"Adopt" or "Adapt" these notes to your form detailed partnership agreements with your favorite partner(s).

 These notes don't merely explain the conventions & treatments listed; rather, each bid is presented in the context of the auction in which it is appropriately used.  The notes cover the meaning of each bid, as well as describing what the continuation bids mean and what to do if and when the opponents interfere!

• Stops bidding misunderstandings before they happen!

• Highlights bidding sequences that require partnership discussion.

• Details how partnership agreements should be modified based upon competition, vulnerability, and position.

• Includes convention cards filled out to properly describe the agreements in the notes.

• Published in a looseleaf format so that you can add pages if you decide to modify or extend the recommended agreements.

• Divided into four main sections:

1. Partnership Bidding 
2. Competitive Bidding
3. Defensive Bidding
4. Defensive Carding

In 36 pages, these notes cover "standard" bidding agreements and treatments.  Conventions are divided into three categories:

One Star - These are basic conventions that are essential to "Standard American."  They are recommended for everyone.

• Stayman

• Jacoby Transfers

• Weak Two Bids

• Blackwood

• Gerber

• Negative Doubles

• Takeout Doubles

Two Star - These are optional, additional conventions that are commonly played by "Standard American" partnerships. 

• Fourth Suit Forcing

• Jacoby 2NT

• Splinter Raises

• Responsive Doubles

• Michaels Cuebids

• Unusual NoTrump

Three Star -  These are optional, additional conventions that I recommend you add to your agreements after you are comfortable with the two star conventions.

• "Garbage" Stayman

• Texas Transfers

• Drury

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