Both Majors over 1NT
Both Majors over 1NT
Preliminaries:
- Indicating a new suit at the three level is game-forcing.
- Re-indicating a suit at the three level just shows extra length.
- With five of both majors and invitational points, we first transfer to hearts. This is counter-intuitive.
- Transferring to 2♥ and rebidding 2♠ is forcing for one round.
| Holding | Weak | Invitational | Strong |
| 4 ♠ 4 ♥ |
Pass. (Or weak Stayman with a diamond suit.) |
Stayman, rebidding 2NT over 2♦. |
Stayman, rebidding 3NT over 2♦. |
| 4 ♠ 5 ♥ |
Weak Stayman, with 2♥ over 2♦. |
Transfer to hearts and rebid 2♠ (forcing for one round). |
Transfer to hearts and rebid 3♠ (forcing to game). |
| 5 ♠ 4 ♥ |
Weak Stayman, rebidding 2♠ over 2♦. |
Transfer to spades and rebid 3♥ (forcing to game). |
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| 5 ♠ 5 ♥ |
Weak Stayman, rebidding best suit over 2♦. |
Transfer to hearts and rebid 2♠ (forcing for one round), with 3♠ over 2NT, and 4♠ over 3NT. |
Transfer to spades and rebid 3♥ (forcing to game), with 4♥ over 3NT. |
| 6 ♠ 4 ♥ |
Transfer to spades | Transfer to spades and rebid 3♥ (forcing to game), with 4♠ over 3NT. |
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| 4 ♠ 6 ♥ |
Transfer to hearts | Transfer to hearts and rebid 2♠ (forcing for one round), with 3♥ over 2NT, and 4♥ over 3NT. |
Transfer to hearts and rebid 3♠ (forcing to game), with 4♥ over 3NT. |