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[Event "Ignorance -- Problem"]
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[Date ""]
[Board "7"]
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[South ""]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "S:9752.J97.QJ9843. KT6.A4.52.AKJ943 J3.KQT52.76.T862 AQ84.863.AKT.Q75"]
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{

Join me for this disaster.  See if you can bid better, with choices at every
turn.

1. Do you agree with my opening 1 \C bid?  Or would you make the "value bid" of
1 NT?  Either is reasonable, so I'm not taking complaints yet.

2. Encouraged by my spade fit, I chose the jump rebid at 3 \C.  The 1 NT
opening seems better than a mere 2 \C rebid at this point.  Nevertheless, 2 \C
has merit, because it usually provides a 6-card suit, a powerful asset that
will encourage partner to try for 3 NT.  2 \C would only provide five cards on
hands where 1NT is not acceptable, for example:

     \S 6   \H A J 4 2   \D Q 5 2   \C A Q J 9 3      [singleton prevents 1 NT]

     \S 6   \H A Q 2   \D J 8 5 2   \C A Q J 9 3      [diamonds too weak to
open]

     \S 10 6   \H A Q 4 2   \D  5 2   \C A Q J 9 3   [when a 2 \H reverse, or
1NT opening or rebid, do not appeal]

3. Really, really wanted to bid 3 NT, but had to show spade support with 3 \S.

4. Wish I had opened 1 NT.  What now?


















(2019-04-09 Westwood) https://3nt.xyz (c) Pete Matthews Jr}
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[Auction "S"]
Pass 1C Pass 1S
Pass 3C Pass 3D
Pass 3S Pass 4C
Pass +

[Event "Ignorance -- Solution"]
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[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "S:9752.J97.QJ9843. KT6.A4.52.AKJ943 J3.KQT52.76.T862 AQ84.863.AKT.Q75"]
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{

I passed and made seven for a bottom.  (Looking at only the East-West hands,
the desired contract is 6 NT.)  Partner and I each picked a pro to ask about
this.  Anything responder bids over 3 \C is unconditionally forcing to game. 

Steve Gladyszak said he plays 4 \C as Minorwood in this situation (asking for
keycards in clubs).  Partner and I were playing Kickback, instead.  4 \D should
ask for keycards; once partner raises clubs, we are not playing this hand in
diamonds.  Partner is slamming, but lacks a heart control.  Holding the crucial
\H A, asking for keycards is correct.  If this logic does not appeal, then cue
bid 4 \H.  Do not pass!  And do not bid 5 \C, which will muzzle partner. 


What if partner held something like this?

     \S Q 9 8 4   \H 8 6 3   \D K J 3   \C Q 7 5

Opposite a jump rebid, the queen of partner's suit is the best card in the
deck.  This hand is surely worth a try for 3 NT, but how do you know if hearts
are stopped?

The answer to that is, you can't.  The try for 3 NT is to bid 3 NT and try to
make it.  If hearts are wide open, maybe they won't be led, or maybe the suit
will split 4-4.


This situation is not something you can figure out at the table.  Guides such
as "game over slam" won't help.  You just have to know that responder's 3 \D is
forcing to game, and therefore, 4 \C is a slam try.  Now I know.  (Yes, 3 \D
was forcing to game 60 years ago -- now I know again.)

Ah, yes.  Had I opened 1 NT (15-17), we would surely have nestled in 3 NT. 
Partner would not try for slam with a flat 15-count.  So my auction was
perfect, up to the point where I passed 4 \C, snatching defeat from the jaws of
victory.  }
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[Auction "S"]
Pass 1C Pass 1S
Pass 3C Pass 3D
Pass 3S Pass 4C
Pass +