This hand demonstrates the importance of showing responder's shortness below the level of 3NT. Had responder been 1=4=2=6, 3NT would have been the best contract. It would be wrong for opener to bid unilaterally above 3NT after 3♣.
To show shortness over 3♣, opener ...
If you play short 1♣ (2+ clubs) and 1-level transfers, you may want to think about transfer rebids as well. For this hand,♠K65 ♥x ♦AQ82 ♣A9654, you would open 1♣. Then, over responder's expected 1♦, showing hearts, you would bid 2♣ to show 5 ...
Below is a scheme of giving up garbage Stayman and focusing more on game-forcing hand types.You may find it useful or me crazy. It runs as follows:
1NT-2♣ ( at least one 4-card major)
2♦-?
Responder's 2♠ shows 5+ spades, invitational, as many now play; and ...
Will be close. I would play ♣A first, then try to ruff 2 spades in dummy. That would take care of almost all ♠ 4-3 cases, and some ♠ 5-2 cases too (e.g. E has 2 spades and 2 clubs).
We are not given club spots. I could have ...
I suppose North would have bid 3♥ if s/he had had 4, since 3♠ was explained as "cards for 3N". So, given that North had shown 6♣-4♠, shouldn't South have moved passed 3NT to seek a slam in clubs - his red suit ♥AK and ...
You may not like relays. But the responding structure to the 2♦ inquiry below should be useful to you:
2♣ (10-15, 6+ clubs) - 2♦ (ask)
2♥: 10-15, no 4-card majors
2♠: 10-15, 6♣-4♥
2NT: 10-12, 6♣-4♠
3♣: 13-15, 6♣-4 ...
Not trying to show off (well, maybe)...Below is how we would bid it:
2♣ (10-15, 6+ clubs) - 2♦ (ask)
3♣ (13-15, 4 spades) - 3♦ (ask)
3♥ (short in diamonds) -3♠ (ask)
3NT (13-15, 4-2-1-6) - 4♣ (key cards in ♣)
4♥ (3 ...
Not so much about MP vs. IMP. As West, you have essentially one club stopper (OK, maybe 1 and 1/8 with that ♣T), and your other honors (♠J and ♦QJ) are slow, you have to rely on your partner to take immediate 8 tricks at 3NT once a club ...
"East can make another move over West's 3N." And then found West has ♠Jx ♥xxx ♦QJxx ♣KQJx opposite my first hand?
Yes, both of my hands are pretty good hands (so that there are no disagreements in reversing). But I could have made them weaker. How about ♠AKxx ♥KQJ ...