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What do you consider the best method to ask for aces after having found a minor fit? I play now that 4 in the minor is RKC 4130 if the fit was clear for bot partners before the 4m was bid.

I accept transfer with 3 card support. 2NT is 18-19 and can have 3-card support. After 2NT we play transfers.

IMHO It is sad that this is only available for Beginners and intermediates.

4NT natural is probably best, but it was too difficult to bid it for me with 1st time partner. 4H didn't seel to make sense so I did bid 4S. Partner did have something like: xx=v=KQTxxxx=Axxx

[hv=d=s&s=sakxxxhaj9xxdxckx]133|100|Scoring: MP[/hv] Bidding starts: 1S-(3H)-4D-(Pass) ?? You play for the first time with a rather good - young - partner. What do you bif now?

that is the most scaring part then :)

Do you prefer Good/bad 2NT or 2NT Good?: 2NT Good is played in about the same situations as Good/bad 2NT, but for Good 2NT then 2NT shows a Good raise in last suit (..also called Gorilla) and a direct raise is competitive. for more info: http://users.pandora.be/dirk.vancompernoll...ge/2NT_GOOD.htm

I couldn't find an appeal about it and that surprises me. 6S-1 seemed like a heavy punishment to me.

Can you tell why you disagree with (Some weeks ago you made a post saying that there are some maxs for an overcall. I think that hand had 17 pts. So I'm surprised you are so clear about 1S here) thanks, Koen

holding as dealer: 3=3=3=4 (4 card Clubs) and 11HCP at MP's (don't know vuln). bidding goes: P-(P)-P-1♥ ?? - - My partner DBL'ed with the hand described above. I really didn't like this. Questions: - Would you want to have a bid that shows this hand. - Suppose that you were allowed to tell everybody at the table that you have this hand. Would you want to do that?

agree (not sure of 'ever')

I'm interested to have an explanation of (or links to) good/bad 2NT. How/when does it work and what are the advantages. Only used for 2NT or also other? Thanks, Koen

1. Watched Netherlands play some days ago and they made 6S and that was corrected by the director to 6S-1 because of misinformation. (opps did not expect 5422 shape). opps claimed that they would not lead ♦A without the misinformation. ...anyone know more details about this and did NL appeal? 2. Belgium is heading first in the seniors champ. I'm happily surprised by this. Are these Belgian seniors that good or are other countries not interested in the seniors (maybe BE seniors team is better then the open team)?

LHO had long ♦'s and only 7 HCP. Therefor he did run from 3NT. 4♦ made so I had better not DBLed 3NT. [hv=n=shqjtxxdtxxxcxxxx&w=s8hkxxdajxxxxxcxx&e=sa7xxxhxxxdkqcajt&s=skqjt9xxhaxdckqxx]399|300|[/hv] On scorecard there already was twice 4♠+1 and once 5♠=. I guess opps helped there by playing ♣. (We scored 0% on this board)

[hv=n=sjtxxxhjxdaxxcxxx&w=skxhxxdkqjtcakjxx&e=saxxxhqtxxdxxxctx&s=s98hak98xdxxxcqxx]399|300|[/hv] I did lead a ♠. 3NT-1 was also on the scoreboard. I guess with a low ♥ lead not ducked by East.

Yes.

Which one? 3NT gets my vote over pass. Pass is way worse than 3NT, but both are very retarded. You can't be blamed for 3NT. That is bid by opps.

How would you bid it (Note that RHO did bid 1 and 2♠)?

[hv=d=n&s=skqjt9xxhaxdckqxx]133|100|Scoring: MP[/hv] p-(1S)-p-(2D) p-(2S)-p-(3D) p-(3NT)-DBL-(4D) All pass - - What do you think about this bidding (opps play 4 card M).

[hv=d=w&v=n&s=s98hak98xdxxxcqxx]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] (1♣)-1♥!-(DBL)-Pass (2♦)-Pass-(2NT)-P (3NT)-All pss - - 1♥=transfer ♠ DBL = ♥ - - What do you lead?

Don't get balancing at imps; is the point to find game? It seems like if it's just a partscore hand that balancing converts a + into a - much more than the reverse, since if partner has a decent hand he has some heart length and they may have some better fit that they can find, or they may beat us in 1N with 1H going down. I even wondered if it is ok Non-Vul at MP's and had a lot of doubts if it would be ok all vulnrable at MP's. Partner probably has some Hearts and there is a good chanche that we have more hearts then they have. All red it is very good possible that defending 1H is best?

You got to the par contract. Why is there a worst action? Unless you think two bad actions canceled each other out.... 3♥-1 would have been better

Thanks, interesting! I guess this is only possible in case the ruff would create entry problems.

It was Paulisen, right? No. It was told to me by a local club member. What was difficult to believe for me was that it can be a BOOT if nobody has really seen the actual bid.

[hv=d=e&n=sjtxxhaqxxdkxc98x&s=skqxxxhdajcajtxxx]133|200|(2D!)-3C-(P)-3NT (P)-4S-All Pass[/hv] This were NS hands and the bidding. Making 4S+2. - North thought that South's bidding showed something like a 6(7)-4. Does it rather show a 7-4 or a 6-5?