[000002]

April 13,i met this hand on the chinese national bridge association 2007 "canghe autocar" cup.
opps preempt 2♠ with an noncommittal minor,pd overcall 3♥ and RHO jump 4♠ with a big sound.i look my hand and glance the tray,it's cool and jarless .
i take 4nt and plop on tray, in silence.

KJX
AXXXX
AQ9
QT

my 4NT forced pd to select in minors, i planed to back 5♥ hint slam 6♥.
but, when tray back, he bid 5♥ directly.
i was confused with my hand now,i fetch a coin from my packge,threw in the sky and pray god to decide.
3judgements were looking me and they all smiled .

GOD,he told me passed and it's successed.

any clue to signoff 5♥?


regards
000002

[the hog]

Well "Yes", your hand is not as good as it looks at first glance. Your KJ of S are probably wasted, and quite likely lho is sitting over some of your minor suited cards. Having said this, it is hard to find a hand for pd where he would bid 3H and you don't have a play for slam -

void
KQJxxx
Kxxx
xxx
This is NOT a 3H bid. Even with a 7th heart and 1 less C this hand is not worth 3H.
I would have bid 6H

[whereagles]

Well... I would definitely bid 3♥ on that, though I can see it might lead to trouble.

Good hand for discussion. We should poll it