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Glossary of Standard Bids for Quiz Questions
(Mathchpoint (MP) scoring is for answers. If IMPs, it will say so in question.)
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Opening 1 No Trump bids are always 15-17 HCP.
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Opening 2 No Trump bids are always 20-21 HCP.
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Opening 2 Club bids will be strong unless noted otherwise.
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Weak 2 Bids are 6-10 HCP with a six-card suit.
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Opening 3 Bids are weak with seven cards. However, 3C may be only six because opening 2C is strong.
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Stayman will be footnoted (noted with an asterisk and explained).
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Transfers will be footnoted.
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Gerber & 4NT will be footnoted.
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Splinter bids will be footnoted
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Michael Cue Bids are footnoted.
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If you do not see a bid by your partner or the opponents in the quiz question, assume they passed.
All other bids, if not listed here, are natural. They will be footnoted and explained if otherwise.
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​​If the bidding auction is not the sequence you would have bid, please answer the question as asked. (Feel free to note how you would have opened the auction, etc. if different.)
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Note: Our pros' answers are usually Standard American (SA) stemming from the old Goren system
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