackwood vs Cue Bidding Game Trial Bids Checkback Stayman Run-out from 1NT Doubled: Halmic/DONT Gambling 3NT Responding to Gambling 3NT Defence to Gambling 3NT Leads against Gambling 3NT The Law of Total Tricks The Unassuming Cue Bid Responding to an Unassuming Cue Bid Other Uses for the Unassuming Cue Bid Bidding over the Opponents Double Weak Hands with trump support Strong hands with trump support Intermediate hands with trump support - 2NT Limit Raise (Truscott 2NT) Redouble Bidding over the Opponents Double - without trump support Responding to a Double, after the Opponents have Redoubled Weak Jump Overcalls (WJO) Intermediate and Strong Jump Overcalls Responses to Weak Jump Overcalls Unusual No Trump Overcall Responses to Unusual NT Michaels Cue Bid Responses to Michaels Cue Bid Doubles: Penalty or Take Out? Penalty Doubles Interference over 1NT Negative or Sputnik Doubles Double of an Artificial Suit Lead-directing Doubles Lightner Doubles Directional Asking Bid Landy Defence to 1NT Responding to Landy ASTRO Defence to 1NT Standard American / Five Card Majors SAYC - Main Differences from Acol Defending against Standard American / Five Card Majors Precision Multi 2D Alternative Signalling Systems Standard Signals Upside-down Signals McKenney or Suit-Preference Discards Odd-Even/Roman/Italian Discards DODDS Revolving Discards Discard Systems: Advantages and disadvantages Deceptive Discards