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#21 User is offline   MrAce 

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Posted 2011-July-24, 04:18

View Postjillybean, on 2011-July-23, 12:03, said:

I'd be happy to play in the 62 fit and forget this add on. I think the cost of forgotten
sequences is too great compared to the benefit.


No you won't be happy to play in 6-2 fit if you open 1 NT with 5 card major and miss a 5-4 fit. And i dont know about 6-2 being better than a 4-4 fit also, sounds like a simulation matter but i highly doubt it.
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Posted 2011-July-24, 08:16

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Posted 2011-July-24, 12:07

I'm not sure what else 1NT-2♣-2♦-4♦ would mean, besides being a transfer to one of the majors.

After all, standard is that a 3♦ rebid by responder would be natural and forcing, so you don't need to jump so high just to show diamonds.

On the other hand, 1NT-2♣-2♦-3♠-3NT-4♦ does have a meaning -- a slam-interested 4540 hand. I don't see a compelling reason to sacrifice the ability to bid those hands for a way to make opener declare on a 6-4, especially when you have available an otherwise useless bid to show the same hand type.

I agree that it's a bit better to play south african transfers there (or in general, actually) but gerber is very popular for somewhat mysterious reasons (and I hear it's not just north americans with this problem either).
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Posted 2011-July-24, 20:07

There is, I suppose, some small possibility that the day after you give up Gerber, the hand where it is useful will come up. OTOH, you can console yourself with the thought that you probably won't see another such hand for a thousand years. :P
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