[Kalvan14]

Scoring: MP

(1S)-X-(P)-2H-(2S)-P-(P)-?

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Partner guarantees 4 hearts, or a very strong hand.



Edited: from IMP to MP

[pclayton]

So if pard 'guarantees' 4♥, can I make a 2♥ call on 3?........

Even then I still double, if its interpreted as 'action'. Doesn't look like the hand to bid 3 over 3 with this ugly shape. But I'm not selling out to 2♠, and I want to give pard the option of passing, especially if he made one of those 3=4=3=3 doubles that I HATE

[Winstonm]

Double.

The only concern for partner at first is a 3-card heart suit but the double rectifies that - if I have enough to double I could have found a better bid that 2H on a 3-bagger.

Winston

[Kalvan14]

Ok, you double and the bidding goes:

(1S)-X-(P)-2H-(2S)-P-(P)-X-(P)-3H-(P)-P-(3S)-P-(P)-?

Apparently, LHO found a couple of spades on the floor

BTW, we play very aggressive t/o doubles with the right shape, but it is pretty unusual to double 1♠ without 4 cards in hearts and without a clear rebidding.
Therefore, I would assume that pard is 99% with 4 hearts.

2nd BTW : the game is MP - not IMP. I ticked the wrong line.

[000002]

it's a dangerous marginal competition because of ♥ isn't broken ,and easy 3♠ making with ♠AKTxxxx+♣KQJ.IF i wanna a top score, i would take a risk to double again,it is 50% rate of success only since opp has certain 8 tricks based on west's 2minor Ace.

[pclayton]

Pard has heard my double and LHO's 3♠ call. Do I have anything undisclosed? Not really.

Pass and wait for the lead (hopefully not a heart from a broken sequence).

SO whats the entire hand here? I'm interested - especially on what pard made a TOx on.

[Winstonm]

Kalvan14, on Dec 27 2005, 07:01 PM, said:

Ok, you double and the bidding goes:

(1S)-X-(P)-2H-(2S)-P-(P)-X-(P)-3H-(P)-P-(3S)-P-(P)-?

Apparently, LHO found a couple of spades on the floor 

BTW, we play very aggressive t/o doubles with the right shape, but it is pretty unusual to double 1♠ without 4 cards in hearts and without a clear rebidding.
Therefore, I would assume that pard is 99% with 4 hearts.

2nd BTW  : the game is MP - not IMP. I ticked the wrong line.

Pass. I've bid the entire value of my hand. No guarantee that it is our hand. Maybe partner has made a light double others didn't make and many played at 2S. Maybe our action kept them from game. Regardless, I've told my story and I'm sticking to it.

Winston

[whereagles]

After 2♠: if you play double as extras here, this is an obvious time to make that bid. This double guarantees 4 hearts, by the way (otherwise would have bid 1NT the previous round).

After 3♠: pass, wtp?

[Kalvan14]

Scoring: MP

(1S)-X-(P)-2H-(2S)-P-(P)-X-(P)-3H-(P)-P-(3S)-P-(P)-X- allP

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I doubled again (and this is clearly an action double): at MP, it pays to be somehow aggressive. As I expected, W did not have her bid, but was simply in love with her spades. Pard was minimum and balanced: again the bidding had shown (or at least hinted) to this.

The contract was set by 2 tricks, which means that there was some breathing space, and we were not really hanging from a cliff with our nails.
3♥ makes, btw.

[pclayton]

Kalvan, how does 3♥ make (without some error by the defense)? The defense against 3♥ is really easy playing Obvious Shift. Q♠ lead, 10 by West asking for a ♦ shift. Declarer must duck. Now 3 rounds of spades tapping the closed hand - good luck making 9 tricks.

I don't think it can be made even with 3 rounds of spades initially.

Nice defense against 3♠ by the way. I think you were fortunate that declarer didn't have the 7th spade as advertised.

[Kalvan14]

Phil,
Q♠ as lead, and shif to ♦ (declarer plays low). Now spade and spade again.

Ruff in dummy with J♥ (I expect that RHO does not overruff), the A, K and x in trumps. Win the diamond return, draw last trump and finesse in clubs: 4 hearts + 4 clubs + A♦= 9 tricks.