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SLAM TRIES WITH LONG SUITS
As shown throughout these pages, there are many ways to make a slam
try with a hand that has a six or seven-card suit. A summary
follows. First, major suits:
-- With a balanced hand and strong suit, use Jacoby and jump to
four of the suit:
Opener Responder
1NT 2D
2H 4H
Opener Responder
1NT 2H
2S 4S
-- With a balanced hand and weakish suit, use Stayman and then
insist on the suit:
Opener Responder
1NT 2C
2D 2H
2NT 4H
Responder is balanced; an unbalanced heart hand uses UHC. A weak
hand with 4-6 in the majors would jump to 4D (Texas transfer) over
2D.
Opener Responder
1NT 2C
2D/2H 2S
2NT 4S
Responder could be balanced or unbalanced in this case.
Opener Responder
1NT 2C
2S 3H (4H is a splinter bid)
3NT 4H
Here too, responder is balanced, with long weakish hearts.
-- With an unbalanced hand and heart suit, respond 3H (with a
good suit), or use UHC:
Opener Responder
1NT 2D
2H 2S - UHC
2NT 4H - strong unbalanced hand
Opener will probably pass in view of his minimum and lack of heart
support. Obviously responder could have used Texas if not inter-
ested in slam. If opener had bid 3C over 2S, showing a maximum
without heart support, responder could bid 3H (forcing, since 3C
is forcing to game) with slam interest, 4H ("fast arrival") if the
lack of heart support discourages interest in slam (e.g., responder
has seven hearts to the 10).
-- With an unbalanced hand and spade suit, respond 3S (with a good
suit), or use Stayman and bid 2S, then follow up appropriately:
Opener Responder
1NT 2C
2D 2S
2NT 4S
Responder would jump to 4H (Texas transfer) over 2D with a weakish
6-4 in the majors. Responder could be balanced or unbalanced in
this case. If opener had bid 3C over 2S, showing a maximum without
spade support, responder could either sign off with 4S ("fast
arrival") or bid a forcing 3S if slam is possible despite the lack
of spade support.
Now for the minors:
-- With balanced hands, transfer to the minor and then bid 4NT (or
bid 3NT if opener's rebid disappoints).
-- With unbalanced hands, jump in the minor, or transfer to the
minor and then make a splinter bid if opener's rebid does not
discourage slam ideas:
Opener Responder
1NT 2S - transfer to clubs
2NT/3C 4D/4H/4S - splinter bid
Opener Responder
1NT 2NT - transfer to diamonds
3C/3D 4H/4S - splinter bid
5C - asking bid
(Asking bids are described in the book "Strong Bidding.")
And for both majors and minors:
If you want to use Roman Key Card Blackwood, start with a jump
takeout response; if you want to show a suit and then make a
natural invitational 4NT bid, start with a transfer bid.
With an unbalanced hand and long suit, a transfer followed by a
splinter bid is often appropriate if the suit is strong.