Bridge: Standard Dutch Bidding System Now 5 Card Major

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The pages below contain statements by experts and teachers, made in the Magazine of the Dutch Bridge League. The dates refer to the issues of that magazine.

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• What's New
• Opening in one of a suit
  • When to Open | 3rd and 4th Hand
  • Which Suit
  • 1♣ 2+crd
  • One-Over-One
    • Not Strong Rebids
      New Suit, not Reverse | Supporting Partners suit | 1NT Rebid 12-14 hcp | Rebid Own Suit
    • Strong Rebids
      Reverse | 2NT 18-19 hcp | Jump New Suit | Jump Rebid Own Suit | Support with Jump | 3NT | Double Jump
    • Opponents Interfere
  • 1NT answer
  • 2-over-1
    • Not Strong Rebids
      Rebid own suit | 2NT 12-14 | New Suit
    • Strong Rebids
      3NT rebid | Supporting partners suit GF | Reverse GF | Jump Rebid New Suit | Jump Rebid own Suit
    • Opponents Interfere
  • Support Minor (inverted) | Major
  • 2/3NT
  • Jump in a new Suit
  • Higher Jumps
  • Partner Passes
  • Interference: Takeout Double | Overcall 2♥ and lower | 2♠ and Higher | 1NT | Twosuiter
• Opening 1 NT
  • 2♣ Stayman
  • 2♦/2♥ Transfer
  • 2♠/NT Transfer
  • 3 in a suit
  • higher
  • When opponents interfere: Dbl | 2♣ | 2♦ | Higher
• 2 openings and higher
  2♣ Opening | 2♦ Multicoloured | 2♥/♠ Muiderberg | 2NT Opening | Three Openings | 3NT Opening | Higher
• Slam bidding
  Mixed cuebids | Roman Keycard Blackwood | 5 in Trumpsuit | Grand Slam Bidding
• Defence
  
  • Against one in a suit
    
    • 1♣ and Strong Pass
    • Take Out Double | Minimum Answer in a Suit | Stronger Answers | LHO bids
    • Overcall: Support | Cuebid | NT | New Suit | Opponents
    • 1NT Overcall
    • Cuebid/2NT/3♣ (Ghestem)
    • Weak Jump Overcall
    • Jump Cuebid
    • In the fourth hand
    • In the sandwich position
  • Against NT
  • Against 2♣ | 2♦ Multi | Weak Two/Muiderberg | higher bids
• Misc bidding
• Lead and signals

Also take a look at Dutch Doubleton, Looier System, two possible future Standard Dutch systems and Dutch Precision and other strong ♣

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