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I agree that 4NT is awful - after seeing both hands a LSGT in is best, but at the table I might choose a SSGT in .

 

If you choose 4NT, I bet that (1.) A few people won't realize that 5 DENIES the Q and (2.) That the J give the false impression that we don't need the Q

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I jus tput 4NT for simplicity, but it doesn't matter, whatever trial you make partner is gonna accept. And then you can bid 4NT, and then 70% of the users go to slam anyway.

 

I did that because I wanted to get on with the play, not because I thought it was right.

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I also bid 5 .

 

You have to be missing an A and the trump Q. You don't know much about partner's hand except it's at least 5-4. If the opponent's find their A on the opening lead, then the slam requires no trump losers. That will probably require the finesse to work. Even if they don't find the A, you'll still need to get rid of the losers in the aceless suit or else you're back to needing no trump losers. You can't ever know if partner's hand has the right cards to eliminate those losers. If you don't know, don't go!!

 

The only places you might even consider bidding slam is if you're way behind in an IMP match and need to create swings, or, possibly to take a wild shot at a top in MP.

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