Standard Yellow Card Booklet

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