Name & Approach

Filling out the Right Side of a Convention Card

The right side of the card records how your pair opens and responds and the left side shows how you overcall, lead, preempt, etc.
Start on the right side, at the top.

Name and Approach Box

Names             Your names. (Optional, but nice.)

General Approach            Standard American; Two Over One; Strong Club, Precision; ACOL are examples. You should probably start with SA (Standard American.)

Pair # Your E/W or N/S pair number. (optional.)

Strong Forcing Opening: 2§ [ ] 2 bids [ ] 1 § [ ] Other _________________

Our card in this section:

      Names            Bob and Georgia

General Approach Two Over One - OIC

OIC means Off In Competition, which is how most players who use Two Over One treat it. It means a two level bid over an opponent's intervening bid is not forcing to game, e.g., [1© - 2§ - 2¨ ].

Pair # ________________

Strong Forcing Opening: 2§ [X ] 2 bids [ ] 1 § [ ] Other _________________

This is the bid you use for opening your biggest hands. Usually it is 2§ [x] playing Standard or 2/1. It could be 2 bids [x] if you play old fashioned strong twos systems or 1§ [x] if you play Precision or other big club systems.