2 Club Opening Bid

Either a balanced hand with 23+pts, or a distributional hand with 10+ playing tricks (it doesn’t show a club suit). Forcing to game, except after  2C - 2D - 2NT

Responses	Opener's rebids
2 Diamonds (negative) denies a holding as good as: • Any one Ace or King • Biddable suit with 1½ quick tricks • Any 9pts including one king • Any 8pts including two kings 2 Diamonds can also be used as a relay bid awaiting opener to clarify which type of 2 Club opener it is (balanced or distributional)	2NT with 23 - 24 balanced 3NT with 25 - 26 balanced 2H, 2S, 3C, 3D shows a game going hand with 5 quick tricks and in unconditionally game forcing
2H, 2S, 3C, 3D A 5 card (or more) suit with 2 of the top 3 honours	Unconditionally game forcing - bidding proceeds naturally