[lycier]

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1- Defence problem:
At 3th round,Gib S lead ♠J,why not go on playing ♣?helped me to get 9 tricks.

2- Bidding problem:
This is a rediculous bidding sequence in the weaker hand !
3♥ is game forcing only with 14hcp.
Is opener so strong enough to bid twice with game force?
This reverse bidding style is unreasonable and rediculous.

There are two situations on reverse bidding in general:
1- Reverse with minimumu hand -(16hcp - 18hcp).
Reverse bid shows good shapes with 4-6 distributions in this situation,it is a picture bid in fact.

2- Reverse with extra values or maximum hand -(19+hcp including decent 18hcp).
Reverse bid shows its strong hand with game force in this situation.

[Bbradley62]

lycier, on 2015-April-18, 06:45, said:

This is a rediculous bidding sequence in the weaker hand !

Weren't you holding the weaker hand?

What are you spewing about? East reasonably counts his hand as being worth 19 total points. It's not his fault that you chose to play 3N instead of 5♦ after he told you that he had 11 red cards.

[Stephen Tu]

When you are 5-6, you have a lot of extra playing strength if you catch any sort of fit. This justifies reversing on quite a bit fewer HCP than is required on less extreme shapes. My personal preference is to play 3♥ as NF, but apparently GIB does not do so. Considering you are cold for 6♦, perhaps East is justified in making a forcing call.

[lycier]

Bbradley62, on 2015-April-18, 07:15, said:

Weren't you holding the weaker hand?

What are you spewing about? East reasonably counts his hand as being worth 19 total points. It's not his fault that you chose to play 3N instead of 5♦ after he told you that he had 11 red cards.

you mean 5♦ is best contract and very easy to get 11 tricks?

[steve2005]

lycier, on 2015-April-18, 11:21, said:

you mean 5♦ is best contract and very easy to get 11 tricks?

Yes, 11 tricks easy in ♦ even 12 as cards lie.