Things That You Need to Discuss with Partner Before Playing…
- General bidding:
- When is a new suit not forcing?
- If playing 2/1: How far is 1♦ – 2♣ forcing?
- Opening NT:
- 5-card major or not?
- How to handle interference at 2-level, at 3-level?
- How for responder to handle weak 5/4 majors?
- Super accept in Majors with min hand or max hand?
- Pre-acceptance in minor-suit transfers?
- Lebensohl:
- Any modifications?
- Also over weak 2’s and/or reverses?
- Gambling 3NT: Outside values?
- Major Openings: What is 1M-3NT?
- If playing Bergen, what distribution points are used?
- What kind of game tries?
- If help suit (HSGT), what constitutes “help”?
- Drury: After both 3rd/4th seat openers, or just 3rd?
- Inverted Minors:
- Is inverted minor GF? What are the priorities after inverted minor – natural (2nd suit) or stopper of point range?
- Minor suit Blackwood (Minorwood)?
- 2♣ Opener:
- If playing 2♥ as double negative, what is 2NT? Is 2♣ -2♥ /2♠ 5 card or 6 card?
- If playing controls, what is 2♠ and what is 2NT?
- How to handle interference?
- Weak 2-Bids:
- If playing Ogust, what constitutes good hand?
- If playing Ogust, what constitutes good suit?
- If responding with Feature, will you show feature with minimum opener?
- 2 way check back or nmf :
- What is the order of obligations of opener?
- 4SF? What is the order of obligations of opener?
- Special Doubles:
- When is a double Responsive?
- What will it promise?
- Simple Overcalls:
- What is the style of NV and Vulnerable overcalls?
- Notrump Overcalls:
- When are systems on/off?
- Balancing:
- How aggressive is balancing?
- When to balance with double, with NT?
- Balancing NT ;
- systems on/off?
- Defense over NT:
- Over weak or strong? What is strong NT?
- Direct only, or also balance seat?
- What strength will overcalls show?
- When can double be left for penalty?
- Opening PreEmpts:
- What constitutes a “sound” pre-empt?
- Direct Cuebid:
- What does a cuebid of an artificial minor mean?
- What does a cuebid of a short club mean?
- What strength does cuebid show?
- Slam Conventions:
- Queen Ask?
- 5NT – Specific King or Number of Kings?
- Exclusion Blackwood? And when?
- Leads:
- Against NT; count or attitude leads?
- Carding:
- Attitude first, followed by count?
- Discards:
- When is discard suit preference?
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Very well put Joy, this is definitely a good framework to start off any partnership. I’m pretty sure most of established partnerships will have difference of opinion in a lot of these situations. They may have discussed a situation without reaching an agreement.
A good exercise for a serious pdship would be to answer the questionnaire independently and then reach an agreement over areas where there are differences.
One area I believe you missed out on is forcing passes. Perhaps you can include that.
Agreed Thak. I will add finer details as we go along.
Forcing Pass/ Competitive Doubles, Priorities in 2 over 1 auction when a minor suit fit has been established, ….
yes definitely a good framework to start off