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Originally Posted by Gabethebabe
1. 4C.
You have a FANTASTIC hand for partner so you cannot pass. 4C also has the advantage that there can be no ambiguity about which suit you want to play and it leaves all the required space for cuebids.
2. 1D followed by 2NT.
This is an horrific hand for natural systems that have no ways to describe exactly this. A 2NT opener is an overbid IMO
3. Discarding a diamond from hand is a blunder imo. They aren't going to find the switch to hearts. Now, I cash Ad and play a club to the T.
4. Low club. No idea really. I think leads Vs NT have been revolutionised by AI, but I don't know exactly how.
5. Dbl
This is pairs. Gotta go for it. Partner knows I do not have 4 spades. I'm showing a fairly maximum 1NT bid. Since I didn't bid a suit, I'm probably exactly 3343 or 3334 and he should be able to figure out what to do.
6. Pass
If the TD had been called, I would have been forced to pass the entire auction, that is what I do now.
On 1, is 4C forcing? We were not sure, so were debating between 5C and 4H. X and 3S were also discussed. We were hoping that X was something like "bid 3NT with a heart stopper, otherwise either leave it in for penalties or pull to 4C/4D as appropriate," but I'm coming around to the idea that it just doesn't make sense to play in a strain other than clubs with this hand.
On 3, discarding the diamond was 100% a blunder. I just didn't foresee at the time that I would need the transportation in diamonds. I only realized my mistake once I was back on the board and couldn't be sure the opps would lead diamonds again for me.
On 4, I led a low spade, which turned out poorly. I guess leading fourth from an ace is generally frowned upon?