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You could be lazy and bid 4 as Gerber, but I hope I am with a partner who enjoys constructive bidding and can help me find the grand slam. 2 transfer to 2 followed by 3 and see whether partner can support s now. RKCB will then determine if partner has the 3 key cards, and (maybe) a ask for K after (though that might not be needed) the loser disappears on the A.

 

The first thing you need to find out is whether partner has support for your suit here imo. With 3 or 4 card (there is a slight possibility partner can super accept) support the grand is most definitely on. With only 2 card support, then you need a few other things to go right on the hand.

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If you continue with keycard partner will show 2 and you guessed it, no Q

 

We haven't discussed super accept, I haven't considered super accept in a weak nt context.

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The key card to find out about is the K as this will very likely tell you whether you want to be in 6N or 6 (if partner has Axx(x) your losing club will go on the spade in hearts). You also want to know if partner has 3 or 4 hearts, if he has 4 you can safely ruff your last diamond whether he has 2 or 3.

 

I don't know your system well enough to know how you go about this, I would already know whether partner had 4 hearts as we superaccept all the time.

 

I think I would bid 3 which must be a cue (or I'd have bid 2 rather than 3) over 3 and see if partner cues 4.

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Given you're potentially looking at the grand I'm cue-bidding 3 first rather than moving directly to key carding.

The way I play; 3NT by North now denies a honour and 4 would show a control + a honour.

If you get a 4 reply then 4 shows 2KCs etc.

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6NT.

We have 32-34 joint HCP, two balanced hands, stops and at least one 5 card suit.

 

And partner's not allowed to hold Axx, Kxx, Axx, Kxxx ?

 

Or AJ10x, KJx, Jx, Qxxx where 6 is cold barring extreme distribution, and 6N is dodgy on a club lead (I suppose 6N is 50:50 if they find the right lead so might be worth bidding anyway at MPs)

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And partner's not allowed to hold Axx, Kxx, Axx, Kxxx ?

 

Or AJ10x, KJx, Jx, Qxxx where 6 is cold barring extreme distribution, and 6N is dodgy on a club lead (I suppose 6N is 50:50 if they find the right lead so might be worth bidding anyway at MPs)

 

Yes there are hands where 6 is a better contract and maybe there might be 7 on the day, but at MP I think the risks of exploration exceed the risk that 6NT is not a good score (in particular that we just inform the opponent on lead about which pointy ace his partner holds).

 

At IMPs in a decent field we would transfer to hearts (with superaccepts available) and then secondary transfer to diamonds, which gives us nuanced information before we fix trumps and get into control-bids.

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Well, I'm pulling out the obscure part of my system.

 

1NT-2

2 (assume)-2NT (5, 4c unknown minor, GF)

 

and see what I get as a response. Assuming we both remember the system, I will know if we have a heart fit, whether partner thinks her hand is better for slam if I have a specific minor or whether it doesn't matter, and I'll be able to go on.

 

If we do have a heart fit, I'll be able to get a cue for the K before I have to keycard, which is nice.

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Wrong sided, c'est la vie!

 

We need to discuss 1N 2D 2H 3D 3H setting trump, 3S start of cue bid sequence.

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3 is poor, give partner a different hand, Ax, AQxxxx, KQxx, A and you want to play 7, Ax, AQ10xx, KQxx, Ax you want to play 6. We would break the transfer.

 

The opener has all the ingredients of a hand that may play a trick better in diamonds, decent diamonds and a useful discard of a doubleton on the long heart.

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Wrong sided, c'est la vie!

 

We need to discuss 1N 2D 2H 3D 3H setting trump, 3S start of cue bid sequence.

 

Sad indeed :(

 

But it's duplicate so not too bad

 

IMPs or MPs?

 

Who went with 4NT :)

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Sad indeed :(

 

But it's duplicate so not too bad

10/14 tables it was played in the South 6NT and 6 making once.

One other North played in 6nt-1, everyone else was in some number of hearts or NT

Not good.

 

 

IMPs or MPs?

MP

 

 

Who went with 4NT :)

Guilty

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