• 0 to 7 pts:  Responder bids  PASS  - There are not enough points to support the opener. The opener might have to play a 1 NT contract.
• 8 to 9 pts:  Responder bids  2 NT  - There are not quite enough points for a game in No Trump. Opener is the declarer, and the responder's hand will be exposed in the dummy.
• 10 to 17 pts:  Responder bids  3 NT  - There are enough points for a game in No Trump. Opener is the declarer, and the responder's hand will be exposed in the dummy.

Bid 3 by Opener. The responder's 2 NT bid indicates 8 to 9 points, which may not be enough points for a game. If the opener has 17 points, there are enough combined points for a game, so the opener will bid  3 NT . Otherwise, the responder will  PASS . Opener is the declarer, and the responder's hand will be exposed in the dummy.

   • 0 to 7 pts:  Responder bids  PASS  - There are not enough points to support the opener. The opener might have to play a 1 NT contract.
   • 8 to 9 pts:  Responder bids  2 NT . There are not quite enough combined points for a game in No Trump, and not enough points for a game in clubs. The long club suit might be helpful in making a sub game contract.
   • 10 to 13 pts:  The responder has 2 options:
      1) Responder bids  3 NT . There are enough combined points for a game in No Trump, but not enough points for a game in clubs. The long club suit might be helpful in making the NT contract.
      2) If the responder's hand will not play well in a No Trump contract, the responder bids  3 ♣ .

   • 14 to 17 pts:  The responder has 2 options:
      1) Responder bids  3 NT . There are enough combined points for a game in No Trump and in clubs. The long club suit might be helpful in making the NT contract.
      2) There are enough combined points for a game in in clubs. If the responder's hand will not play well in a No Trump contract, the responder bids game at  5 ♣ . The responder will be the declarer.

Bid 3 by Opener.
 • If the responder bids 2 NT - the opener has two options:
     15 to 16 pts - Opener bids  PASS . There are not enough combined points for a game.
     17 pts - Opener bids  3 NT . There are enough combined points for a game.

 • If the responder bids 3 NT - the opener bids  PASS .

 • If the responder bids 3 Clubs - Responder feels the contract may not play well in No Trump, and should be played in clubs. The opener has two options. One is to return to a No Trump contract and bid  3 NT  and play the game level contract. Or the opener can bid  PASS  and let the responder be the declarer who plays the sub-game contract in clubs.

 • If the responder bids 5 Clubs - Responder feels the contract will not play well in No Trump, but should be played in clubs. The opener bids  PASS  and the responder will be the declarer who plays the game-level contract. Since the responder's hand in about the same strength as the opener, there is an advantage in keeping the hand with the long suit and series of short suits out of the dummy.

   • 0 to 7 pts:  Responder bids  PASS  - There are not enough points to support the opener. The opener might have to play a 1 NT contract.
   • 8 to 9 pts:  Responder bids  2 NT . There are not quite enough combined points for a game in No Trump, and not enough points for a game in diamonds. The long diamond suit might be helpful in making a sub game contract.
   • 10 to 13 pts:  The responder has 2 options:
      1) Responder bids  3 NT . There are enough combined points for a game in No Trump, but not enough points for a game in diamonds. The long diamond suit might be helpful in making the NT contract.
      2) If the responder's hand will not play well in a No Trump contract, the responder bids  3 ♦  and will be the declarer.

   • 14 to 17 pts:  The responder has 2 options:
      1) Responder bids  3 NT . There are enough combined points for a game in No Trump and in diamonds. The long diamond suit might be helpful in making the NT contract.
      2) There are enough combined points for a game in in diamonds. If the responder's hand will not play well in a No Trump contract, the responder bids game at  5 ♦ . The responder will be the declarer.

Step 3 by Opener.
 • If the responder bids 2 NT - the opener has two options:
     15 to 16 pts - Opener bids  PASS . There are not enough combined points for a game.
     17 pts - Opener bids  3 NT . There are enough combined points for a game.

 • If the responder bids 3 NT - the opener bids  PASS .

 • If the responder bids 3 Diamonds - Responder feels the contract may not play well in No Trump, and should be played in diamonds. The opener has two options. One is to return to a No Trump contract and bid  3 NT  and play the game level contract. Or the opener can bid  PASS and let the responder be the declarer who plays the sub-game contract in diamonds.

 • If the responder bids 5 Diamonds - Responder feels the contract will not play well in No Trump, but should be played in diamonds. The opener bids  PASS  and the responder will be the declarer who plays the game-level contract. Since the responder's hand in about the same strength as the opener, there is an advantage in keeping the hand with the long suit and series of short suits out of the dummy.