Cuebidding

______ Such cuebids may, depending up the situation, be natural (as after the opponents have bid two suits naturally) or conventional. In the above example 2 is Michaels, showing the majors, in SAYC.

______ This lesson test focuses on the slam-going cuebids of a control (Ace, void or perhaps King or singleton) in the bid suit. These occur at a level which forces to game in that suit. Hence, cuebids begin at the 4 level unless trump is Hearts, in which case they can begin with 3.

Opener	Responder
1	3
4	---

______ 4 in the above auction shows a control in Clubs and interest in a Spade slam.

______ There are two styles of cuebidding. One is part of SAYC and is commonly taught to and played by novice-intermediates in North America. The other is played by everyone else--including many of the experts teaching those North American newcomers. We will refer to the former as the "North American" style while the other will be described euphemistically as the "European" approach to cuebidding.

______ True or false: the "North American" style is characterized by cuebidding only first round controls (i.e. Aces or, perhaps, voids) on the first round of cuebidding.

True.

False.

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