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Competing at the 1-level

Notrump becomes cuebid after a double. We still need fit-showing jumps, so Truscott 2NT fits well.

1(X)-
XXNF BAL G/T, 10+
1Usually 5+
1NT!TRF, 5+
2!TRF, 5+
2!TRF, 8+, 3+
2PRE, 0–7, 3+
2!LIM+, 3=, 6+
2NT!LIM+, 4+
3!CONST+, 5+#, 4+
3COMP, 7–9, 4+

Bo-Yin Yang found that 1(1) is highly similar to 1(X) and introduced the following bidding structure to BTU in 1999.

1(1)-
XT/O, maybe BAL
1NT!TRF, 5+
2!TRF, 5+
2!TRF, 9–11, 3+
2PRE, 4–8, 3+
2!FG, 3=
2NT!LIM+, 4+
3!CONST+, 5+#, 4+
3COMP, 7–9, 4+
3!S/T, 3+ w/o CTRL
3NT!COG, 3+ w/ A/K
4!FRAG, 3+, 0–1
4!STR PRE, 4+
4PRE, UNBAL 4+