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#1 User is offline   Quarky 

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Posted 2008-November-22, 23:34

Anyone got a link or willing to post detailed description of Smolen?

For example, if it goes 1nt-2c-2d-3h, what do the opener's responses of 3S, 4C, 4D mean?
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Posted 2008-November-23, 06:22

Whatever they mean, it's not Smolen. Smolen is a jump in an unbid major after 1NT-2C-2D.
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Posted 2008-November-23, 07:24

If you are looking for a link to the Smolen convention, here is one ...

http://homepage.mac....ons/Smolen.html

But as blackshoe points out, your sequence has nothing to do with Smolen. Perhaps you left out a 2♦ response to Stayman by mistake?

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Posted 2008-November-24, 07:45

QUARKY'S post DOES show a JUMP to 3!H....THEN:
3S= SERIOUS SLAM TRY
4C/4D= LAST TRAIN
4S=BAD HAND W/3S
3NT=23 IN MAJORS OR 3334/3343 WITH BAD SPADES.
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Posted 2008-November-24, 08:03

This is not a part of the Smolen convention, per se, but I have always used Smolen on hands which do not have slam interest - in other words, they are game hands with 4-5 or 4-6 in the majors.

In my methods, with 4-5 or 4-6 in the majors and slam interest, one transfers to the longer major and bid the shorter major.

Everyone has their own pet methods, but I think this makes sense and avoids misunderstandings.
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Posted 2008-November-24, 12:42

You will do ok if you never bid 4m. 4S would show a very slam unsuitable hand, 3S any hand with 3 spades, and 3N denies a fit. I would take 4m as a cue with a very slam suitable hand, and would not bid it very often.
It is easy enough for responder to distinguish between slam going hands and game going hands, so I don't understand why Artk wants to exclude them.
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Posted 2008-November-24, 17:33

In addition there's "minor suit smolen" :
http://www.bridgehan...Suit_Smolen.htm
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