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[hv=d=n&v=n&s=satxhxxdaq9xxxcax]133|100|Scoring: IMP

1-(4)-?[/hv]

 

Fllight B GNTs. Your style is 2/1 with light openings. What's your bidding plan with this?

 

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At the table I bid 4 diamonds, partner responded 4 spades. Are you worth one more try?

 

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[hv=d=n&v=n&s=satxhxxdaq9xxxcax]133|100|Scoring: IMP

1-(4)-?[/hv]

 

Fllight B GNTs. Your style is 2/1 with light openings. What's your bidding plan with this?

 

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At the table I bid 4 diamonds, partner responded 4 spades. Are you worth one more try?

I choose 5.

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I bid 4? Why are people so eager to push past game? Any diamond finesse is likely off, diamonds and spades are less likely than normal to be breaking, we have a doubleton club. And what do we do when LHO bids 4 over 4 and partner doesn't even know about our spade fit? Or partner raises and we miss 4?
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Dealer: North

Vul: N/S

Scoring: IMP

♠ ATx

♥ xx

♦ AQ9xxx

♣ Ax

1♠-(4♣)-?

 

I am hard pressed to imagine too many hands where the 5 level is not safe thus I

will begin with 4N (this has the benefit of showing spade support right away)

 

If p shows me TWO with Q I bid 6D asking them to bid 7 with dia K (if they bid 7d

showing at least kxx i will pass since 6d has far less risk of opening club ruff)

(admittedly we probably will not make 7 if p has a total minimum due to expected bad breaks) but that is what preempts are for.

 

If P shows me TWO w/o queen I will settle for 6S

 

If P shows me any less I will settle for 5S p can still bid slam with some monstrous

hands knowing i was looking for slam like say KQJxxxx KQJxxxx void void.

 

Another benefit of 4n right away is that I learn something useful about the hand if LHO bid 5c or 6c (assuming we are playing PODI (my favorite) or DOPI).

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Hard pressed to find a hand where the 5 level isn't safe? xxxxx AKQJ KJ KQ in spades? Or do I need to find a hand with less than 19? How about a little less weird Kxxxx KQJxx Kx x? It's very easy to find hands where the 5 level isn't safe!
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