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To bid or not to bid

Poll: To bid or not to bid (14 member(s) have cast votes)

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  1. Pass (3 votes [21.43%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 21.43%

  2. 4S Last Train (4 votes [28.57%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 28.57%

  3. Other (7 votes [50.00%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 50.00%

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#21 User is offline   Zelandakh 

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Posted 2012-October-16, 09:09

 Fluffy, on 2012-October-16, 09:08, said:

4♣ is natural 5 card, not a cuebid. 4♦ is the only cuebid avaible.

How can 4♣ show 5 when 1NT denied a 5 card suit?
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Posted 2012-October-16, 09:28

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4♣ is natural 5 card, not a cuebid. 4♦ is the only cuebid avaible.


Meh. If I wanted to show clubs I would show clubs instead of bal hand somewhere around 1st round of bidding.
Imo cue-bid (or some sort of good H raise) is much more useful here.
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Posted 2012-October-16, 09:35

 Zelandakh, on 2012-October-16, 09:09, said:

How can 4♣ show 5 when 1NT denied a 5 card suit?


OP made a typo somewhere, 3♣ shows 4+ so 5 shouldbe possible, most normal is that 1NT can have 5cm but not 5cM
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Posted 2012-October-16, 10:28

 phil_20686, on 2012-October-16, 06:17, said:

Kxx KQxx xx KQxx makes slam very good.

Not really "very good". If trumps are 3-2 you are not home by any means, you will still need the ace of clubs onside or the diamond finesse as you lack the entries to ruff two clubs in hand. At a rough estimate, the slam is 75% around 68% of the time and 12.5% around 28% of the time and no play 4% of the time. I make that around 54%.
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Posted 2012-October-16, 10:53

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