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What next? Popular convention after our 1NT

Poll: What next? (42 member(s) have cast votes)

What's your next call?

  1. 4D (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  2. 4C (1 votes [2.38%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 2.38%

  3. 3NT (39 votes [92.86%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 92.86%

  4. Something Else (2 votes [4.76%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 4.76%

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#21 User is offline   cherdano 

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Posted 2010-October-27, 08:12

View Postawm, on 2010-October-23, 12:10, said:

Here's what happened at the table. This was my partner's hand (first-time partnership). She was worried about hearts, and decided to bid 4♣. I held:

♠x ♥ATx ♦Qxxxx ♣AQJx


I decided that the 4♣ call meant she didn't have much wasted in spades, and so we could probably make slam in our best minor suit fit. I tried 5NT (pick-a-slam) aware that she might have 3-3 in the minors. This landed us in 6♦, which has no real play on a heart lead... but the opponents lead clubs at trick one and the diamonds broke, so 6♦ made.

At the other table, opponents were also playing the same convention, but opener rebid 3NT after 3♠ and they played there. Win a bunch of IMPs, but perhaps not really deserved.

Well, I don't know whether you deserved to win IMPs, but your opponents surely deserved to lose them. Club lead??
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Posted 2010-October-27, 08:19

For me this is an easy 3NT. Bidding 3M usually means you're afraid of the singleton, and you're just offering some alternatives. The small doubleton ♥ doesn't scare me to bid 3NT since usually opps lead the singleton anyway.

Perhaps this may be interesting for a simulation: which Major should you lead against an auction 1NT-3M!-3NT? Probably too complicated though...
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Posted 2010-October-27, 14:12

View Postcherdano, on 2010-October-27, 08:12, said:

Well, I don't know whether you deserved to win IMPs, but your opponents surely deserved to lose them. Club lead??

Maybe it was a stiff?
 
 
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Posted 2010-October-27, 14:14

View PostFree, on 2010-October-27, 08:19, said:

Perhaps this may be interesting for a simulation: which Major should you lead against an auction 1NT-3M!-3NT? Probably too complicated though...

The really complicated (or impossible) part is to simulate human factor, bluffing and double-bluffing...
 
 
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Posted 2010-October-27, 21:32

We play that over a bid like that showing shortness and approximate hand pattern...


4C-puppets 4D and promises a natural rebid inviting slam
4D-requests help with the contract as fit is not known

Even so, 3N seems obvious to me.

We also play that if responder shows shortness that he has the strength to envision a 5m contract succeeding...this is largely to prevent opener from choosing a poor 3N contract because of this very concern.
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Posted 2010-October-28, 02:49

Agree with the Hog.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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