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| - | The Canary Club system | + | < |
| - | was devised by Paul Heitner and John Lowenthal sometime in the late 50's or | + | |
| + | ====Preface==== | ||
| + | The Canary Club system was devised by Paul Heitner and John Lowenthal sometime in the late 50's or | ||
| early 60's. There is a high level description of the system in //The Encyclopedia | early 60's. There is a high level description of the system in //The Encyclopedia | ||
| of Bridge//. | of Bridge//. | ||
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| two purposes: | two purposes: | ||
| - | - This puts us more in line with what the ACBL considers legal. The 1N response to 1D being treated as forcing is unique to this system, I believe, but probably causes no " | + | - This puts us more in line with what the ACBL considers legal. The 1N response to 1\D being treated as forcing is unique to this system, I believe, but probably causes no " |
| - Theoretically it probably is superior as well since it causes the hand which is more likely to be balanced to be declarer. | - Theoretically it probably is superior as well since it causes the hand which is more likely to be balanced to be declarer. | ||
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| is a problem or not. | is a problem or not. | ||
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| ==== Basis of the System ==== | ==== Basis of the System ==== | ||
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| | < | | < | ||
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| ===Opening Bids=== | ===Opening Bids=== | ||
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| |17 +|1 \C|| | |17 +|1 \C|| | ||
| |**Two suiters**||| | |**Two suiters**||| | ||
| - | |11 - 16 HCP| 1\D/ | + | |11 - 16 HCP| 1\D/ |
| |11 - 16 HCP | 3\c | minors | | |11 - 16 HCP | 3\c | minors | | ||
| |11 - 16 HCP |2\H/2\S | major and secondary \cs| | |11 - 16 HCP |2\H/2\S | major and secondary \cs| | ||
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| |17+ HCP | 1\c|| | |17+ HCP | 1\c|| | ||
| |**Three suiters**||| | |**Three suiters**||| | ||
| - | |11 - 16 HCP | 2\D | singleton in any suit, Can be 544 with void in a minor (and 5 cards in the other minor. | + | |11 - 16 HCP | 2\D | singleton in any suit, Can be 544 with void in a minor (and 5 cards in the other minor). No Major suit void, please! | |
| |17+HCP | 1\c|| | |17+HCP | 1\c|| | ||
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| ===Principle of Canapé=== | ===Principle of Canapé=== | ||
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| descending. In an ascending canapé sequence, the second suit is at | descending. In an ascending canapé sequence, the second suit is at | ||
| least 5 cards long and is //at least// as long as the first. In a descending | least 5 cards long and is //at least// as long as the first. In a descending | ||
| - | canapé, the second suit is //always// longer than the first. | + | canapé, the second suit is //always// longer than the first. |
| ===Roman loser count=== | ===Roman loser count=== | ||
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| for the purpose of evaluating an opening hand. This is the Courtney loser | for the purpose of evaluating an opening hand. This is the Courtney loser | ||
| count as modified by Giorgio Belladonna and Walter Avarelli. | count as modified by Giorgio Belladonna and Walter Avarelli. | ||
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| - | -No one suit can have more than 3 losers | + | - No one suit can have more than 3 losers |
| - | -Each missing Ace, King or Queen is a loser | + | - Each missing Ace, King or Queen is a loser |
| - | -A King with no honor higher than 10 is a 1/4 loser | + | - A King with no honor higher than 10 is a < |
| - | -A Queen with no honor higher than 10 is a 1/2 loser | + | - A Queen with no honor higher than 10 is a < |
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| ===Cue bidding=== | ===Cue bidding=== | ||
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