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Convention With No Name, or Partner With No Clue?


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Would never assume CWNN without prior discussion; would never assume partner with no clue without evidence. 4.

 

Edit: If, I thought for a minute that partner played 4C (and 4D) both as CWNN, with 4C slammish and 4D not, as we do ---then 5H denying 1st round control of the pointed suits but a whole bunch of extra hearts.

Edited by aguahombre
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Well I play this bid as showing 6 very good Clubs and 4 card H support. I don't know if it has a name or not.This seems unlikely with my heart holding and the bidding though.

So what's your call?

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4. I don't have a diamond control. I really think that is all that there is to the hand from my side.

 

A very disciplined 4 call would look like this:

 

x(x)

KQJx

x(x)

AKQJxx

 

Partner should be 2-4-1-6 or 1-4-2-6. In either case, we are off 2 or 3 tricks on top.

 

If partner is stronger, he can move again on his own. The only problem would be if he is 2-4-1-6 with the A in addition to the rest (possibly with Kxxx of hearts), in which case he might not want to move forward with xx in spades. But I am not going to move beyond 4 in the hope that he has a diamond control.

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:P I have had some pards who played your auction as a solid six card minor (or, maybe semi-solid, say missing the Q), four trumps to an honor or two and out - a 'picture' bid. The thing about picture bids is they describe hands that are easy to bid anyway, so you don't want to strain to use them. Define them closely and take your profit whenever they do come up.
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I had teammates who had a major accident on this auction once.

They both knew that 1C P 1H P 4C was 4-6 in hearts and clubs, but one of them thought this also applied after the 1S overcall, and the other one thought that 4C was now a pre-emptive type call with very long clubs.

 

Neither was 'right' as such, but it's not enough to think that you play this meaning for 4C without an overcall and THEREFORE you play it after the overcall as well.

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