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4 ♠,
Kens reasons are good but will you really sell out to 4 ♥? And if you don't, you better bid 4 ♠ now, not later.
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Posted 2012-November-01, 05:13
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Roland
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Roland
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More system is not the answer...
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Posted 2012-November-01, 07:45
gnasher, on 2012-November-01, 05:10, said:
What would you do if you were bidding 4♠ to make and wanted to involve partner in any decision over 5♥?
To some degree, all calls help this cause. 4♦ shows a 4♠ call with diamond support also; 4♥ shows a 4♠ call with diamond shortness; and 4♣ shows a 4♠ call with club shortness. These should help partner decide.
But, I also would have a difference between 4♠ and 3NT. 4♠ shows a get-to-4♠-quick hand, while 3NT is delayed and hence ongoing, with no side-suit inferences stated. In a sense, 3NT is the "power raise" in the same sense that many play 2NT in competition as a stronger raise of the suit opened than bidding three of the suit. In those parallel situations, a cuebid also usually shows a power raise, admittedly. But, I need a way to stress "trumps," anf the 4♥ cue sounds more like "trumps" than 3NT to me.
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