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Serious 3 Notrump - After partners find an 8 card fit in a major below the 3 Notrump level, non-trump bids above 3S become forcing and artificial:
 

Bid

Meaning

3N

Serious Slam try

4C/D

Mild Slam try

4H

Choice of games

Some partners play cuebids as serious and 3 Notrump as a non-serious slam try.  See similar conventions Last Train Cuebid, Mathe Asking Bid

Also see books on Slam and other slam conventions: 1430, Baby Blackwood, Blackwood, Controls, Exclusion Blackwood/Voidwood, Gerber, Grand Slam Force, Jacoby 2 Notrump, Key Card Blackwood, Kickback, Last Train,  NAMYATS, Pick a Slam, Quantitative Notrump Bid, Rolling Blackwood, Serious 3 Notrump, Slam Try - Stayman, Splinters, Opener Jump Shift, Strong Jump Shift, and legacy treatments as Roman Asking Bids, Roman BlackwoodRoman Gerber.  Slam treatments also include interference of an overcall by opponents, as Negative Slam Double, DOPI, DEPO, ROPI.

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