madmonkey

Two others ... A top US pair play "Inverse Polish Club", where 1C is either natural and unlimited or 18+balanced, and 1D is natural or 11-14 balanced. Please see http://tinyurl.com/29zhp Also, Fantoni-Nunes play 11-14 NT and open 1C with natural or any 15+ balanced. The reason I mention this is that they then play 1D and 1H as transfer responses to the 1C opener, and subsequently opener can start using symmetric relays by completing the transfer at the one level. This pretty much maximises the bidding space available for responding to strong balanced hands. just google for "fantoni nunes" and you should be able to find some details.