ALL OF THE BRIDGE CONVENTIONS
YOU COULD EVER WANT
(for now)


Smolen who? Jacoby what? Scramble how? It seems that there are a million different sets of artificial bids and gadgets that different players love to use. Although many an expert player has told me that good bridge players don't need to play any given set of conventions, most have several favorites. Thus began my quest to find conventions.
 OK, onto the conventions. I have listed over 360 conventions and systems for your reference at present. I've organized the conventions into openings, responses, defenses and slam/game probes. Where appropriate, I've tried to place conventions in multiple sections (e.g., a preemptive bid also showing two suits would be in the Preempts and Two-Suited Hands sections).

COMING SOON -- Never mind. All of the feedback I received suggested I keep the page in its present format (all four responses). The masses have spoken.
If you have any additional conventions or good examples of how to use a convention, please send them to me. Also, if you detect any mistakes in a description of a convention, please e-mail me immediately so that I can correct the error as quickly as possible. Thanks for any helpful comments or constructive criticism you may have.
[Openings: Conventional or Treatments]
[Preempts, Overcalls, Preempt Responses, Two-Suited Hands]
[Doubles, Redoubles, Cue Bids and Related Conventions]
[1 NT: Opening, Responses ]
[Two-Over-One]
[Precision Club, Blue Club, Strong Club Conventions ]
[Defenses against Strong Club Openings]
[Responses to Minor Suit Openings]
[Responses to Major Suit Openings]
[Preempts and Defenses to Openings]
[Specific Defenses against Conventional Bids]
[Slam and Game Probe Tools]

  Openings: Conventional or Treatments

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Preempts, Overcalls, Preempt Responses, Two-Suited Hands

For the preempting side:

Defenses against preempts:

Preempting after partner has opened:

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Doubles, Redoubles, Cue Bids and Related Conventions

By the opening side

By the overcalling side

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1 NT: Opening, Responses

The Opening NT Side:

Defenses against NT openings

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Two-Over-One Back to the top of this page
Precision Club, Blue Club, Strong Club Conventions Back to the top of this page
Defenses against Strong Club Openings Back to the top of this page
Responses to Minor Suit Openings Back to the top of this page
Responses to Major Suit Openings

Structures for raising

Strong Raises:

Balanced hands:
Unbalanced hands:

Limit Raises/Responses

Other Raises

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Preempts and Defenses to Openings

Two-suited bids Back to the top of this page
Specific Defenses against Conventional Bids Back to the top of this page
Slam and Game Probe Tools

The tools:

with interference

All purpose tools

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Disclaimer: I have used approximately 35 different sources to create this Web Page and have tried to cite sources wherever they have been substantially copied or paraphrased. If you find any source you believe needs to be cited for any particular convention, please e-mail me immediately. The goal of this page is as a reference source, and I would like all sources to be referenced fairly. Although copyright law only requires a brief citation, I'm more than happy to add reasonable supplemental info any source would like.
E-Mail: marlowc@sprynet.com