Minorwood Slam Bidding – Duplicate and Contract Bridge

When it comes to bidding slams, there’s nothing quite like having the right tool for the right situation.  The Blackwood convention can be great to find a major suit slam, Gerber is a cool Ace-asking tool when partner balanced the bidding in Notrump, and the Quantitative slam try helps when we just want to know partner’s range.
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So how you elegantly probe for a slam with partner in a minor suit?  Could the Minorwood convention provide us relief from going overboard with the bidding?  Read on!

Minor Suit Bidding Strategy:

3 Notrump – Stoppers and less than 33 points

5 in Minor Suit – No stoppers and 29-32 points

Explore Minor Suit Slam – 33+ distributional points

Why Yet Another Slam Convention Like Minorwood?

3 Notrump contracts are easier to make than 5C or 5D

3 Notrump contracts are more profitable than 5C or 5D (40 + 30 + 30)

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