How to Play It | |
The Opening Bid | p. 3 |
Fitting the Weak Notrump into Your System | p. 7 |
Advantages of Opening a Weak Notrump | p. 9 |
Responding to 1NT | p. 11 |
Transferring to Minors | p. 14 |
3[clubs] as Puppet Stayman | p. 17 |
Two-Way Stayman | p. 19 |
2[clubs]: Non-Forcing Stayman | p. 22 |
2[diamond]: Game-Forcing Stayman | p. 28 |
Slam Auctions | p. 37 |
Cuebidding | p. 38 |
Locating the Minor-Suit Fit | p. 41 |
What is the Baron Corollary? | p. 43 |
One More Gadget | p. 48 |
1NT Rebids | p. 50 |
What Happens after the 1NT Rebid? | p. 51 |
Invitational Sequences | p. 52 |
Game-Forcing Sequences | p. 56 |
Jumps after the 1NT Rebid | p. 58 |
The Crowhurst Convention | p. 60 |
Rebidding 1NT on a Singleton | p. 61 |
The Jump Rebid of 2NT | p. 64 |
Modified Wolff | p. 68 |
Notrump Rebids in 2/1 Auctions | p. 73 |
Opener's 2NT Rebid after a 2/1 Response to a Major | p. 73 |
Bidding 2NT after 1[diamond]-2[clubs] | p. 76 |
Other Bidding after 1[diamond]-2[clubs] | p. 76 |
What Do I Do with a Balanced Hand and 18-19 HCP after a GF 2/1? | p. 79 |
What Am I Showing If I Raise Partner's Suit? | p. 82 |
Suit Rebids and Other Continuations | p. 88 |
Raising Partner's Major-Suit Response | p. 88 |
What Happens When the Auction Gets Competitive? | p. 91 |
When is it Right to Pass at Your Second Turn? | p. 93 |
Other Continuations | p. 94 |
How Do You Counter a Two-Level Preempt? | p. 95 |
When 1NT is Doubled | p. 99 |
DONT Runouts | p. 101 |
Handling Interference | p. 111 |
Should I Play Lebensohl? What is Lebensohl? | p. 111 |
Opponents Overcall 2[clubs] (Natural or Artificial) | p. 112 |
Opponents Overcall a Natural 2[diamond], 2[hearts suit] or 2[spades suite] | p. 113 |
Opponents Overcall an Artificial 2[diamond], 2[hearts suit], 2[spades suite] or 2NT | p. 114 |
Opponents Overcall 2NT | p. 119 |
Opponents Overcall at the Three-Level or Above | p. 119 |
Can I Play Doubles at the Two-Level as Takeout? | p. 121 |
What If the Opponents Double Stayman? | p. 126 |
What If the Opponents Double Our Transfer Bid? | p. 128 |
The Mini-Notrump (10-12) | p. 129 |
Artificiality | p. 132 |
Stretching the Ranges | p. 132 |
The Mexican 2[diamond] Convention | p. 133 |
Other Considerations and Tactics | p. 139 |
Ethical Issues | p. 140 |
How to Play Against It | |
Best Defenses Against the Weak Notrump | p. 149 |
Defense to the Weak Notrump I | p. 153 |
Defense to the Weak Notrump II | p. 155 |
Fourth Seat in a Live Auction | p. 167 |
Evaluation of Weak Notrump Defenses | p. 170 |
Defending the 10-12 Notrump | p. 172 |
When to Double, When to Overcall | p. 172 |
Unfavorable Vulnerability | p. 175 |
Matchpoint Considerations | p. 177 |
Inferences in the Play | p. 177 |
Why Play the Weak Notrump? | p. 181 |
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