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Slam bidding guidance needed

#21 User is offline   nullve 

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Posted 2022-December-12, 06:17

 DavidKok, on 2022-December-12, 05:51, said:

This is what happens when you show the full hand. People start reclaiming preemptive bids and hiding solid 6-card major suits just to show they would obviously have gotten this correct.

In my case it's because I've been in this position a zillion times before. Haven't you?
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Posted 2022-December-12, 06:19

 DavidKok, on 2022-December-12, 05:51, said:

This is what happens when you show the full hand. People start reclaiming preemptive bids and hiding solid 6-card major suits just to show they would obviously have gotten this correct.


I felt the 2N opener was absurd also, and 1-1-4 was a hand just too good to open 4 but similar in shape
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Posted 2022-December-12, 11:32

 nullve, on 2022-December-12, 04:39, said:

Practical vanilla 2/1 auction:

2N(1)-3(2)
3(3)-4(4)
4(5)-4N(6)
5(7)-5(8)
P

1) 20-21 BAL
2) 5+ S
3) usually 2-3 S
4) 4+ C, slam interest
5) usually 3 S
6) RKC
7) 1 or 4 key cards
8) sign off

I find the fit playing Kaplan Inversion, but will show the self-sustaining suit first on a keycard basis.
This shouldn't leave me with the issue of being able to set as trumps if I want to revert over a 3NT response, but a subsequent 3 from partner could be a recipe for confusion.
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Posted 2022-December-12, 13:36

Hi,

As already pointed out, 4NT was what?
3D did not deny a 3 card spade suit, hence 3S, ..., you can explain to me,
that 3NT is better, but with 2 Aces, and an unbal. hand, I would bid 3S
showing my hand, and do I really want to play NT Jxxx vs. x after the
marked club lead?

After 3S you may end up at the 5 level or 6 level playing spades,
which may or may not make.

With kind regards
Marlowe
With kind regards
Uwe Gebhardt (P_Marlowe)
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Posted 2022-December-12, 15:45

 thepossum, on 2022-December-11, 17:07, said:

Bridge seems far too complicated these days


Look - if you're willing to give up about 10% on average you can simplify a lot. Some sessions the hands don't give much of a benefit to more sophisticated methods and you're only giving up 2%, and then you can make up for that with good cardplay.

I'm not willing to give up 10% on average.
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Posted 2022-December-12, 15:56

 akwoo, on 2022-December-12, 15:45, said:

Look - if you're willing to give up about 10% on average you can simplify a lot. Some sessions the hands don't give much of a benefit to more sophisticated methods and you're only giving up 2%, and then you can make up for that with good cardplay.

I'm not willing to give up 10% on average.


Wasn't Rixi Marcus an advocate of KISS when it comes to systems and conventions?
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