Its real close TBH and 4
♠ might work or even pass. 4
♠ seems very dependent on the strength of partner's spade spots, and the weakness / length of a club stopper.
AKTxx xx xxx xxx. No game is really good, but 3N is better than 4
♠.
KQxxx, xx, Qxx, Qxx. I think is the genre of hand Roger is referring to. A lot of 'what ifs' here - 3N looks better than 4
♠.
KQTxx xx Qxxx Jx. This looks like the type of layout Ole is looking for, but note that even 4
♠ has problems with a possible tap.
3N looks 'normal' I guess. Looks like an good hand for a sim; I'll run one this afternoon.
(sorry, disregard some of these - thought Ole's hand didn't have the
♦Q.
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On a similar note, my partner on Monday made a Texas transfer over a 14-16 NT holding xxx QJT9x AKx Jx (?!) for similar reasons as the OP. It actually worked out fine - I held AQx xx Q9xx AQTx - our teammates led a spade from KT9 vs 3N and with the club hook losing, 3N failed (2
♠, 2
♥, 1
♣) (opps didn't find their diamond ruff in 4
♥).
This post has been edited by Phil: 2010-August-20, 15:52