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Yesterday's Luis' BIL class (RKCB): a question

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Posted 2004-July-30, 04:54

I wouldn't consider this as last train. It's of no use in this situation imo: nobody skipped a suit. Say the bidding went like
1♠ - 2♦
2NT - 3♠
4♦! - ?
then I would consider a 4♥ bid last train (control ♣, asking for a ♥ control).

With
1♠ - 2♦
2NT - 3♠
4♣ - 4♦
?
you can play this either way: 4♥ asks stop and 4♠ (or higher) shows, or the other way around. After 4♥ stop showing both players can still decide who has to continue with the slam bidding. If you consider 4♥ as last train, then opener alone can decide weither he wants to continue or let his partner continue (bidding 4♠). 4♥ also gives the advantage that you can go to slam cuebidding, no Ace asking, but that's more complicated and unnecessary with these hands.
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  Posted 2004-July-30, 07:44

We have that philosophy - we tend to avoid 4NT as keycard asking, and since we make low-level cues after suit agreement, 4NT with us is "can you make 6?".

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Posted 2004-July-30, 08:59

paulhar, on Jul 29 2004, 11:06 PM, said:

I would like to present this thread as evidence that the beginners need their own forum.

All threads sooner or later get hijacked by geeks :P

Times and fates you can't defy ;)
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