Smolen - full description of possible responses?

[Quarky]

Anyone got a link or willing to post detailed description of Smolen?

 

For example, if it goes 1nt-2c-2d-3h, what do the opener's responses of 3S, 4C, 4D mean?

[blackshoe]

Whatever they mean, it's not Smolen. Smolen is a jump in an unbid major after 1NT-2C-2D.

[Walddk]

If you are looking for a link to the Smolen convention, here is one ...

 

http://homepage.mac.com/bridgeguys/Conventions/Smolen.html

 

But as blackshoe points out, your sequence has nothing to do with Smolen. Perhaps you left out a 2♦ response to Stayman by mistake?

 

Roland

[BobElliott]

QUARKY'S post DOES show a JUMP to 3!H....THEN:

3S= SERIOUS SLAM TRY

4C/4D= LAST TRAIN

4S=BAD HAND W/3S

3NT=23 IN MAJORS OR 3334/3343 WITH BAD SPADES.

[ArtK78]

This is not a part of the Smolen convention, per se, but I have always used Smolen on hands which do not have slam interest - in other words, they are game hands with 4-5 or 4-6 in the majors.

 

In my methods, with 4-5 or 4-6 in the majors and slam interest, one transfers to the longer major and bid the shorter major.

 

Everyone has their own pet methods, but I think this makes sense and avoids misunderstandings.

[cherdano]

You will do ok if you never bid 4m. 4S would show a very slam unsuitable hand, 3S any hand with 3 spades, and 3N denies a fit. I would take 4m as a cue with a very slam suitable hand, and would not bid it very often.

It is easy enough for responder to distinguish between slam going hands and game going hands, so I don't understand why Artk wants to exclude them.

[H_KARLUK]

In addition there's "minor suit smolen" :

http://www.bridgehands.com/M/Minor_Suit_Smolen.htm