Flannery

Flannery is a specialized convention to bid a minimum opening hand with 5 hearts and 4 spades.
It is diffficult to bid such a hand in Standard American or Two over One, and so this bid fills a gap in the constructive bidding arsenal.


Open Resp Rebid    
         
2D     11-15 pts, 5 card hearts, 4 card spades  
  2H,2S   Weak, to play  
  2N   Asking for more description, game force  
    3C 3 card clubs ( singleton diamond )  
    3D 3 card diamonds (singleton club )  
    3H 4-5-2-2 distribution  
    3S 4-5-2-2 distribution with maximum points  
    4C 4 card clubs ( diamond void ) and not minimum  
    4D 4 card diamonds ( club void ) and not minimum  
  3H,3S   Invitational  


Two diamond conventions:   Flannery   Mini Roman   Maxi Roman   Multi


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