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- SLAM TRIES WITH LONG SUITS
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-
- As shown throughout these pages, there are many ways to make a slam
- try with a hand that contains a six or seven-card suit. A summary
- follows. First, major suits:
-
- -- With a balanced hand and strong suit, use Jacoby and raise to
- game:
-
- Opener Responder
- 2NT 3D
- 3H 4H
-
- Opener Responder
- 2NT 3H
- 3S 4S
-
- -- With a balanced hand and weak heart suit, use Stayman and then
- bid 4H if partner bids spades:
-
- Opener Responder
- 2NT 3C
- 3S 4H
-
- If opener bids 3D, just bid the suit twice. Opener won't know much
- about the hand except that it has slam potential, because you might
- have four spades. Don't jump to 4H over 3D with slam interest,
- because that shows a weakish 4-6 hand in the majors:
-
- Opener Responder
- 2NT 3C
- 3D 3H (4H would be a sign-off)
- 3NT 4H - slam interest
-
- -- With weakish spades, use Stayman:
-
- Opener Responder
- 2NT 3C
- 3D 3S (4S would be a sign-off)
- 3NT 4S (may be balanced or not)
-
- If opener bids 3H in response to Stayman, then responder can
- differentiate between a balanced and unbalanced hand:
-
- Opener Responder
- 2NT 3C
- 3H 4S - balanced, slam try
-
- Opener Responder
- 2NT 3C
- 3H 3S
- 3NT 4S - unbalanced, slam try
-
- Of course opener won't know immediately whether responder is
- interested in slam or not when he follows up Stayman with a 3H or
- 3S bid. He just shows his hand and waits to hear more.
-
- -- With an unbalanced hand and heart suit, use UHC:
-
- Opener Responder
- 2NT 3D
- 3H 3S - UHC
- 3NT 4H - slam try, unbalanced hand
-
- Responder must have had slam in mind. Opener will probably pass,
- in view of his lack of heart support.
-
- In all of the above sequences, responder obviously could have used
- Texas if not interested in slam.
-
- Remember, a jump to 4H or 4S over a 3D response to Stayman is a
- sign-off, showing a weak 6-4 major suit hand.
-
- Now for the minors:
-
- -- With clubs and a balanced hand, transfer to clubs and then bid
- 4NT:
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- Opener Responder
- 2NT 3S
- 3NT/4C 4NT
-
- -- With clubs and an unbalanced hand, bid 3C and then 4C:
-
- Opener Responder
- 2NT 3C
- Any 4C - natural, slam try
-
- -- With diamonds, balanced or unbalanced, bid 3C and then 4D (since
- the transfer bid of 3NT is not forcing).