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What is this 5NT thing anyway?

Poll: What does partner's 5NT mean? (47 member(s) have cast votes)

What does partner's 5NT mean?

  1. Pick a slam (notrump or spades) (20 votes [42.55%])

    Percentage of vote: 42.55%

  2. Pick a slam (feel free to introduce your own suits) (19 votes [40.43%])

    Percentage of vote: 40.43%

  3. GSF/Josephine (3 votes [6.38%])

    Percentage of vote: 6.38%

  4. Quantitative invite; choose 6 or 7 and NT or spades. (5 votes [10.64%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.64%

  5. Something else? (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#21 User is offline   hanp 

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Posted 2010-May-21, 01:33

Final thoughts: double 4H.
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2010-May-21, 01:52

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Final thoughts: double 4H.


I agree.
Probably minor suit slam will be good if we find 5m in opener's hand. Unfortunately both 4-4 minor suit slam and especially 5-3 ♠ slam doesn't looks too good.
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Posted 2010-May-21, 08:12

JavaBean, on May 21 2010, 01:26 AM, said:

At the table, partner was pushing a bit, with ♠JT543 ♥- ♦AKJ5 ♣KQ53. 6♣ is clearly the best slam, and can be made on the layout, but no slam is terribly good. Any final thoughts on the auction?

partner forced to slam opposite a weak NT with this?
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Posted 2010-May-21, 09:13

I suspect that partner inferred that we probably didn't have much in hearts, since we didn't make the obvious double.

While I don't think much of 5N even then, the truth is the pass of 4♥ was so bad that opener is wearing most of the blame for anything that goes wrong thereafter.
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Posted 2010-May-21, 10:30

Sure double 4H but 5N is a serious overbid. 5440 gets overbid a lot.

Are we really doubling 4H on Axxx / Kxxx? (No) The transfer promises nothing - and 4H can be very strong, so we need to be able to beat this in our own hand.

At best, the pass of 4H only contributed to the result. It was not the cause.
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