barmar, on 2014-February-15, 11:42, said:
The double fit is a plus, but minimum values and a wasted honor in the opponents' suit is a minus. It seems to me that these cancel each other out, so there's no reason to violate the LOTT, so Pass must be a LA.
The wasted heart honour is not a negative. It is your normal expectation given you bid 1nt. If you raised diamonds at your first turn it would be a negative.
I would evaluate:
Overall strength minimum but I seldom rate this highly in a competitive situation. A minimum here is bad for offense as well as defense;
Spades, the length is offensive, which obviously suggests bidding. It is more offensive than what is expected from my bidding so far. Perhaps much more given I didn't make a negative double;
Hearts defensive but just as expected;
Diamonds, offensive. I have length that is not expected. An ace is both offensive and defensive. This ace in partner's long suit is more offensive.
Clubs, the Doubleton may be a ruffing value. Given our control if we play the hand and that ruffing weakens our h Qxx defensively, this is more likely to be useful offensively than defensively.
Overall I think the hand screams offense.
Whike partner has the majority of our sites assets and could know better what defensive tricks we might take this evaluation will be difficult not knowing we have any fit.