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SLAM TRY CUE BIDS
The subject of slam try cue bids is too large for this particular
writer. Besides, the whole field is well covered in two books:
How to Win at Duplicate Bridge, by Marshall Miles
Blueprint for Bidding, by Terence Reese and Albert Dormer
Some general principles:
-- When making a first cue bid toward slam, avoid cue bidding a
void (except in an opposing suit) or a suit with no losers:
singleton ace, doubleton AK, AKQ. Prefer a cue bid in a suit like
Axx, where a fit would be welcome. Partner will evaluate his hand
on the basis of fit in the first cue bid suit, and you want him to
come up with the right answer: a king in the suit is good, xxx is
bad.
-- It is not mandatory to cue bid an ace that can be cheaply shown
if you have already stretched in the previous bidding:
South West North East
1S Pass 3S Pass
4C Pass ?
North should bid 4S, signing off, not 4D, with S-Q432 H-KJ D-A87
C-7632 With such a miserable limit raise, if South passes the 4S
sign-off there can surely be no slam. If all South needs for slam
is the diamond ace, he should be able to make another move. South
has S-AKJ75 H-983 D-K9 C-AK8. If North bids 4D, South will bid 5D,
and North will have to bid 6S because 5S would deny heart control.
If one of North's small clubs were traded for the queen of clubs,
she could cooperate in the slam try by bidding 4D. This would lead
to a reasonable slam.
-- A cue bid is not possible in partner's major at the four level,
unless the other major has been tentatively agreed:
South West North East
1S Pass 3C Pass
4C Pass 4S - spade raise, not a cue bid
The 4S bid is not quite forcing, although it will seldom be passed
(in view of the club fit).
South West North East
1S Pass 3H Pass
4H Pass 4S - forcing, may be a cue bid
North could have S-A4 H-KQJ873 D-AK3 C-95 The 4S is forcing,
because North presumably could have passed 4H with a minimum 3H
jump.