Re: Are You Slammin', and if so how?

Alan Malloy wrote:
> CBFalconer wrote:
>> Eric Leong wrote:
>>> StevieTee <ste...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>> OK, you are vulnerable, and the opponents ain't, and you pick up:
>>>>
>>>>      --void--
>>>>      xx
>>>>      Q98xxxx
>>>>      K9xx
>>>>
>>>> You are pleasantly surprised to hear your partner open in 1st seat
>>>> with 2NT (20 to 21 hcps).  Do you have a system for handling this
>>>> type of hand?  What is your bidding plan?
>>>
>>> I play a direct 5D bid is a gambling bid and partner is not allowed
>>> to speculate on bidding 6D.  With a better hand, I would Stayman
>>> first and then bid 5D. Partner than can gamble to 6D if he wants to
>>> do.  Also, I play 3S forces to puppet to 3NT and then I bid:
>>> 4C = Diamonds
>>> 4D = Clubs
>>> 4H = Both Minors short in hearts
>>> 4S = Both Minors short in spades
>>> 4NT = Both Minors, balanced hand, invitational to slam
>>>
>>> After 4C or 4D, if opener bids the next step that is conventionally
>>> a space saing RKC asking for key cards. Consequently, a 4NT bid by
>>> opener is natural.
>>>
>>> On the given hand, I would bid 3S and then bid 4S. Next, I would
>>> correct the contract to 5D over 4NT or 5C.  I really don't want
>>> to just show a single suited diamond hand as partner with a near
>>> perfect prime card card holding such as S Axxx   H AJx    D AKJ
>>> C Axx might put the partner****p into a hopeless grand.  However,
>>> when I show both minors with longer diamonds partner will get
>>> the idea he needs to look at both his minor suit holdings.
>>
>> This answer, to me, is the perfect incentive to go to natural
>> bidding.  You have a herd of bids with no connection to what you
>> want to play, or what you actually have.
> 
> What, exactly, is the incentive to go to natural bidding?  It
> sounds to me like your complaint about Eric's system is that he
> has too many artificial bids. So the reason that natural bidding
> is superior is that you, Chuck, do not like artificial bids?

Exactly.  Combined with the fact that every conventional bid means
giving up the natural meaning of that bid.  And the strain on my
aging memory cells.

(I can remember Stayman, Weak Twos, and Unusual Notrump.  I'll even
use 5 card majors :-)

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