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Originally Posted by chuckleslovakian
Inverted Minor auctions are something I am still a little murky on.
For Chuck, not really Al. With my usual P, the auction would go:
Auction 1: (BAD)
1C-2C; (this shows an opener for us. j/s in o.m. shows a limit raise)
2D-2S; (cheapest stopper)
2N-3C; (heart stopper and minimum, sets trump and starts cuebidding)
3D-4C; (first or second rd diamond ctrl, minorwood)
4S-6C; (2 keycards w/o CQ, to play)
All pass
or
Auction 2: (GOOD)
1C-2C; (this shows an opener for us. j/s in o.m. shows a limit raise)
2D-2S; (cheapest stopper)
2N-3C; (heart stopper and minimum, sets trump and starts cuebidding)
3D-3S; (first or second rd diamond ctrl, spade ctrl)
3N-4D; (not much more to say maybe 3N is right, diamond ctrl)
4H-4N; (heart ctrl, RKC)
5H-6N; (2 without, to play)
All pass
(1) is bad because if partner is missing the DA, a diamond is coming through you regardless of the contract, so 4C as an ace ask is bad here. Better is to see what specific cards partner holds and possibly avoid a 6X-1.
In (2) you can place partner with the HK, DA, CK, and something else, because he's not particularly shapely. It's unfortunate but possible that he has 2 jacks. If partner has either red queen, 6N is cold. Partner does not have 4 spades, as he would have raised my 2S to 3S. 1c-2c does not deny a 4cM. So we'll never score 4 spades. We have 6 clubs, 3 spades, AK diamonds, so if partner has a red queen OR if we get a heart lead OR if the HA is right, or if partner has DKJx and we get a diamond lead OR ... we take 12 tricks. And ruffs really don't help us (eh maybe partner is 3=4=2=4 but I'm not banking on it), so I'm bidding 6N here.
For a MP (or IMP) top.
edit: Splinter is possible here, but imo it eats a lot of good bidding room.