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South dealer

[Antrax]

I suspect others will disagree with the below:

1NT-2♣
2♦-4♦ (delayed Texas)
4♥

Without the delayed Texas gadget, I end in 4♥ by north after a ♠ transfer and heart rebids by N.

[TWO4BRIDGE]

For this once in a lifetime deal just transfer to your 7 card Major:

1NT - 4D! ( Texas )
4H - 5C! Exclusion )
5S ( 3rd step = 2 - ♥Q )
.... - 6H

[Cyberyeti]

1. it's not a great slam, I don't really care if I'm in it.

2. I feel the hand is too good for a 15-17 1N (K&R gives 17.95)

3. I play a weak no trump anyway

so:

1♣-1♥
2♦-2♠*
3♣-3♠
4♥-P

Partner doesn't have A♠ and only has 2 hearts, slam is very unlikely to be better than it actually is, partner might well have bid 3♥ rather than 3♣ with AQ.

[lowerline]

1♣-1♥
2♦-2♠
3♣-3♠
4♥-p

[Zelandakh]

Another hand where the key decision seems to be whether Opener treats their semi-balanced hand as balanced or unbalanced. If balanced then effectively a reprint of Antrax's auction:

1♣ = 15+ nat/bal or 18+ any
... - 1♥ = GF with 4+ spades (if bal then 44(32))
1NT = 15-17 bal
... - 2♣ = major ask
2♦ = <5 hearts, <4 spades
... - 4♦ = puppet to 4♥
4♥

If unbalanced then:

1♦ = up to 17, 4+ diamonds, unbal
... - 1♠ = less than invite, 4+ spades
2♣ = nat
... - 2♥ = nat, 5+ hearts
2NT = extras, nat
... - 3♥ = nat, cog
4♥

[JLOGIC]

I'm sure I'd start with

1C 1H
2N

The hand is way too good for a 1N opener, but I still think showing it as a balanced hand is better than showing it as a reverse. After that who the hell knows lol, depends on methods etc.

[Antrax]

This is depressing. I look at the hand and see doubleton jack and lousy long suit, yet this is another upgrade.

[gszes]

The hand is slightly too good to open 1n and with so much of my stuff located in the minors
AND easy way to show my distribution I feel it is much better to begin with 1c followed
by 2d. This has the benefit of leaving NT for p to bid (or avoid) and probably right sides NT
if that is our final destination. probable auction
1c natural
1h natural
2d reverse
2h at least 5 hearts forcing
2s generally will deny heart support and the ability to bid nt since no minor suit rebid
has a strong tendency to be 3145 2146 2245
3h 6+ hearts game forcing (3h over 2d = 6+ hearts and weak)
4c cue bid denies ability to cue bid 3s.
we have a sure spade loser but our hand is so good we still have slam possibilities so too cowardly to
sign off even opposite wasted club values.
4n rkc 1430 5h 2 w/o heart Q. The BEST we can hope for is a spade loser and p having the dia A vs the
club A and hearts breaking 22. Not a great slam at this point
PASS

[monikrazy]

After 1N I would just transfer to hearts and check controls with RKC Gerber. Missing queen and 2 aces we can stop safely. Of course, if you are using 4C as a splinter this doesn't work.

1N - 2D - 2H - 4C - 4H (2 or 5 no queen)

[Zelandakh]

@monikrazy, what RKCG responses are you using that the second step is 2 or 5 without trump queen? That is before mentioning the problems of using this route with a void.