[pescetom]

GrahamJson, on 2019-June-07, 11:53, said:

Personally I think that using a waiting 2D is way overdone these days

See this example of the damage a non-waiting reply can do:
https://bridgewinner...sy-slam-missed/

[nige1]

pescetom, on 2019-June-09, 16:01, said:

See this example of the damage a non-waiting reply can do:https://bridgewinner...sy-slam-missed/

Pescetom refers to the deal on the left from the 2019 Senior USBC USA2 Final .
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Swings and roundabouts

If North held ♦ A Q x instead of a void then South's 3♦ bid would facilitate the auction.

On the actual deal and auction Kit Woolsey's comment (below) seems apt...

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Kit Woolsey said:

I don't know what their agreements are. However, if the strong hand had bid 4♣ then 5♥ (over likely 4♦ or 4♥) rather than an immediate 5♥, the weak hand wouldn't have been worried about being off the AK of clubs. Thus, that has to be a better sequence.

[Tramticket]

pescetom, on 2019-June-09, 16:01, said:

See this example of the damage a non-waiting reply can do:
https://bridgewinner...sy-slam-missed/

David Burn's comment on that thread is priceless:

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I don't know why this slam was missed, because I don't know North-South's methods. All I can say at the moment is: neither did they, which may have had something to do with it.