The hand QJ10, QJ10, QJ10, QJxx much maligned in another thread as hardly worth an opening bid never mind a strong NT in Banzai. It is 23 points in Banzai Well suppose you find yourself playying in 3NT with Axx, Kxx, Kxxx, xxx opposite the above hand. Obviously not a contract of great beauty but it has some genuine chances and certainly if the defense loses a tempo on opening lead there are plenty of potential tricks available. By contrast if partner has opened A strong NT on Kxx, Axx, Axx, Axxx. A real strong NT pre Banzai then I think you have nearly zero chance of making 3NT with the A K K hand certainly i prefer the hand with the queens, Jacks and Tens if I get to 3nt with Axx, Kxx, Kxxx, xxx incidently i thinlk we all know 4333 hands are a negative and holdings such as KQ bare or QJ10 are small negatives so in any point count method one is entitled to upgrade or downgrade a little from the basic point count. Lets see some example hands please rather than opinion where you think the 54321 method doesnt work and we can give our views
