4 suit transfers

[phil_20686]

(1) There is a good reason for playing completelion with super accepts, it gives you something good to do with weak 5-5 hands. You can transfer into diamonds and if partner doesnt like that we will play in clubs. This gives you a very good cahnce to play in your best fit rather than 1N. Of course, sometimes partner has xxx xx and you are now playing in a 5-2 fit. But if they dble after your partner passes then he will know to correct.

 

(2) Among my friends with no agreement I would assume that it was shortage. This is because we think that with a 6322 hand there is no point trying for a 5m contract. If you have a slam try you don't mind going past 3N, but if you sign off in 3N after a 1n-2n-3d-3N I would assume that partner had club shortage with game values. With a slam try and no shortage I would just bid 4d now. Then 4N would be natural.

 

(3) I think this is superior to playing "values" because 3N is nearly always the right spot rather than 5m when you have a 6322 hand. The only time its right to look for 5m is normally when you have a shortage and partner does not have too many values in that suit. If you are 6322 even if a suit is open, you will have two losers in 5m and not often do you have 11 to cash outside it. Often letting them choose a lead after 1n-3n is a better option.

 

(4) This also helps you find slams that are light on value because partner will know that xxx(xx) is a brilliant holding opposite shortage. On the other hand, even when you have "values" it becomes hard to diagnose when partner has a slam try and when he was fishing for 5m. Playing shortage the hands that would like to be in 5m opposite shortage and game values, are the same hands that want to be in slam opposite shortage and a slam try, which makes it all much easier.