[Quartic]

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What should I (South) have done over 4NT? This was an individual (Bridge Big). The system is a simple form of 2/1.

[mike777]

for starters I open 1c not 2c


given OP pass over 4nt but tough hand.

[bigbenvic]

I'd rather open an off shape 2nt as I don't like my options over pards 2♦ and playing in 1♣ doesn't appeal much either.

I'm probably bidding 5♠ over 4nt, X and then 5♠ might be a better sequence, suggestion a slam try of sorts? I like to punt things so have sympathy for your bid. It's unlucky, swap the K♣ with the A♠ and you are home, and he could easily have that.

5♦ X would have been very nice, I wish I could find X more.

[PhilKing]

Having opened 2♣ (bleh), I would pass over 4NT (encouraging). I like partner to be able to bid 3♠ light, so I can't underwrite slam. He can have AJTxx and out the way I play it.

If partner rebids 5♠ I can go 6. Usually he will also be fairly short in diamonds, since I expect East to have a better fit, so I really need partner to have the ♠A and the ♣K, in which case he should now drive to slam. But in practice I will punt even over 5♠ and hope he has the heart jack.

As it is, he doubles the run out and we grit our teeth and pass.

Anyway, it's a random individual, so punting slam is reasonable.

[Fluffy]

partner's 3♠ is wrong.

double of 4NT says: partner do not make a move, let me get the tray back.

pass on the other hand encourages partner to bid on.

You have open 2♣, bidding anything more than 5♠ is silly with a dead minimum.

[gszes]

Of you had opened 1c and p had bid 3s even discounting the dia K
your hand is KQx AKQx x AJxxx more than enough to want to compete further
For now do the same thing you would have done over 5d

PASS

Yur 2c opener + p 3s response have created a game forcing situation. A pass
here shows a desire to compete further rather than settle for x. Leave it up to
p since you have no idea how strong their 3s bid was. With such a complete min
your p might easily decide to x rather than continue to 5s even with no obvious
defense becasue they trust your bidding.

[madongjun]

I open 1♣,then rebid 2♥.when partner freebid 3♠,bid 6♠ was right.

[mike777]

madongjun, on 2012-October-10, 21:35, said:

I open 1♣,then rebid 2♥.when partner freebid 3♠,bid 6♠ was right.

i guess in your world the opp never bid...

[Codo]

At an individual you cannot come up with forcing pass over 4 NT and bid 5 ♠ later to show a stronger hand. This simply does not work. If you have a regular partner, do it. In an Indy, bid 5 spades over 4 NT to show a fit. You already showed a 2 ♣ opener, so you have nothing extra- this hand looks more like an 1 ♣ opener before the preempt and the ♦ bids made your king of diamond useless.