Hyperon

I can play with my regular partner, blink128.

http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=9340-1494698659&u=hyperon Close win 38-37 :)

2NT

4♥ but I wouldn't be surprised if partner has some strong NT like AJxx Kx AQJx KJx and tries for slam and we go down in 5♥ :P

I can barely think of hands that want to double for penalty after passing 1NT and in front of the bidder. Take-out is a lot more useful.

When I transfer to clubs with xxx xx xx KQxxxx and my partner can super accept, I know we have good play in 3NT. This would be impossible to find with your method. I don't understand why everyone wants to get rid of bidding Stayman without a 4 card major. After the auction 1NT-2♣-2♠-2NT, the defense will not know whether responder has 4 hearts or not, which can only be a good thing.

Duck to give partner his potential ♣Qx. There is almost no option to put up a special defense here. Partner's lead is unlikely to be a singleton and partner is unlikely to hold the ♦A.

We do not play unbalanced ♦, just a standard 4+. My side point was that with hands like 4144 or 4054 I may have bid 4♠ instead of double... or not?

If we assume dummy will have a maximum of 2 spades and 3-4 hearts, there will often be too many diamonds between declarer and dummy to be effective. A heart honor blows a trick too often. I'm leading a club.

A board from today's match against JEC: Diagram I'm not interested in how the play went, only the auction. I passed 4♠, Lorenzo Lauria bid 5♣ over it on the other table. I don't understand this fully. Can't partner have a 6322, 5422, ...? Further: would it be useful to seperate t/o doubles with 4 spades from t/o doubles without 4 spades by simply bidding 4♠ with the first type? Two consequences I can think of: 1) You lose the option to play 4♥X opposite the first hand type, but there could be more to gain than to lose there. 2) Your 5x6x hands are buried in the 4♠ bid: neglegible?

A sixth heart means a loser less in 4♥ or a winner more in 3NT, so it is "more invitational" than 2♥. It's always good to inform partner about his degree of support (a 6-3 fit is so much better than a 5-3). Perhaps he can count 9 tricks suddenly and bid 3NT with a combined 23 HCP.

I can play with my regular partner (blink128).

It is true that you could play something like good/bad: 3♣ = 5+♠ & 4+♥, gameforcing 3♦ = 6+♠, gameforcing 3M = natural, not forcing but in reality I would probably never bid on the 3-level with a hand where partner should not raise to game with a fit, so it wouldn't add much.

Could you translate a bit? I would like to know the exact meaning of pass/rdbl/3NT. I chose them in a way that it's possible to rightside in case of a single and double stopper. For example, rdbl should never mean a single stopper/double stopper. The only variation I can think of is a no stopper/half a stopper inversion.

Phoenix214 and I would like to take a shot.