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A copy of the actual ACBL SAYC convention card (dated April 2003) is available at the ACBL website::

Optional ' OKbridge' bid: If opener passes after a Jacoby transfer is doubled, responder may make a normal bid, redouble or pass to play, or bid 2 of the major to sign off. If opener redoubles, responder may make a normal bid, pass to play, or bid 2 of the major to sign off. Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC) is a standardized version of the Standard American system, allowing almost no variation. As such, it is useful for playing in clubs and online. Many partnerships start with SAYC and make various adjustments to their taste. Contentsshow Openings Standard American Yellow Card uses 5-card majors (although very good 4-card majors may be opened with discretion.

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OVERVIEW

The “ACBL Standard Yellow Card” system, so named based on the original color of the yellow convention card, is one where all partnerships have agreed to play the system exactly as described in this booklet. The object is to provide a simple, modern method that will lead to a good, solid understanding in a partnership when both players have read this booklet.

The beauty of this type of game is that players know in advance not only their own bidding agreements, but those of their opponents. The game is free of complex bidding systems. There are few Alerts and Announcements (none unexpected), and there should be a minimum of director calls.

Few sequences are defined in the later rounds of “ACBL Standard Yellow Card” auctions. Players are free to assign forcing, invitational or non-forcing meanings to natural calls in such sequences. They are not, however, free to introduce their own sophisticated methods in these undefined areas.

The relaxed spirit of the ACBL Standard Yellow Card game is best achieved by group cooperation. Contestants are encouraged to adhere to both the letter and the spirit of this game.

Players may still exercise their bridge judgments, such as opening a four-card major in third seat. The ACBL Standard Yellow Card “normally five-card majors” approach can withstand an occasional deviation. Players who routinely open a four-card major in third seat, however, are not adhering to the spirit of this game. Similarly, partnerships that prefer to use light initial actions are expected to adjust their requirements or enter a concurrent General Conventions Chart event.

Psychs are a sensitive subject to players in this type of game. A very rare, totally unexpected psych is not illegal, but players who wish to psych with any degree of frequency are encouraged to enter other games.

Please read the booklet before entering the game and understand that you have agreed to play the system as described. Enjoy!

CHOICES

If you play in an ACBL Standard Yellow Card game, you have only five choices to make. They involve defensive card play — see DEFENSIVE LEADS AND SIGNALS.

GENERAL APPROACH

Normally open five-card majors in all seats.

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Open the higher of long suits of equal length: 5–5 or 6–6.

Normally open 1Dwith 4–4 in the minors.

Normally open 1Cwith 3–3 in the minors.

Notrump openings show a balanced hand and can be made with a five-card major suit or a five-card minor suit.

1NT = 15–17

2NT = 20–21

3NT = 25–27

Strong conventional 2Copening.

Weak two-bids in diamonds, hearts and spades.

RESPONSES AND LATER BIDDING AFTER A 15–17 1NT OPENING

2Cis “non-forcing” Stayman, meaning that the bidding can stop in two of a suit. Opener rebids 2Hwith 4–4 in the majors. If responder rebids three of either minor, he shows slam interest and at least a five-card suit.

The Jacoby transfer that shows a five-card suit is used for the majors: 2Dis a transfer to hearts, 2His a transfer to spades. Opener accepts the transfer, though he can jump to the three level with 17 points and four-card support for responder’s major. For example:

If, after the transfer is accepted, responder bids a new suit, that is natural and game forcing. Possible calls after the accepted transfer are:

A2S response requires the 1NT bidder to rebid 3C, which may be passed with a club bust, or responder may rebid 3Dwith a diamond bust. Example:

Other responses to 1NT:

If the player using Gerber makes any bid other than 5C, that is to play (including 4NT).

A direct raise of 1NT to 4NT is natural and invites 6NT. 4NT is slam invitational only because 4Cis available as Gerber (to ask about aces).

INTERFERENCE AFTER A 1NT OPENING BID

If an opponent doubles, all conventional responses are “on.” For example:

If an opponent bids over your 1NT opener, conventional responses like Stayman and transfers are “off.” Bids are natural except for a cuebid, which can be used withgame forcing strength as a substitute for Stayman.

If the opponents intervene over a conventional response, bids carry the samemeaning as if there were no intervention. A bid says, “I’m bidding voluntarily, so I have a real fit with you.”

RESPONSES TO A 2NT OR A 3NT OPENING

Stayman and Jacoby transfers for the majors are used.

