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#1 User is offline   skilldave 

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Posted 2006-April-30, 17:00

Did a similar thread for 2♣ openers. now 2N :)
What are your views on the best structure opposite a 20-22 balanced hand NT (or equivalent ranges). at the moment, have puppet stayman, and normal transfers available, but are often not bidding good slams. Someone suggested this weekend having 3♠ as a puppet to 3N, then showing various things from there. Any other ideas?

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Posted 2006-May-01, 00:28

I don't advocate using 3♠ as a puppet to 3NT and 3NT as artificial unless you have a good memory! These auctions come up realtively rarely and it is all too easy, especially towards the end of a session, to accidentally pass after 2NT 3NT, or to accidentally bid 3NT instead of 3♠.
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Posted 2006-May-01, 05:52

skilldave, on May 1 2006, 09:00 AM, said:

Did a similar thread for 2♣ openers. now 2N :)
What are your views on the best structure opposite a 20-22 balanced hand NT (or equivalent ranges). at the moment, have puppet stayman, and normal transfers available, but are often not bidding good slams. Someone suggested this weekend having 3♠ as a puppet to 3N, then showing various things from there. Any other ideas?

thanks

We open 2NT on 21-22 (playing precision) and have transfer systems available which allow us to show 5/5 in touching or non touching suits available (ONLY with sufficient points to play at 4NT with the hands which do NOT match--- really important :unsure: )


So over 2NT 3♦ and 3♥ are normal transfers and normal responses after acceptance of transfer (NO super accept though! as we perfer to be able to transfer with a REALLY weak major!)

3NT is to play :P
4NT is quantitave B)

ALL other bids show a desire for slam :) IF the 5/5 fit is suitable from opener's view -- or sufficient points to play 4NT

3♠ DEMANDS that opener bids 3NT
then 4♣ ♦♥♠ is 5/5 in the bid suit plus the one above :ph34r:

3NT DEMANDS 4♣ from opener
then 4♦shows 5/5 in ♦ &♠
4♥ shows 5/5 in ♥&♣

This system has worked well for us (also useful one level lower over 1NT where the relays of 2♠ and 2NT show GAME going 5/5 hands)
Obviously there will be hands where this system will NOT work well but I guess ALL conventions have SOME failures -- one just has to use the ones which work MOST of the times
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