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Posted 2011-September-07, 17:32

is?

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Posted 2011-September-07, 18:30

Pick from the 3 suits?
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Posted 2011-September-07, 18:46

forcing.
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Posted 2011-September-07, 19:08

Spades and a minor?
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Posted 2011-September-07, 21:11

Transfer?

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


 rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

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Posted 2011-September-07, 22:02

No no, it is Superman !
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Posted 2011-September-08, 02:12

Yamnats
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Posted 2011-September-08, 02:37

The same as over an opening 4♥. That is, spades and a minor, slam-invitational, but we can stop in 5♠.

To show a slam try with just spades, you have two routes:
- A direct 5♠
- 4NT (initially minors) followed by 5♠.

This post has been edited by gnasher: 2011-September-08, 10:37

... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2011-September-08, 16:53

5H is a bad bid. Can't be right.
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Posted 2011-September-08, 17:26

Yes, it is probably the right idea to declare that a bid which you haven't seen or used before must be a bad bid. It saves a lot of effort trying to decide what the best use of the bid might be.
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Posted 2011-September-08, 17:36

Maybe a bad idea but I would think:
4n- initial minors or spade slamtry with heart q.(follow up 5h void and one suiter in spades)
5s- slamtry no heart q
5hearts- void and a 2suiter in minors.
5n-pick a slam-2places
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Posted 2011-September-08, 20:43

I had KTxxx Ax A AK9xx. No idea if pard was on the same wavelength when he bid 5N.

Your call now??
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Posted 2011-September-08, 21:45

ok, so I feel like we're in uncharted waters and someone has to take a flyer, wish there was a way around that but there just isn't. There's no way a non-world class partnership has these kinds of bids defined. I'm bidding 6H with the intention of playing 7 of a black suit.

Actually im just bidding 7C.
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Posted 2011-September-08, 21:50

I would also force to 7.
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Posted 2011-September-09, 15:41

View Postgnasher, on 2011-September-08, 02:37, said:

The same as over an opening 4♥. That is, spades and a minor, slam-invitational, but we can stop in 5♠.

To show a slam try with just spades, you have two routes:
- A direct 5♠
- 4NT (initially minors) followed by 5♠.


I don't entirely agree with this. The other possible hand type you can have for a 5-heart bid is a 3-suiter slam force with a heart void. It's not the same as over a 4H opening, because when you have that hand you double 4H; however here you are forced to double 4H with random balanced values because you know you are opposite a strong NT and can't pass.
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Posted 2011-September-10, 02:46

View PostFrancesHinden, on 2011-September-09, 15:41, said:

I don't entirely agree with this. The other possible hand type you can have for a 5-heart bid is a 3-suiter slam force with a heart void. It's not the same as over a 4H opening, because when you have that hand you double 4H; however here you are forced to double 4H with random balanced values because you know you are opposite a strong NT and can't pass.

I think a direct 5NT should show the three-suiter. I don't think that's a standard agreement though.
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Posted 2011-September-10, 02:55

is 4N clearly 2 places to play? I agree it should be but you can make a pretty reasonable case for needing a natural 4N bid.
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Posted 2011-September-10, 02:56

View Postgnasher, on 2011-September-08, 02:37, said:

The same as over an opening 4♥. That is, spades and a minor, slam-invitational, but we can stop in 5♠.

To show a slam try with just spades, you have two routes:
- A direct 5♠
- 4NT (initially minors) followed by 5♠.


I didnt know 4N followed by 5S shows just spades? :( How standard is that? I guess its to distinguish hands with or without a heart control?
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Posted 2011-September-10, 03:00

View PostJLOGIC, on 2011-September-10, 02:55, said:

is 4N clearly 2 places to play? I agree it should be but you can make a pretty reasonable case for needing a natural 4N bid.


I wondered that (I play more 4NT bids as natural than most) but I think you double with most 'natural' 4NT bids. That just leaves the hands with a long minor, but 4NT is a bit of a narrow target there.
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Posted 2011-September-10, 03:19

View PostJLOGIC, on 2011-September-10, 02:56, said:

I didnt know 4N followed by 5S shows just spades? :( How standard is that?


Probably not at all - I think I was answering the question "What's best?" rather than "What's standard?". It is, however, consistent with how "everyone" plays
1NT 4♠ 4NT pass
5♣ pass 5♥
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