CUE BID IN AN
OPPONENT'S SUIT
SSS by Danny Kleinman

SAYC. Michaels when only one suit has been bid, natural when two suits have been bid. Over a minor-suit opening, Michaels shows at least 5-5 in the majors with at least 8 points. Over a major-suit opening, Michaels shows at least 5-5 in the other major and an unspecified minor with at least 10 points (a 2NT reply asks for the Michaels Cue-Bidder's minor; in competitive auctions, if necessary, advancer's 4C may be used to ask the Michaels Cue-Bidder to pass or correct to diamonds, and 4NT may be used to ask for the minor).

SSS. Artificial game force (usually based on a two-suiter) when only one suit has been bid, natural when two suits have been bid. In theory, some version of Michaels Cue-Bids is optimal, but in practice everybody plays a different (usually inferior) version of Michaels (nobody I know plays it the way Mark London says in his description of SAYC). Here we're seeking simplicity and clarity, not optimality. Save the fancy stuff for regular expert partnerships.