Booklet for the ACBL Standard Yellow Card

Form SP3

The ACBL Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC) was created to be the required system to be used in a Standard Yellow Card event. The object was to provide a simple, modern method that will lead to a good, solid understanding in a partnership when both players have read this booklet.

Topics covered

• Choices
• General Approach
• Responses and later bidding after a 15-17 1NT opening
• Responses to a 2NT or 3NT opening
• Responses and later bidding after a 1-heart or a 1-spade opening
• Subsequent bidding by responder
• Responses to 1-club or a 1-diamond opening
• A 2-club opening, responses, and later bidding
• Sequence after a weak two-bid of 2-diamond, 2-heart or 2-spade
• Opening preempts
• Slam bidding
• Defensive bidding
• Competitive bidding
• Defensive leads and signals
  

  Paper booklet 8 pages: 2006