Canary Club

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====== Opening Bids ======

^Bid            ^Description  ^
|1\C           |17\+ HCP, all hand patterns except 23-24 balanced; (mostly) natural responses.  |
|1\D/1\H/1\S | 11 - 16 HCP unbalanced or semi-balanced hand. Suit of at least 4 cards. Natural in the Canapè sense. |
|1NT            | 13-16 HCP, 4333, 4432, or 4441 (with singleton A or K). Could have a 5 card major if it has only one high honor. |
|2\C           | 11-16 HCP 6 card \C suit, no secondary major |
|2\D           | 11-16 HCP, 3 suited hand (any 4441, or 4450 with 4-4 in the majors) |
|2\H/2\S      | 11-16 HCP, 5-6 card major and 4-5 \C. The hand should have 5-6 losers. |
|2NT            | 23-24 HCP, balanced |
|3\C           | 11-16 HCP, 5\+ in both minors, 4-6 losers. |
|3\D/\H/\S   | Preemptive, according to rule of 2/3 |
|3NT            | Preempt in either \C or \D. |
|4\C/4\D      | Namyats, 8\+ (vulnerable: 8(1/2)\+) tricks in \H/\S. |
|4\H/4\S      | Preemptive, hand not suitable for Namyats. Rule of 2-3 applies. |

===== Balanced openings =====

^Handtype          ^Opening Bid           ^Description ^
|13-16 HCP         | 1NT                  |Could have 5 card major with only one high honor. 4441 is also allowed if the singleton is an A or K. |
|17-20 HCP         | 1\C                 | rebid 1NT |
|21-22 HCP         | 1\C                 | jump in NT |
|23-24 HCP         | 2NT                  |    |
|25\+ HCP         | 1\C                 | jump to 3NT over 1\D |

===== Unbalanced openings =====

==== Strong unbalanced ====

Any unbalanced hands with 17\+ HCP should be opened with 1\C. In the following sections it is assumed that the hand is between 11-16 HCP.

==== One suiters ====
^Handtype          ^Opening Bid           ^Description ^
|5.5\+ \D/\H/\S | 1\D/1\H/1\S | Prepared to rebid the suit w/ or w/o jump, or 2NT, or raise responder with 3 card support. | 
|6\+ \C           | 2\C           | Artificial responses/continuation. |

==== Two suiters ====

In the table below the min. strength refer to 11-14 HCP, the max. strength to 15-16 HCP.

^  Handtype               ^^Opening Bid             ^Description ^
^Distribution   ^Strength    ^:::                   ^:::         ^
|  **Minor two suiters**         ||||
|4\C-5\+\D   | min.       |1\D                  | Over 1\H/1\S rebid 1NT, over 1NT rebid 2\D |
|:::            | max.       |:::                   | Over 1\H/1\S/1NT 3\C rebid (if cannot raise \H/\S) (tend to show 6\+\D) |
|5\C-4\D      | any        |1\D                  | Normal Canapè |
|6\+\C - 4\D | min.       |1\D, or              | Normal Canapè (as if 5\C) |
|:::            |:::         |2\C                  | Suppress \D suit |
|:::            | max.       |2\C                  | Plans to rebid 3\D to show 6-4 with reversing strength |
|5\+\C-5\+\D| 4-6 losers |3\C                  |                   |
|  **Major and secondary \C**  ||||
|5-6\H/\S-4\+\C | 5-6 losers |2\H/2\S        | Artificial responses & continuation |
|7\+\H/\S-4\+\C | any        |1\H/1\S        | Rebid 3NT to show 7 card major with 4\C |
|  **Other two suiters**  ||||
| 5\+-4\+          | any        | 1\D/1\H/1\S       | Normal Canapè |

==== Three suiters ====
^  Handtype                               ^^Opening Bid    ^Description ^
^Distribution               ^Strength      ^:::            ^:::         ^
| 4441 / 4414 / 4450 / 4405 | 11-16 HCP    | 2\D          | singleton or void in a minor |
| 4144 / 1444               | 12\+-16 HCP | 2\D          | singleton major (cannot be void) |

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