NT hand

[Coelacanth]

Matchpoints, you hold

 

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Partner opens 1NT (15-17) in 1st chair.

 

Do you bid 3NT, invite with 4NT, just blast 6NT, maybe bid Gerber, some other slam investigation tool?

 

I'll post the actual result a bit later..

[nigel_k]

It's between 3NT and 4NT. 6NT or Gerber are clearly wrong.

 

At matchpoints I would probably bid 4NT to stay with the field but at IMPs against good opponents I might just bid 3NT. If I have a range enquiry so can invite with 4NT only when partner has a maximum I would do that.

[Phil]

4N. Some good controls and a ten-high meld make this clear I think.

[mike777]

4N. Some good controls and a ten-high meld make this clear I think.

 

 

ditto

[gnasher]

I think you should try to find a diamond fit if your methods allow - you might well make twelve tricks in diamonds opposite a minimum. Opposite a maximum it's probably right to be in 6NT.

[Fluffy]

I always bid 3NT with these hands and lose 13. I need to move to the other side

[nige1]

[hv=pc=n&s=sakjha95dt984ca97] Matchpoints. Partner opens 1NT (15-17) in 1st chair. Do you bid 3NT, invite with 4NT, just blast 6NT, maybe bid Gerber, some other slam investigation tool?[/hv]

IMO Slam investigation tool = 10, 3N = 9, 4N = 8, 4♣(Gerber) = 4. Good intermediates so slam may be reasonable if partner has a maximum or a near-maximum with a 5-card suit or 44 including ♦. Sheep naturally go with the field :)

[phil_20686]

I subtract 1 HCP for being 4333 but aces are good and the intermeateates are good so i have an average 16 I guess. That probably means 4N for me.

[mcphee]

I see no reason not to invite, and although 12 tricks may be the outcome insisting on slam at pairs in close cases scores poorly.

[Coelacanth]

So here's the rest of the story...

 

(thanks for the responses btw)

 

On the previous board my LHO had made an unfortunate opening lead which gave me an extra overtrick for a top board.

 

On this hand, I bid 4NT invitational, partner gave it some consideration and then passed.

 

Thinking that we had missed a slam, as I put down the dummy I remarked that I may have just given them a top right back.

 

Partner held something like

 

 

 

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The ♣Q was wrong, so partner took 3 spades and 2 tricks in every other suit for down 1 in 4NT. (The hand can be made, but it requires taking a first round diamond finesse through ♦QJxx on declarer's right. At the table, the defense set up 2 ♥ tricks to go with 1 ♣ and 1 ♦.)

 

One pair bid the slam, but everyone else stopped in 3NT so I had, indeed, given the opponents a good board.

[pooltuna]

Matchpoints, you hold

 

[hv=pc=n&s=sakjha95dt984ca97]133|100[/hv]

 

Partner opens 1NT (15-17) in 1st chair.

 

Do you bid 3NT, invite with 4NT, just blast 6NT, maybe bid Gerber, some other slam investigation tool?

 

I'll post the actual result a bit later..

 

IMO the technically correct call is 4NT

[mtvesuvius]

4N for me as well. Sometimes things don't work out, if we made everything we bid, bridge wouldn't be fun :)

[Zelandakh]

Ideally you have 2S available as a range ask allowing the auction to go 1NT - 2S - 2NT - 3NT.

[Free]

2♠ min/max ask for me, stay low! Otherwise I think 4NT is just fine.