bestguru Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Is there any advantage to 1403 over 0314? I've noticed that more people play it even though it has the disadvantage of not being able to probe for 6♣ contracts when you need to know if your partner has zero or one ace. Am I missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Is there any advantage to 1403 over 0314? Yes there is. If you ask for aces, you will more often get 1 than 0 from responder. If hearts are trumps it's considerably better to get 5♣ as the response than 5♦, since it gives you room to ask for trump queen. After 5♦ you need to guess if you don't have the queen yourself. The convention is usually called 1430 rather than 1403, because 1430 is a familiar score = 6MA bid and made vulnerable. As far as a club slam is concerned, neither Roman Keycard is the answer, because you may get to slam off 2 aces. I recommend that you use Kickback instead when a minor is set. Some use 4♦ as ace asking if clubs are agreed, some always use cheapest major. But you need to be careful here. If you decide to play Kickback, 4 of a major is only an ace asking bid, if you can be 100% certain that it's not some sort of delayed support for a suit partner bid earlier. So, as always, you need very specific partnership agreements. Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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