[paulhar]

The auction has gone 2C P 2D P 2S P 3S.

Assuming you don't want to bid slam or 4S now, would you always cuebid here or would you sometimes just bid 4S holding an ace?

[P_Marlowe]

paulhar, on Dec 27 2008, 05:20 PM, said:

The auction has gone 2C P 2D P 2S P 3S.

Assuming you don't want to bid slam or 4S now, would you always cuebid here or would you sometimes just bid 4S holding an ace?

Always cue.

If you have agreed to play 3NT as serious 3NT, this would
be even better and more or less automatic.
In this auction 3NT is just asking responder to describe his
hand, call it mark time bid, if you want a classic name.

Of course opener can bid 4S, if he has a dead min. 2C
opener, but this denies p the chance to describe his hand
below 4S, and maybe responders hand improves openers
hand.


With kind regards
Marlowe

[cherdano]

I like 3N = balanced slam try (forcing), 4 of a suit = natural slam try. 4S would be unusual but I would certainly bid that with a very minimal 6322 or similar.

[shevek]

Other

Who knows, we might even reach 6♦ in this construct

Scoring: IMP

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4♦ is clear. At least Rubens would approve.

[Fluffy]

depends on what 2♦ is, if it is unlimited I will always cue.

This is one of the sequences where I'd like to play 3NT= no shortness, anything else= shortness.

[skjaeran]

paulhar, on Dec 27 2008, 11:20 PM, said:

The auction has gone 2C P 2D P 2S P 3S.

Assuming you don't want to bid slam or 4S now, would you always cuebid here or would you sometimes just bid 4S holding an ace?

Not sure what hand you're referring to, most seem to think you're talking about responcer. But it's opener's turn to bid.

I'd cuebid 4♣ as opener over 3♠ by responder, and then 4♦ from responder. To me, 3♠ guarantees the ability to make a cuebid (promises 1+ controls), and over a cuebid by opener asks for that cuebid.