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6C and 6NT makes ???

This atleast deserve an explanation. Do you mean you will make 3 hearts finnesing the QJ twice then you will take all the clubs out, and then play the hearts from your hand to squeese west on spade and diamonds ?

[Kalvan14]

Why should this hand be better than the one my pard had?

 

Difficult to answer without stating the obvious: because it has enormously more playing strength.

 

As a general comment: 4C is (in general) not just a wishy-washy bid that just pushes the opponents into game. It takes away a lot of room for investigation and it allows partner to save over their game (or slam). There's another thread here where there's discussion of the right call after (2C) P (2D) and a few people have commented that bidding 2H is a waste of time because it doesn't pre-empt. No, it doesn't, but it's not a waste of time because (on that hand) it gets the right lead, and - in general - it does allow partner to raise.

I'm not working for the missionary society of aggressive pre-empts.

Yoy are welcome to play the style which better suits you, as i assume that I am free to play the style that better suits me (I have to remark that you have not answered my question about "standard" pre-empts, though).

 

To reply to your general remark, I remain of the opinion that 4m is very seldom an effective pre-empt.

[Kalvan14]

6C and 6NT makes ???

This atleast deserve an explanation. Do you mean you will make 3 hearts finnesing the QJ twice then you will take all the clubs out, and then play the hearts from your hand to squeese west on spade and diamonds ?

Against 6N, W is endplayed on the opening lead. A diamond or a spade present immediately the 12th trick, and a heart lead just delays the stripping squeeze, and the final endplay.

 

Against 6♣, the ony defense id E leading T♠.