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4 NT looks good, and after pd finds out about my 2 suits he will make a wise decision. Mike :D

Wow,,, you go from not bidding a side card suit with four card support to bidding a side suit with good four card support in less than one day. Seems you changed your mind very quickly aoubt helping partner out. I note another thing here. You also turned me on to ZAR points, and here you will "try for game" (I assume this means make a game try). But this responder hand is worth a lot of ZAR points, on its own it has 27 ZAR points, and in support of ♠, you get two more for AQ of ♠, and some for 9 card superfit too. This is a game forcing hand, not game try hand, and is not at all far of from a slam try DESPITE its mere 11 hcp. You total ZAR points counting superfit being something like 31 I believe. I can't imagine you would use language like "try for game." I don't follow your subsequent auctions to the second two, but like you, i will respond with 2NT to both of those, and then drag my feet like crazy after that, because I have minimum GF values, unlike the first example. BTW, ZAR bidding machine says 7.0 ♠ on all three hand combinations, and that just can't be right....in the case of the third combination, since you are off the ♣ACE (blackwood anyone), but 6♠ looks good to me.... [hv=w=skxxxxxhaxdaxckqx&e=saqtxhkqxdqxxxcxx]266|100|[/hv] Win 6♠ 3♥ 1♦ 1♣ and 1♣ ruff. The second hand combination is more problematic. There is no source of tricks, but with good guess in a red suit (and well placed king), you might scramble how with 12 tricks. Anyway, I bid 2♣ on board one and jacoby on board 2,3, just as you have done in your latest post. And I still DISAGREE with your origianlly stated position of raising directly with four trumps...as you know apparently do too. Ben I think I said in that post that I will bid 2NT, with my pd's who play that as limitraise or better. But with pd's I don't play much with, and therefore don't play ZAR (yet). I cannot bid J2NT since they play that stronger . Mike :D

MP's I X. IMP's I will most likely pass, but if I am down in match and I need some I will stick my neck out. Mike :D

4♠ with most pd's, 2♠ with select few. Mike :D

PASS Mike :lol:

5 Level is for the opps. But I have a little bit of a problem with the 4♠ bid, think it is too strong. I would bid 3♥ as a 4 card limit raise. Not perfect I agree, but 4 ♠ is less perfect. And playing with a pd who opens light or agressive, maybe using ZAR, I have to keep that in mind. But the 1 NT overcall sure made life harder. Mike :lol:

You still agreeing 100% ? Mike :lol:

♣On first example most won't bid J2NT with 11 count, my wk NT pd and I play 2NT as Inv or better. But the question was for J2NT, so I will bid 2♣, a slight overbid maybe but with my good ♠ fit and 2 aces, I'll try game. I bid 3♣, pd will bid 3♠, and I will bid 4♦. Pd RKC and asking specific Kings and we get to 7♠. Now the 2nd example, pd will use J2NT, and I bid 3♠, showing no shortness or 2nd long suit and better then minimum hand. Now pd can see we have somewhat duplicate hands, since that's what I showed. He can now bid 3 NT, showing a balanced 4-3-3-3, and a decent hand. Conventions are nice but common sense you need otherwise you will not win in bridge. 3rd Hand, again J2NT, again 3♠ (same as above). This hand is better then 2nd hand, therefore pd might bid 4♥. I will bid RKC and end in 6♠. I will make 12 tricks. only have to ruff 1 ♣. Mike :D P.S. you can search many many hands and eventually you might find a hand where your gambling pays off better then my bidding, but at that point I will be up about 1000 imps anyhow :lol:

I would prefer " Don't speak" by No doubt. Mike B)

And how can I possibly count 13 tricks ? On a ♣ finesse at best. Like I said come on down and try to beat me with bidding like that. Of course the ♣ finesse might always work for you, but when I bid a Grandslam I like to be fairly sure I will make it, since my teammates are not that forgiving. Mike B)

My pd bids 2NT, and I bid 3♦, shortness. Am sure my pd is happy with that, since he now knows that I have a ♣ fit. So he bids either a quebid or RKC and with all he needs to know, he can even find out about my K of ♣. Mike B)

So, eventually it will happen B) But not in my lifetime. Mike :D P.S. Bridgeplayer Looking for Vampire to live Forever... Since I already sold my soul to the devil :)

Sounds like fun, but I don't think you will be able to find all the same level players with all these different systems. And then you also have the problem that certain hands just bid better with certain systems. Maybe if you make it a regular tourney, and post the result over a period of, let's say, 50 tourneys. You might have a chance then. But any idea is better then none :) Mike B)

Either play for a squeeze or for the ♦ to behave. I am playing for squeeze otherwise Ben wouldn't put it in here hehehe. So win in dummy and start playing trump, pitching ♠ and 1♣ and 1♦ in dummy. Somebody must start feeling uncomfortable, and I pick up on that fairly quick. Making a slam on a squeeze much more fun anyway. Mike B)

2♦ and after pd's 2♥, I bid 3♥. This should not be on a 4 card suit, since no neg X. Therefore 3♥ should be on decent suit, and willing to play 4♥. Mike B)

I play, with no other info available, the Q after the J. Mike B)

Can't be made. Unless opps make mistake, but switch to ♥ at trick 2 and hand is over. Mike B)

Penalty X is nonsense against strong NT. Against wk NT I like it, but I play it in direct seat as strong NT or better, but in passout seat, I can be very light. Mostly Meckwell in passout seat. I like people who X against my wk NT with equal or better value, I never seems to get enough of these +800 against a partscore or +960 etc. people are so afraid when we open wk NT against them we are trying to steal and they will do anything to stop that. Keep it up.... Mike B)

This is a minimum ZAR opening, but the 6 card ♠ suit is nice. But I think if I open 2♠ we still be playing 6♠. Pd has the world, and this is one the of the reasons i play decent preempts in first or second seat. Mike B)

Duck the ♣, rectify the count. And onwards we go. Mike B)

I will bid 4♥, with that I am denying any cards in minor suit as well as singleton or void in minor suits. Now pd should have a good idea about your hand. Like I always said and keep on saying, common sense will get you to best spot almost always. Mike B)

I agree with 6♣, but.. Playing in tournaments like Aba, you know most that bid slam will overbid and try NT, no matter how bad it is. You almost have to bid it, to protect youself against the field. Mike B)

I am not sure if 6♠ is better contract, ♦ ruff is looking very likely. 6♦ in my eyes is better contract, you need a ♥ lead and the ♥Ace to be wrong to beat it. In 6 ♠ you have that ♦ problem. But on auction you gave I think after 4♣ from opps instead of 4♦ I would bid 4♠. I rather have AJ in possible trump suit then xxx. Mike B)

There is one other bid coming to my mind, but this is only if you play lebensohl over reverses. and that is 3♣, GF and looking for ♣ slam. Mike B)

2♠, I really don't see any other bid that makes sense. We are now in GF auction at the 2 level, isn't that great. Mike B)