Quartic Posted December 16, 2011 Report Share Posted December 16, 2011 [hv=pc=n&s=skthtd765ckqjt874&w=sa96hj65d83ca9532&n=sqj85432h932d942c&e=s7hakq874dakqjtc6&d=s&v=e&b=3&a=3cpp4np5hp6hppp]399|300[/hv] How would you bid this 2 loser hand after a 3♣ opening? I intended my (undiscussed) 4NT as unusual, showing a strong hand with diamonds and hearts. My partner thought it was blackwood, so showed his 2 aces with 5♥, which I almost passed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Tough one. I could say that 4C would have obviously been Gerber, but some have not read the recent thread ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Partner has two aces and we just bid 6? Shouldn't he move on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Tough one. I could say that 4C would have obviously been Gerber, but some have not read the recent thread ;)LOL, you mean it as a joke, but when his partner interprets 4NT as Blacky, then he might actually interpret 4♣ as G*****... What would 4♣, 5♣, 5NT,... mean to your partner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Partner has two aces and we just bid 6? Shouldn't he move on?If that is true, why didn't he just bid 7NT over 4NT? ;) LOL, you mean it as a joke, but when his partner interprets 4NT as Blacky, then he might actually interpret 4♣ as G*****... What would 4♣, 5♣, 5NT,... mean to your partner?4C=majors5C=good question.5N=good question. Looks like your post asked me what those bids would mean to my partner, but sorry. If I thought I had a good solution to OP's situation I would have done more than just make jokes. Edit: actually, after looking at the OP hand which will come up again after I have passed from this world, I thought about extending super-Gerber so an immediate 5C would apply in this situation, but nah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWO4BRIDGE Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Although I think 4NT should be Ace-asking, let's say you have a "Leaping Michaels" system over 3-level preempts....such as 4H! = this major and the other minor ( ♦ ).Now partner may just go RKC since he has a fit and 2 bullets. If he then thought his hand was good enough to ask for the ♥ Q , you might assume it guaranteed all the other key cards which would make it easy to bid 7NT. [ If a trump Q-ask does not guarantee all the other key cards, then you can't make the 7NT leap ] . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartic Posted December 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 Funnily enough, this hand was still a top for us - 3 pairs bid 4♥, one defended 5♣x, and the other stopped in 3♥. But I'd have liked to be able to bid it with rather less guesswork! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 I guess you could mutter a raise of 6 to 7, but after a pree caution usually pays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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