[mike777]

pclayton, on Oct 5 2005, 07:51 PM, said:

A good agreement in NMF style auctions is that opener bids the other 4 card major 1st. Its especially important in auctions where Opener has shown a strong hand with a 2N rebid instead of 1N, to right-side the contract.

If I am reading BWS correctly they bid the 3 card major first before the major.

[joker_gib]

Just for your information : in France and in Belgium, it is very common that the 2♣ Roudi (from Roudinesco) is played. It is very simple and very effective :

1m 1M
1NT 2♣ = at least invit with 5M or not

2♦ : mini, 2 cards in M
2♥ : mini, 3 cards in M
2♠ : maxi (14), 3 cards in M
2NT : maxi, 2 cards in M

with the inference that :

1m 1M
1NT 2NT = transfer to 3♣ cause you can't play 2♣ anymore.

Alain