Summary
ONCE a trump suit has been agreed during the auction, a bid of 5NT is conventional. It is known as the Grand Slam Force, and asks partner to show how many of the top three honours he holds. There are various modifications of the convention, but the simple norm is to respond 6. with no honour, 6 of the agreed suit with one, and to bid the Grand Slam with two honours.
On the above deal, East needs to discover (a) whether partner has support for his suit, and (b) whether he holds. Q. He gets both bits of information from the auction; 1NT-3. ; 4. -5NT; 6. and he can now confidently bid 7. . Note that if West's hearts were doubleton, he'd respond 3NT (not 4. ) , and East would still invite the Grand Slam with 5NT, but this would be in No Trumps, not hearts. Similarly, without. Q, West would bid 6. over 5NT, and East should then subside in 6NT.See the full content of this document
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