====Unusual Positive Responses==== ^Responses^Description and Development^ |3\C|singleton in a black suit and 7-10 HCP, 4441 distribution| | | Opener bids: 3\d, Responder shows the black suit with 4 cards, lower for lower, higher for higher| |3\D|singleton in a red suit and 7-10 HCP, 4441 distribution | | | Opener bids: 3\H, Responder shows the red suit with 4 cards, lower for lower, higher for higher| |3\H|singleton \S 11 plus HCP, 3 plus controls| |3\S|singleton \C 11 plus HCP, 3 plus controls | |4\C|singleton \D 11 plus HCP, 3 plus controls| |4\D| singleton \H 11 plus HCP, 3 plus controls | Opener's rebid in singleton is asking for total controls (A=2, K=1). The first step for minimum (3\C, 3\D response) is 0-2 controls, the first step for maximum (3\H, 3\S, 4\C, 4\D response) is 3 controls. Any other suit bid by opener is honor asking with first step: no honor second step: 1 honor, 3rd step: 2 honors, etc. Opener's second rebid of singleton (i.e. only after having bid the singleton on his first rebid) asks for Queens wholesale (do not count the singleton Q).