EarlPurple Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 because slam-bidding is not all about how many aces partner holds, but also about specific controls. The reason most experts do not play Gerber in most situations (if any) is because the 4♣ bid has better use as part of a cue-bidding system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 One of the problems in these auctions is agreeing trump at a low level and setting up a cooperative sequence. Right now we have two choices: either take control with 4♣ key card or transfer the decision to partner with 4♣ as a splinter. Either way, captaincy is unilaterally established by one partner. Sure, the NT hand is somehwat defined, but its a bit much for the responder to have this latitude in the partnership decision making. Earl has a sensible approach; 4♣ is a cue bid. However, why can't we have a lower level trump agreement which will allow us to start cue bidding? Keri is a sensible idea and addresses some of these concerns. I predict that a lot of systemic development will take place in these Stayman auctions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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