'This leaves several options for opening 3NT. One is to play it as a solid major (Kantar 3NT). Another is to play it as a 4-of-a-minor preempt (this works well in conjunction with NAMYATS-an option/upgrade to LC Standard). Lastly, is what I recommend: GAMBLING. Gambling 3NT Consider the following hand ♠Ax ♥xx ♦AKJTxxx ♣xx. You likely have 8 Tricks, you only need 1 Trick from Partner's hand to make a very nice bid of 3NT. Looking at your hand you would need considerably more help from Partner to make a better score than what you would gain from 3NT.

Opening 3NT

Natural

In the very earliest days of bridge this bid meant exactly what it said - a balanced hand of about twenty five points which has every intention of making nine tricks by brute force.

No one plays it that way any more. (If by any chance you are the one who still does then please change to something better sooner rather than later.)

Gambling 3nt Bridge Convention

Bridge Gambling 3nt

In the first place it becomes very difficult for partner to locate a superior suit contract, and because of this it can be difficult to find a slam other than those of the pure rock-crusher variety. Furthermore, the argument about getting there fast before your opponents find their fit really does not apply in this case. With twenty five points in your hand you would just love the opponents to get involved - a penalty double is all but certain to be extremely lucrative.

Gambling 3nt In Bridge

Quite simply, with such a hand start with whatever strong opening bid you have available for the purpose. Typically this will be either 2♣ or 2♦ followed by a natural and forcing 2NT or 3NT.