I was just reminded of a strange little treatment.
Your partner opens 2NT. You start to transfer to hearts, when he suddenly super-accepts by bidding 4C. You have systemically agreed that 4D by you is now a re-transfer, either to sign off or to right-side the contract before you start asking for Aces. Makes sense.
However, a problem exists. The re-transfer takes away your ability to make a Last Train 4D call. Maybe you won't ever need on in this auction, but then maybe you will. What to do?
When a re-transfer is in play, you could use the straight bid of the suit, here 4H, as Last Train. The wrong-siding of the contract might not be as much of an issue when you are that close to slam anyway, of course.
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When you use 4H as your last chance at slam, it's called Clarksville. Danny Kleinman had an article about Monkeeing around in the Bridge World, maybe ten years ago.
When you use 4H as your last chance at slam, it's called Clarksville. Danny Kleinman had an article about Monkeeing around in the Bridge World, maybe ten years ago.
Kleinman's article was called "Clarksville,"
All versions of "Last Train" (including Kleinman's)use 4T-1 as an artificial slam try. However, in traditional "Last Train," when partner signs off with 4T, and the "Last Trainer" continues to bid, he does not necesaarily convert his 4T-1 bid into a control-showing bid.
With Clarksville, he does. In Clarksville, 4T is the signoff, and 4T-1 simply transfers partner into 4T. When the 4T-1 bidder continues to show controls, the 4T-1 bid is revealed as showing a control in that suit as well.
Kleinman's article was called "Clarksville,"
All versions of "Last Train" (including Kleinman's)use 4T-1 as an artificial slam try. However, in traditional "Last Train," when partner signs off with 4T, and the "Last Trainer" continues to bid, he does not necesaarily convert his 4T-1 bid into a control-showing bid.
With Clarksville, he does. In Clarksville, 4T is the signoff, and 4T-1 simply transfers partner into 4T. When the 4T-1 bidder continues to show controls, the 4T-1 bid is revealed as showing a control in that suit as well.
So, "Clarksville" is not exactly the same? It seems odd to have a sign-off and a transfer both mean the same thing initially, unless you want flexibility to determine declarer. I think I would prefer 4T as LTTC and 4T-1 as the sole signoff route.
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