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phil_20686

What is your call?  

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  1. 1. What should you bid now?

    • 2!s
      0
    • 3!c
      0
    • 3!h
    • 4!c
      0
    • 4!h
      0
    • 5!c
    • 3N(!)
      0
    • Pass(!)


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I can't change my vote at this point.

 

With the corrected auction, I would 3 intending to follow up with 4 if pard bids 3NT. Pard implied (but did not promise) that he had a minor suited hand, and I have a hand with lots of controls and 4 good clubs. Slam is certainly in the picture if we have a fit and a heart control.

 

If pard rebids 4NT (which should be to play) or 5 over 4, I will respect his decision.

 

If pard bids 3 over 3, I will continue with 4. My hand is worth at least that. If he signs off in game, I will again respect his decision.

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Why are we getting all evasive here? We have about a pure 5 call to me. No help in hearts, with primes and just the right strength to bid game in this sequence. If a slam is available but partner doesn't bid it, then he doesn't trust our bidding, IMO.
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3. And thank you for adding to my list of auctions where I want to play transfers.

 

Transfers from which hand?

 

I play transfers by responder here.... but a natural 2NT bid by opener is quite useful.

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Transfers by opener of course. Everybody plays transfers by responder.

 

Anyway, what does your natural 2NT look like? Is it a balanced minimum so that 2 can promise six?

 

No, because I might want to play in 2S with a balanced minimum.

I use 2NT as 15+ balanced (I don't open 1NT on these hands), but it doesn't come up very often.

 

I quite like the idea of transfers by opener here.

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