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Acol

Acol is the bridge bidding system that, according to The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge, is "standard in British tournament play and widely used in other parts of the world". It is a natural system using four-card majors and, most commonly, a weak no trump.

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Origins

Bidding system structure

Variants

Standard Acol

Competitive bidding

Alternatives

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Acol

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples128
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
Components1

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Acol

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related to Variants · 42
Acol → Acol Strong Two, All, Alternatives, At, Benjaminised, Benji, BfA, Blackwood, Bridge, Developed, EBU, EBUTA, English Bridge Union, For, HCP, However, It, Jacoby, Lucas, Modern Acol
related to Origins · 20
Acol → According, Aces All, Acol Bridge Club, Acol Road, Contract Bridge Journal, December, Guy Ramsay, In, Jack Marx, Kent, London, London NW6, Marx, Maurice Harrison-Gray, Museum Press Limited, Simon, Skid, Skid Simon, Terence Reese, The
related to Alternatives · 12
Acol → Five, For, In, Kaplan, NT, Range-varying, Sheinwold, Sometimes, Standard American, Third Way, This, To
related to External links · 12
Acol → Aylesbury, Described, EBU Committee, Foundation, ISBN, Landy, Really Easy Bidding, Simply English, Standard English Acol, System, The English Bridge Union, UK
related to Bidding system structure · 10
Acol → All, As, HCP, In, It, NT, Standard American, The, Understanding, Vienna
related to Responses to 1NT if opponents overcall · 8
Acol → Double, For, Lebensohl, May, Natural, Some, Stayman, The
related to Responses to 1 of a suit if opponents overcall · 6
Acol → But, Double, Forcing, Generally, HCP, Sputnik
related to Overcalls and doubles · 3
Acol → BfA Acol, Jump, Suit
related to Other common conventions · 2
Acol → Blackwood, Other
related to Standard Acol · 2
Acol → Standard Acol, The

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hcp suit bid forcing least opening bids hand weak strong game system cards 2nt card opener may 12 points one

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Acolis abridge bidding system that0.90text
Viennainstance ofunlike some older systems0.80text
which require responder to jump in order to force opener to bid again.It makes extensive use of limit bidsinstance ofunlike some older systems0.80text
Staymaninstance ofSimple conventions0.80text
Blackwoodinstance ofSimple conventions0.80text
Transfers are included at various stages in the learning processinstance ofSimple conventions0.80text
the Blackwood conventioninstance ofbut forcing to game.Other common conventionsOther common conventions0.80text
its variants also apply in Acolinstance ofbut forcing to game.Other common conventionsOther common conventions0.80text
the Blackwood conventioninstance ofOther common conventionsOther common conventions0.80text
its variants also apply in Acolinstance ofOther common conventionsOther common conventions0.80text
exit transfers are described in the transfers sectioninstance ofOther options0.80text
Acolrelated to AlternativesIn0.60section

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