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Posted Today, 11:07



No xyz
No 2 way nmf

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Posted Today, 11:50

4S after 1NT?
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Posted Today, 12:44

South seems to playing some convention but mike777 is right, this looks like a simple 4♠ over the 1NT.

Conventions will often cause information leakage with no benefit when you have a simple bid available.
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Posted Today, 12:53

Conventions not needed
You have a suit quality of 11 plus enough shape for 4♠ limiting your overall strength.
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Posted Today, 13:11

Partner opened, I have 2 aces and 7 almost impenetrable spades, and also 2 terrible doubletons.
If I has xyz/2wnmf available I would not be bidding 4♠
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Posted Today, 13:25

View Postjillybean, on 2026-July-06, 13:11, said:

Partner opened, I have 2 aces and 7 almost impenetrable spades, and also 2 terrible doubletons.
If I has xyz/2wnmf available I would not be bidding 4♠


You have a GF, you have 7 tricks in your hand, facing an opening hand, and only that,
the opener is limited.
As it is, you wont have a chance to find out, if partners hand fits, but you will have a
fair chance making 10 tricks, opener needs to have 3 tricks, so bid it and be done with it.
As it is now, partner will bid 2H with AK in H, K in Spades, and 2 Jacks in the minors,
and 10 tricks are cold.

The problem is, if you now bid 4S, and partner is looking at those 3 tricks, he may be
wondering, if he can pass.
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