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- - Pass 4♦!
Pass 4♥! Pass 5♣!
Pass 5♠ Pass Pass
Pass
1) Is S's hand too strong for a Namyats (4D = 8.5 tricks in spades) ?
2) 4H is relay asking for 1st round outside controls (and 5C shows 1st round control in clubs); responder's new suit other than 4H or any number of Spades would have been control asking bid (CAB). So N, instead of bidding 4H he could have used 5d.
The debate was: is it better to choose a "scientific" approach asking for diamnods control (giving away the lead to opps) or to ask for generic controls, concealing the dangeroius lead but risking to miss slam (if S's 2 voids include diamonds, slam is laydown) ?
N argued for this reason that a hand with 2 voids may not be well suited for a Namyats. (We play limited openings, 1S would be max 15).
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