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Lebensohl is usually not to get you to a marvelous game contract, but to keep you out of trouble. Partner opens 1 NT opps overcall you bid 2 NT (alert) relays partner to 3 clubs (alert) which you will pass of that is your suit or you will bid any non-jump it is to play. If in the event you have the overcalled suit well stopped you will force partner to 3 clubs and then bid 3 NT (alert). if you bid 3 NT directly over the interference (alert) it shows a aise to 3 NT without interfered suit stopped If Partner does not have it stopped he will start runouts at the 4 level with his lowest 4-5 card suit if you have to, you may correct to a suit of your own. Lebensohl is also useful when opps open a weak two bid and partner doubles. A bid by you of 2 NT sends partner 2 3 clubs and you will set the contract. Hope this clears your Lebensohl problems. I am a director in the IAC and I intend to give a class on the uses of Lebensohl Dave Jerviss DAVDJ1

4!S.bToo much to pass or X b

Take A!H finesse !S 100%

5 !S is my bid

6 should work more often than Q therefor is percentage play. Any other lead might give declarer a free finess

Bergen responses solve many of the problems: 1nt p 2cl, p 2d= both majors & 15-bad16 2h=min w/h not s, 2nt=min no major, 3cl= ma, no maj 3d= max both majs, 3h= max h not sp, 3sp=max sp not h. I use this with my regular P

wothon ypur system, 5D/over 4S will probably get yputp 6S

Jacoby 2NT: 1S-2NT 4CL-4NT ending in 6S

What question? GREEN CARD unless you are dead anyway and only a top can save you