kenrexford Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 You open 2NT. Partner transfers. How do you play, or think at least? 1. Does a super-accept require 4+ support for the major?2. If so, what is a new suit after 2NT-transfer-puppet-3NT?3. If not, what is a new suit after 2NT-transfer-puppet-3NT? This came up in a discussion of a specific hand. Opener holds ♠Kxx ♥AJx ♦AKxxx ♣Ax and opens 2NT (I agree). Partner transfers to hearts. I personally would super-accept the transfer with ♠Kxx ♥AQx ♦AKxxx ♣Ax; curious of others' thoughts. Anyway, Opener bids 3♥. Responder bids 3NT. For me, this is good enough to super-accept becaause my failure to super-accept the transfer immediately means that I'm a tad lighter; curious of others' thoughts here, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 After years of toying around with super-accepts on only 3 card support, I did away with them. Now, I only super-accept with 4 cards in partner's suit (assuming the hand is otherwise suitable for a super-acceptance). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillHiggin Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 My opinion (fair market value is less than 2 cents) is to make 3 card super accepts (cheapest Nt bid) based more on control structure than strict min/max considerations. I would agree with a super accept on either example. I probably will not be able to make assumptions about my partner's failure to super accept until I can increase the value of my opinions to around a nickel or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awm Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 I would routinely transfer over 2NT on a zero-count with a five-card major. Super-accepting always gets us to game. I'd like to have the fourth trump for this. After partner's 3NT call, bidding a new suit shows a hand with three trumps but good controls (cuebid). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Han and me play 3N as a 3-card superaccept. This is done with hands that would cooperate with/accept a slam try in the major.It clarifies auction such as 2N 3H 3S 4D 4H, which is now cooperating with a diamond slam try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted October 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Han and me play 3N as a 3-card superaccept. This is done with hands that would cooperate with/accept a slam try in the major.It clarifies auction such as 2N 3H 3S 4D 4H, which is now cooperating with a diamond slam try. So, playing that, what would a new minor show (2N 3D 3H 3N 4m)? What would your thoughts be with Kxx-AJx-AKxxx-Ax or Kxx-AQx-AKxxx-Ax? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Han and me play 3N as a 3-card superaccept. This is done with hands that would cooperate with/accept a slam try in the major.It clarifies auction such as 2N 3H 3S 4D 4H, which is now cooperating with a diamond slam try. So, playing that, what would a new minor show (2N 3D 3H 3N 4m)? What would your thoughts be with Kxx-AJx-AKxxx-Ax or Kxx-AQx-AKxxx-Ax? I would superaccept with either IF playing 3-card superaccepts. And 2N 3D 3H 3N 4m would not exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 I stick to 4-card support for a super-accept. This makes slam bidding easier, and I haven't yet had a hand where failure to super-accept with 3 trumps has led to a missed game (yes, I know we can invent ones). I don't superaccept on all 4-card supports, either. You say 'do I want to be in game opposite a hand that was going to pass the transfer' before deciding whether to do so. That said, I play 2NT - (3D/H) - 3NT as showing 5-2 in the majors [which breaks the above rule] as I don't have a method for responder to show 3-5/5-3. And consequently 2NT - transfer-complete-3NT - 4 new suit= a 'superaccept' with 3 trumps. The bid is a trial bid, not a cue bid (so AKx Kxx AQ10xx Ax bids 4D not 4C). By the way, I would not have opened your sample hand 2NT, but I play a 2NT opening as 20-22 and you can't afford to upgrade many hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoKole Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 I ALLWAYS have 4+ trumps for a super-accept of a transfer bid (after a 1NT or 2NT opener), and my regular partners have learned to rely on this. Also, there have been many hands which I have had which would have passed after a transfer but change after a super-acceptance. The 9 card fit increases the value of the combined hands by at least an Ace. There are few bridge "rules" that I have not occasionally broken but this one and never passing a forcing bid by partner are 2 of them. I have learned to appreciate the value of the extra trump. It has kept me undoubled when the opps have a trump stack in an unmakable contract, and it usually gives extra options for declaring the hand. Love those extra trumps, ;) Theo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 Arend and I just decided to allow 4m with a very unusual holding, something like Ax KQxx Kx AKJxx would bid 2NT-3D-4C (that one is perhaps a bit extreme. But generally we bid the cheapest suit with 4-card support. I like the 3-card superaccept. For one thing responder is better able to pass 3M with a really poor hand. On the other hand it simplifies auctions like 2NT - 3H3S - 4C?? Here 4D and 4H are both cuebids for clubs as opener can't have a great hand for spades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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