RESPONSES AND LATER BIDDING AFTER A 1HOR A 1SOPENING

1Hand 1Sopenings show a five-card or longer suit. Responses:

Opener’s rebids are natural and standard.

Rebids with a minimum hand (13–16 points):

1. Rebidding notrump at the lowest available level;

2. Raising responder’s suit at the lowest level (may have good three-card support);

3. Rebidding a new suit at the one level or rebidding a new suit at the two level that is lower ranking than the opening suit (not reversing);

4. Rebidding opener’s suit at the lowest level.

Rebids with a medium hand (17–18 points):

1. Jump raise or jump rebid of opener’s suit;

2. Reverse in a new suit, i.e., bid a new suit at the two level which is higher rankingthan the opening suit;

3. Non-reverse bid in a new suit (this has the wide range of 13–18 points).

With a maximum hand (19–21 or 22 points) opener must make a very strong rebid:

1. Jump in Notrump;

2. Double jump raise of responder’s suit or double jump rebid of opener’s suit;

3. Jump shift in a new suit.

If responder jumps to 2NT over a 1Hor 1Sopening, that is Jacoby2NT, asking opener to show a singleton or void. If opener has no shortsuit, he shows his hand strength;

Responder follows up by attempting to sign off in game, bidding 4NTBlackwood, or cuebidding if still interested in trying to cooperate with opener in making the slam decision.

SUBSEQUENT BIDDING BY RESPONDER

If responder has bid a suit at the one level, he next determines whether he wishes to sign off in a partscore, invite game, sign off in game, or force to game and getmore information about opener’s hand.

Bids available for a sign-off in partscore: Pass, 1NT, 2 of a previously bid suit.

Bids available for inviting game: 2NT, 3 of a previously bid suit:

After opener rebids in a suit, a new suit by responder is forcing. If the new suit is thefourth suit, the bid may be artificial/conventional.

However, after a 1NT rebid by opener, bids of a new suit at the next higher level arenon-forcing.

Second-round forcing bids following a 1NT rebid by opener: a reverse or jump shiftinto a new suit is a game force.

Bids available for signing off in game.

3NT, 4H, 4S, 5C, 5D.

If responder initially bids a new suit at the two level, the same rules apply EXCEPTthat a subsequent jump raise of opener’s first suit to the THREE LEVEL is gameforcing — responder should make a limit raise directly over the opening with 10–12points and at least three-card support:

NOTE: Responder promises to bid again if he responded with a new suit at the twolevel unless opener’s rebid is at the game level.

RESPONSES TO A 1COR A 1DOPENING

A 1Dopener suggests a four-card or longer suit, since 1Cis preferred on handswhere a three-card minor suit must be opened. The exception is a hand with 4–4–3–2 shape: four spades, four hearts, three diamonds, and two clubs, which should be opened 1D.

Responses and later bidding generally follow the ideas set down in the previoussection. Bidding at the one level is up-the-line in principle. Responder needs moretrumps to raise (four to raise 1D; five to raise 1C, though one fewer trump will do in a pinch in a competitive sequence). Responses of 2NT and 3NT are standard:

There is no forcing minor-suit raise.

A 2COPENING, RESPONSES, AND LATER BIDDING

A 2Copening shows at least 22+ points, or the playing equivalent. Responses:

If opener rebids 2NT after a 2Dresponse (showing 22–24 points), the sameresponses are used as over a 2NT opening:

If opener rebids a suit over a 2Dresponse, the bidding is forcing to 3 of opener’smajor or 4 of opener’s minor.

SEQUENCE AFTER A WEAK TWO-BID OF 2D, 2H, OR 2S

A weak two-bid shows a six-card suit of reasonable quality and 5–11 HCP. On rareoccasions it may be a very good five-card suit. It is possible to open a weak two with a poor seven-card suit (not good enough to open with at the three level). Responses:

A 2NT response is forcing, showing game interest. (This applies also if theopponents intervene with a double or a bid.) Opener rebids his suit with aminimum weak two (5–8 points). With a maximum hand opener bids anothersuit to show a “feature” (ace or king in that suit); lacking a feature, he raises to 3NT and lets responder place the contract.

Any raise of opener’s suit is to play and could be preemptive. A 3NT response is also to play.

“RONF” on the card means “Raise Only Non-Force.” A new-suit response is forcing one round and shows at least a five-card suit. Opener should raise a major suitresponse with a three-card fit, or perhaps with a doubleton honor.

