3NT    opening  bid, responses, rebids etc.

The 3NT opening in MAF is the so-called "gambling" 3NT. I could not get myself to passing over this opening bid. So I stuck to the old gambling 3NT, which, unless it nearly never occurs, still is noted on many couple's system-cards and it is included in MAF too.
In order to be complete, I made next little diagram as an illustration of the convention:



3NT not forcing *     pass stops the remaining three suits >=9
  strong in one minor suit, without Aces or Kings in any side suit   4§ when not stopping remaining suits
2nd response: "pass" 		>=0
 
a: 7-card §/¨ containing A, K and Q. 9-14  
b: 6-card §/¨ containing A, K, Q and J 10-14
 
* the openers rebid is pass if his suit is § and 4¨ if his suit is ¨.
   

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If you arrived here because you wanted to read about the "sohl principle" then we give you the opportunity to link to various other paragraphs where remarks are made about "sohl":

1§-Sohl 1¨-Sohl 1©-Sohl 1ª-Sohl 1NT-Sohl 2©/ª-Sohl 2NT-Sohl
the SOHL overview
As a matter of fact the 4§ response is a sohl-response. It is the cheapest response. It gives information. It is forcing in strange way. The opener must describe his multi-way hand, by calling diamonds or by passing.


I was not able to devise something "originally new" (or funny or practical) for this opening bid. I simply could not stop at 3ª, a strange cause but it is "originally true".

I never told you anything from my limited bridge experience (elsewhere I told you that I learned playing bridge about 50 years ago, but I did not tell you that during the past 50 years there were at least 35 years, that I at did not play bridge at all, so my experiences are really limited). I believe that my experiences, at least those few things that I remember, are not representative for the general game of bridge. But now I will make one exception and tell you something. I encountered once the the chance of practicing the convention, and that turned out to be a disaster. We "went into the boat" (like we say in such circumstances in Holland) in a terrible way - in better english you could say: "the odds pulled our legs mercilessly" - The score was "about 10 tricks down". Nevertheless this experience will not keep me from doing it again, if there is a chance to try it.