Neobas

I came up with a little something the other day, but it was only just after I learnt 1NT-2NT could be Puppet so do not laugh please :P 1NT-2NT; 3♣ 5cm 3♦ 4cM 3M 5cM 3NT 33(34) or (32)44 If you play 3♣ as 5cm there you could play 4♣ after 3NT as Minor Suit Ask: 1NT-2NT; 3NT-4♣; 4♦ 33(34) 4♥ 3244 4♠ 2344 Though admittedly it might give away too much information and a minor fit finding system after Meckwell's 3♣ might work better. I personally play 3M as a singleton M, 3coM and (54) minor, which I guess is inferior but pretty simple to remember :) What do you think?

Surely Double here is penalty, presuming 2♣ is strong?

Last Sunday me and my partner failed to qualify for the Channel Trophy, a youth even between the juniors schools and girls of the Channel countries France, Belgium, England and the Netherlands. Against an especially youthful partnership (13 and 12) the following happened: [hv=d=n&v=n&n=s432ha943dkj5cj43&w=sq95hqt82da8742c8&e=sk87hk6dq96ckq962&s=sajt6hj75dt3cat75]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] W N O Z - p 1♣ p 1♦ p 1NT p p 2♥ p p X p 3♣ p 3♦ p p p I apologize for the messy auction both in real life and the way it came out in the post :) Now that we discussed this hand we figured X should be for penalties, because one wouldn't want to speculate on a possible 3 card ♠ with p if E has 4 or 5, since it might force you to play 3m like here. Comments are welcome!

Dunno if 4♥X goes down... p p to me would be a definite 3N bid for me ;)

My P opened 1♠, yes? ♠K...

♦T, Kxxx(x) is never a comfy lead. ♠(J) seems too aggressive to me...

1♦ - p - p - X 2♣ - p - p - X p - 3♣ - p 3NT ap EDIT: To me that would be UN2N, how many times a lifetime do you get 20-22 HCP and your LHO opens 1x...?