With no fit for responder’s suit, opener rebids:

With a minimum weak two-bid (5–8 points), rebid the suit at the lowest level.
With a maximum weak two-bid, name a new suit or bid notrump.

SLAM BIDDING

Blackwood 4NT is used to ask for aces. Responses show the number of aces bysteps. 5NT is then used to ask for kings; 5NT guarantees the partnership holds allfour aces.

A jump to 5NT (and some 5NT bids when the auction is at the five level) is “GrandSlam Force,” asking partner to bid a grand slam with two of the three top trumphonors;

5NT — 6 of the trump suit = fewer than two top trump honors (A, K, or Q).
— 7 of the trump suit = two of the three top trump honors.

DEFENSIVE BIDDING

Overcalls show 8–16 points (double and bid the long suit with a stronger hand). The only forcing response is a cuebid of opener’s suit, asking the overcaller about the quality of his overcall:

A 1NT overcall shows 15–18 points and a balanced hand (preferably a stopper inopener’s suit). No conventional responses are used to the 1NT overcall except 2C,which is Stayman.

A jump overcall of 2NT shows at least 5–5 in the lower two unbid suits.

Jump overcalls are preemptive, showing the same value as an opening bid at thesame level:

A cuebid overcall when the opponents have bid two suits is natural in either suit.

A cuebid overcall when the opponents have bid only one suit is a Michaels cuebid,showing a 5–5 two-suiter (or more distributional). If the opening is in a minor suit, the cuebid shows the majors; if the opening is in a major, the cuebid shows the other major and an unspecified minor.

Responder can bid 2NT over a major suit cuebid to ask for partner’s minor.

A reopening bid means much the same as a direct seat bid, though it can be lighter at the minimum end. A reopening 1NT after an opponent has opened shows 10–15points. This is a wide range, but there will not usually be a game on for you.

A double is for takeout over an opening partscore bid (4Dor lower); penalty overopening game bids (4Hor higher). A below-game jump response to a takeoutdouble is invitational. To force, responder cuebids opener’s suit.

Versus an opening preempt, an overcall in a suit or Notrump is natural; a cuebid isMichaels.

COMPETITIVE BIDDING

There is almost an endless variety of possible sequences, so it pays to have simpleguidelines to prevent bidding misunderstandings.

Bids mean the same things they meant without the intervening bid. Still, it issometimes necessary to pick a bid that would normally have been a second choicewithout the overcall:

Cuebidding right-hand opponent’s suit shows values for game without cleardirection for the moment. This is often used to show a game-forcing raise:

The negative double is used through 2Spromising four cards (at least) in an unbidmajor. Bidding a major at the two level or higher shows 11 or more points and afive-card or longer suit.

If RHO makes a takeout double:

A Responder’s jump shift after a double is to play:

A Redouble can have one of three meanings:

To play if:

Your side is at the four level or higher:

The opponents double a conventional bid:

Redouble = Penalty, good diamond suit;

A good hand if their double is for takeout:

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SOS, requesting a different suit, if your side is doubled for penalty in a trump suitat the three level or lower:

Unless otherwise noted elsewhere, any bid or double by an opponent cancels aconvention intended for non-competitive sequences.

Examples:

If the opponents use a convention (such as Michaels or the unusual notrump), you can double to show at least 10 points, or you can cuebid one of their shown suits to force to game.

DEFENSIVE LEADS AND SIGNALS

This is the one area where choices are offered. The following are specified:

Defensive signals when following suit or discarding are “high encourages, lowdiscourages.” Leads are top of touching honors (with choices from A–K–x andinterior sequences).

Pairs must choose from the following options.

Where no card is pre-marked in bold Italics, pairs must mark their leads.

• Which card is led from A–K–x.

• Which card is led from x–x–x, x–x–x–x, or x–x–x–x–x.

• Whether 4th best, or 3rd & 5th best leads are used.

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• Whether 3rd best is led from K–J–10–x, K–10–9–x, or Q–10–9–x
(and fromA–J–10–x, or A–10–9–x vs. notrump).
Must be indicated by circling the cardled.

• Whether or not frequent count signals are given.

It is Declarer’s responsibility to look at the opponents’ carding agreements. In the absence of a circle, cards in bold Italics are presumed to be the agreement.

NOTE:

If you are playing the ACBL Standard Yellow Card in an open game, you may adddefenses to opponents’ conventions (e.g., unusual vs. unusual, and Mathe over bigclub). Put these convention-defenses in the section “Defenses vs. Opp’s Conventions” on the left-hand side of the convention card.

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