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Playing 4suit transfers, when the auction goes 1nt-minor transfer - pre-accept - ?
What do bids above the sign off 3m bid mean, typically?
I held
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543
AK98
KQJ963
Pard opened 1nt, RHO 2C single-suiter. I bid 2S (sys on xfer to clubs), pard pre-accepted with 2NT, and I bid 3D. Pard now bid 3nt, i tried for slam again with 4C, which only got raised to 5.
Pard held
AK10x
Ax
Qxxx
Axx
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Posted 2008-December-14, 00:46
Good to have an agreement, I play it shows shortness but some others claim natural is better (I don't believe them of course).
Your partner had a monster no matter what 3D was, you have shown slam interest and partner has the absolute nuts.
Your partner had a monster no matter what 3D was, you have shown slam interest and partner has the absolute nuts.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2008-December-14, 01:33
PD has a supermax after you xfer to ♣ and inv slam. I though standard that the next bid after a preaccept was shortness. This is something to discuss with a regular pd and your approach is also OK, IMHO looking for fitting honors and basically implying shortness elsewhere.
PD clearly has to do more than bid 5♣ here.
PD clearly has to do more than bid 5♣ here.
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Posted 2008-December-15, 14:56
I think the bidding could have gone:
W N E S
1N
2♥ 2♠ P 2N
P 3♦ P 3♥
P 3♠ P 4N
P 5♠ P 6♣
If your 3♦ is a cue bid (and a slam try), then partner should have cooperated and cue bid the ♥A. Then you could have cue bid ♠s. Holding both the ♠AK, partner would know you must be void and can now use RKCB to check for controls and bid the slam.
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