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Minor Suit Stayman GIB doesn't have a clue

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Posted 2013-December-01, 11:08

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What is GIB doing?

Some might question my 3♣ response to 2♠, but it is a 4 card minor.

Where in this auction did I show 4 diamonds? GIB chose 6♦ over 6♣ (which turned out to be a great slam, undone only because GIB W lead his doubleton club to give his PARTNER a ruff) but I don't understand why GIB N bid 6♦.
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Posted 2013-December-01, 11:35

View PostArtK78, on 2013-December-01, 11:08, said:

undone only because GIB W lead his doubleton club to give his PARTNER a ruff
Is this one of those cases where playing in the 4-4 fit actually has a better chance of success than playing in the 5-4 or 6-4 fit, because you should be able to throw two spades on the 5th and 6th clubs after conceding a trick to the K♦, so you don't even care about the spade finesse?
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Posted 2013-December-01, 13:38

View PostBbradley62, on 2013-December-01, 11:35, said:

Is this one of those cases where playing in the 4-4 fit actually has a better chance of success than playing in the 5-4 or 6-4 fit, because you should be able to throw two spades on the 5th and 6th clubs after conceding a trick to the K♦, so you don't even care about the spade finesse?

Yes, we can all see that 6♦ is better than 6♣. That is not the point.

Why are we in 6♦? I made a 4♦ CUE BID after agreeing on clubs. Then GIB assumes that 4♦ is a real suit, despite the fact that I explicitly showed 4 clubs earlier.

So, arriving at 6♦ was just a happy accident in that I had AQJT of diamonds.

It is absurd for GIB to make diamonds the trump suit on this auction.
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Posted 2013-December-06, 09:57

Should it be obvious cuebid when partner shows two suits bidding in other than agreed to be cue?

Is
1♥ - 1♠
2♠ - 4♥ splinter or cuebid?

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Posted 2013-December-06, 10:58

View Postgeorgi, on 2013-December-06, 09:57, said:

Should it be obvious cuebid when partner shows two suits bidding in other than agreed to be cue?

Is
1♥ - 1♠
2♠ - 4♥ splinter or cuebid?

This is an entirely different situation, and is the subject of a partnership agreement.

In the minor-suit Stayman auction, 2♠ asked for a 4-card minor and 3♣ showed one. One can't suggest playing in the other minor at a later point in the auction.
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