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+
1F, 4+
1NTNF, usually 7–11, 0–3, 0–3
2NAT FG
2CONST, 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+
2INV, 5+#
2!UNBAL INV, 3=
2NT!INV, 4+
3!INV, 5+#, 4+
3!CONST, 4+