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+Lesson 9 – LD Precision Club Bidding System
+Review
+Competitive Bidding (Opponents open the bidding)
+(1X) - ?
+NT : 8-12 HCP, 3+ cards in unbid suits, alertable
+Y/2Y :10-15 HCP, 5+ suit
+	Double : either
+-15 HCP with 3+ cards in unbid suits
+-15 HCP, balanced with stopper in opponents suit
+			NT systems on
++ HCP and will rebid new suit
+	Weak Jump Overcalls (WJO) in D/H/S
+-10 HCP, 6+ cards in suit
+X (cue bid) : <11 HCP, 5/5 in top 2 unbid suits
+NT : <11 HCP, 5/5 in bottom 2 unbid suits
+C : <11 HCP, 5/5 in top and bottom unbid suits
+Weak 2 – 2D/2H/2S
+X/3X : 11-15 HCP,  strong 5 card suit or 6+ card suit
+NT : 11-15 HCP, balanced, stopper
+	Double : 11+ HCP, requesting Transfer Lebensohl response
+NT (Strong)
+Meckwell Defense
+Double : Strong or single suited
+	Pass : Balanced, 8+ HCP
+C : <8 HCP
+		Pass or correct
+D : 8+ HCP
+		Pass or correct
+X : 2-suited hand, see website/spreadsheet
+X : 3-suited hand, see website/spreadsheet
+Slam Bidding
+Slams occur infrequently (<5%)
+Glamorous but overrated
+Only 50% of slams are bid
+Only 50% of bid slams are made
+IMP scoring – bid slam with 50% chance of making
+MP scoring – bid slam with 60+% chance of making
+	(Never bid a slam)
+Requirements for slams
+Distributional slams
+	Who knows?
+Non distributional slams
+NT – 33 HCP
+	Missing 1 A or 2K
+NT – 36 HCP
+	Missing 0 A or 1K
+X
+card fit – 32 points
+card fit – 29 points
+card fit – 26 points
+	Missing 1A or 2K
+X
+card fit – 35 points
+card fit – 32 points
+card fit – 29 points
+	Missing 0A or 1K
+Ace/Control asking conventions
+RKC1430
+	Direct bid of 2NT over opening of 1D/1H/1S
+	Jump to 4NT after trump suit established
+	Bid of 4NT after game bid in 4H/4S
+NT invocation difficult when trump suit is a minor
+	Voids and singletons ignored
+st step – 1 or 4 controls
+nd step – 0 or 3 controls
+rd step – 2 controls no Q of trump
+th step – 2 controls with Q of trump
+Practice
+Beta Asking Bid
+	Jump to 4C if no natural C bid otherwise Jump to 4D if no natural D bid
+	Over NT is a replacement for Gerber
+	Response is in steps indicating number of controls where A=2 controls and K=1 control
+st step – 0-2 controls
+			Rebid of next higher suit asks for clarification
+st step – 0 controls
+nd step – 1 control
+rd step – 2 controls
+nd step – 3 controls
+rd step – 4 controls
+		…
+	There are 12 controls total
+	Voids and singletons ignored
+Practice
+D/1H/1S – 2NT (Unique to this system)
++ support and 16+ points (HCP+DP)
+support and 19+ points (HCP+DP)
+	Opener rebids 3NT or 4H/4S/5D if 11-13 HCP
+	Opener rebids as RKC1430 responder if 13-15 HCP
+Practice
+C open
+	After trump suit established
+	Either RKC1430 or Beta Ask by opening bidder (strong hand)
+C open
+D is beta ask
+NT is RKC1430
+D open
+D is beta ask
+NT is RKC1430
+	Since often suit is not established, beta ask is preferred
+NT open
+C is beta ask
+NT is quantitative ask
+NT is grand slam try
+Advice
+	System is aggressive, you don’t need to be.
+	Against reasonably competent opponents you can’t muscle a contract for which you don’t have the cards.
+	The strength of this system is its increased accuracy/precision coupled with aggressiveness.
+	Bid early, tell partner what is going on.
+	Just because opponents outbid you doesn’t mean they will make their contract.
+	Don’t sacrifice on part scores, especially when vulnerable.
+	Opponents don’t have precision, don’t know when to stop, and consequently often overbid.
+	You can apply the Winning Trick Evaluation Method to opponents bidding
+	Only double for penalty when you think they will go down 2+ tricks
+	Bid the system!

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