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Posted 2006-February-28, 14:10

There are people who play that a raise of a minor preempt to the 4-level invites partner to bid 5m with an offensive hand (others have the agreement that 3NT shows this hand). I think that this is playable, and if you have this agreement then I would bid 5C with the given hand.

Lacking this agreement I think that 5C is insulting to partner.
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Posted 2006-February-28, 15:14

inquiry, on Feb 28 2006, 04:27 PM, said:

After I preempt, I am out of the auction. Partner is the captain of this ship.

This view is standard, but, it is my opinion that one should be more flexible than that, especially after random preempt over a strong 1♣. I wouldn't say the preemptor must pass right until the end. Rather, he should do that unless he has something extra which was not expectable the 1st time he bid.

That being said, I do agree the hand that preempted 3♣ doesn't really have anything that justifies taking extra action. The ODR isn't that high and opps might easily end up in a 4-3 major fit, so let them sort it out.
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