Natural 1♥
The major suit openings show 12–17 points and 5+ cards. I separate them into two chapters due to subtle differences in their continuations.
Responses to 1♥ are similar to natural 2/1 along with reverse Bergen raises.
1♥- | 12–17, 5+♥ |
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1♠ | F, 4+♠ |
1NT | NF, usually 7–11, 0–3♠, 0–3♥ |
2♣♦ | NAT FG |
2♥ | CONST, 3+♥ |
2♠! | UNBAL INV, 9–11: 3=♥ or 5+ 4+ in minors |
2NT! | FG, 4+♥ |
3♣! | INV, 4+♥ |
3♦! | CONST, 4+♥ |
3♥! | PRE, 4+♥ |
3♠! | FG SPL, 0–1♠, 4+♥ |
3NT! | Choice of games, 12–15, 33(43) |
4♣! | FG SPL, 0–1♣, 4+♥ |
4♦! | FG SPL, 0–1♦, 4+♥ |
4♥! | PRE, UNBAL 4+♥ |
P-1♥
P-1♥ reduces to a fairly natural system. We can keep using Stenberg 2NT because it assigns minimum hands to 3♣.
P-1♥- | 12–17, 5+♥ |
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2♣♦ | INV, 5+# |
2♠! | UNBAL INV, 3=♥ |
2NT! | INV, 4+♥ |
3♣♦! | INV, 5+#, 4+♥ |
3♥! | CONST, 4+♥ |