Fit Jumps Opener 18-19 Balanced 171220 Hand 8

Board 8 North Deals	♠ K Q 9 2 ♥ K Q 8 ♦ A K 9 8 ♣ Q 7
♠ A 6 5 3 ♥ 10 9 6 4 ♦ J ♣ 9 6 5 2	N W E S	♠ J 8 7 4 ♥ J 7 ♦ 7 6 5 2 ♣ J 10 8
19 5    3 13	♠ 10 ♥ A 5 3 2 ♦ Q 10 4 3 ♣ A K 4 3

NS 6N; NS 6♦; NS 5♥; NS 4♠; NS 5♣; Par +990

	North	South
	1 ♦	2 ♥
	3 NT	4 ♣
	4 ♥	4 ♠
	4 NT	5 ♠
	6 ♦	Pass

6 ♦ by North

Lead: ♣ J

Made 6 — NS +920

After the jump to 3 NT, responder can cue-bid. This is different than when opener rebids 2 NT in which case responder shows a shortage. These auctions over the 3 NT rebid are a little less precise but we are working in the 30+ combined high card points.

Here for example if north had ♠ Axxx ♥ KQx ♦ AKxx ♣ Qx it would be easy for north to bid a grand knowing there was a singleton spade opposite.

South's 4 ♣ cue-bid is mandatory as we have discussed. Thereafter the auction is fairly predictable.

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