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It's a bit strange to call today's convention
natural jumps, so you might not want to call
this a convention. Well, then, today's advice
is not to use a convention for a 3 or 3 jump
response to 1NT. Reserve the 3 and 3 bids
as natural calls, with hands you don't want to
transfer.

Most of the tournament world today use
transfers over 1NT, so South will become
declarer and West will lead the queen of clubs.
After three club tricks, East takes the ace of
spades and leads a fourth club to promote a
trump trick for partner - down two. But playing
natural jumps, North, with a hand that screams
for declaring (with all those kings), will jump to
3 and play 4 from his side. North will take
11 tricks after any lead - a four-trick difference!

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