tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181380552290465298.post1476034112724974006..comments2024-03-14T18:02:56.265-04:00Comments on Robin's Bridge Blog: The Forcing 1NTPhasmidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870140728729031615noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181380552290465298.post-30143548428114778582010-12-01T10:08:42.130-05:002010-12-01T10:08:42.130-05:00Hi, Robin,
I do not agree with 1NT, then 4S on th...Hi, Robin,<br /><br />I do not agree with 1NT, then 4S on the hand you shows. Or, for that matter, with Fast Arrival calls in general.<br /><br />The problem, IMHO, is that Fast Arrival does not provide partner with the specific information he needs. Lets take your example of Kxx, AJxx, Jxx, Axx opposite a 1S opening bid. If partner has AQxxxxx, KQx, x, xx, you are cold for slam. But if responder has chosen that auction on Kxx, Jxx, AJxx, Axx, slam has no play. How can opener know the difference when responder has chosen to use up a lot of bidding room without providing opener the information he needs to know?<br /><br />Perhaps if the 1NT-4S auction showed not just a minimum but a totally nonslammish minimum, something like QJx, KJxx, KJx, Qxx, the use of bidding room might make some sense. But, frankly, I do not think the auction of 1S-1NT-2x-4S really has much meaning at all, and might best be reserved for hands with a just-discovered fit for the suit of partner's rebid and that had been planning on rebidding 3S.<br /><br />I like the 2H response that was chosen by your partner at the table.<br /><br />Some of the folks that play 1NT forcing and unlimited do so because they like to reserve the 2/1 response for a five card suit. I think that makes a lot of responding hands very hard to bid, and so I think I would consent to that treatment only if a 2C response could be either clubs or artificial, balanced. Not sure at what levels of games that would be allowed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402419741923703786noreply@blogger.com