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mike777

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3, but only if very established partnership.

 

3 should be 6-card. If not, partner will lose interest. 3, in any event, should be a cue in support of clubs, in case partner has 4126. I make no further moves that are not purely cooperative, though.

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Partner can be 4-2-2-5. 2 GF 4sf followed by 3NT shows extra values, slam invite. Partner can go on if she has extras.

So what do you do with 5 hearts and 13 points? Can you not play 3N after 4th suit GF anymore, or can you not try to find a 5-3 heart fit after 1C-1H-1S?

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3D. This is a punt. It shows something in diamonds (but may just be 3 small), but that you are not sure that 3N is the right spot. If partner bids 3N you actually like your hand a lot, since the D K is now working, and partner is 4126 shape. Opposite a minimum hand like AKxx x Qx Kxxxxx you can make 6C. So over 3N you should bid 4C next, and push a lot in the direction of slam. If partner bids 3H, your values are a bit less certain. I would bid 4C over that as well, but not try as hard (4C and then 5C over 4S but a more agressive bid over 4H).
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Italy were quite a long way behind before this set, if I remember, and 7C was bid based on trying to make up ground.

 

6NT is hardly a contract of beauty, either.

6C, on the other hand....

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