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Why is everyone down on Gerber Wish I had done this

#21 User is offline   the hog 

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Posted 2023-February-12, 04:13

1♣ )P) 1NT (2H)
4♣ 4♠
7NT

Opening 2♣ is not my style. 4♣ is Minorwood. End of a short story.
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Posted 2023-February-12, 16:18

View Postthe hog, on 2023-February-12, 04:13, said:

1♣ )P) 1NT (2H)
4♣ 4♠
7NT


Easy :)
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Posted 2023-April-03, 16:56

The notes call this bid Gerber but the truth is that the auction would not be any different playing more traditional methods, where a jump after a 2♣ opening sets the trump suit and asks for aces/keycards. The traditional method does give the advantage of Responder knowing that clubs are the trump suit but as they are just answering a specific question, that is not particularly important. So my question is simple - what has Gerber gained over the traditional approach?
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