These are useful conventions that do not fit neatly into any other category.
SUTLI is an acronym that stands for steps up-the-line. It is the ideal agreement for any situation in which you need to give partner stepped information about your hand. The agreement could not be simpler. The cheapest bid shows the weakest holding, the next bid shows the second weakest, and so on. If the last … Read more
In classic Standard American, if you opened 1m, partner responded 1♢ or 1♡, and you had a 4c major that could be bid at the 1-level, you were expected to bid it. The corollary was that 1m–1X–1N denied a major that could have been bid below 1N. This treatment has gone out of fashion. The … Read more
In many auctions, clubs and hearts are connected (♣—♡) while spades are connected to diamonds (♢—♠). The links can work both ways. The most common is that a bid of clubs shows something in hearts and a bid of diamonds shows something in spades, but in some auctions bidding hearts shows clubs and bidding spades … Read more