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OleBerg

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3. If partner bids 3, I can cue 4 and partner should be well placed to count tricks. If partner fails to cuebid spades, I'll bid 6 over 4 and I'll bid 4 over 4, then 6 over whatever is next. Then partner will bid 7 with solid diamonds.
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This is from the ongoing European championships, and the board was played at a number of tables.

 

Some chose 3 others 3.

 

For resulters; partners hand was something like:

 

Kxx

xx

AQJ9xx

xx

 

so it is a 5 or 7 hand.

 

That was not my reason for posting, however.

 

Much as I like to set thrumphs on solid suits, I think this might not be the right time.

 

It is not often that we play inferiorly (is that a word???) in diamonds, and if partner has AKxxx(x)(x), we should play in diamonds, on the vast majority of hands. (Slam is ok when partner has 5, and excellent with 6. With seven, grand is good, but might easily be evasive.)

 

So the only reason I see, to bid 3, should be that we are afraid of the 5-level. And personally I dont think this justifies ruling out the diamond-slams

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