[MickyB]

Scoring: MP

1♥-P-1NT to you. What's your call, and is it close?

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[MickyB]

Do you consider double, or is it just a choice between 2♠ and 4♠?

[Codo]

2 Spade 66%
4 Spade 33 %
I don´t double

[andy_h]

probably 2S, 2nd choice 4S. I don't think I'd double.

[whereagles]

4♠, though I wouldn't be surprised if this goes 2 down... (been there before)

[skjaeran]

Jlall, on Nov 13 2007, 02:02 AM, said:

4S, yes it's close.

Agree with this, and what Justin said later.

[MickyB]

Someone I gave this hand to suggested 3♠. 1♥-P-2♥-3♠ would show this sort of hand, right? As noone has suggested it, I guess that it doesn't apply to this auction, although it seems pretty sensible - a 2♠ bid doesn't show a particularly good hand here, after all, so a lot of WJOs could just bid 2♠.

Anyway, I doubled, which was the wrong thing to do on the actual hand - it lets the opponents bid to their cold 5D contract.

[Halo]

I wondered why two or four - vul why not three?

[jdonn]

I would bid just 2. I mean if partner has a stiff spade and nothing useful for offense then even 2 is probably down. I plan on bidding 3 on my own if needed, which must show something pretty close to this. 4♠ I can see as an option, but double I can't.

I think 3♠ is still preemptive after 1♥ p 2♥, although pretty sound vul is certainly how I'd go. How else to find your many good saves or even makes when you have a hand that warrants that bid?

It really was unlucky that your opponents could make 5♦ when you hold this hand, the possibility of guarding against that would not really enter my mind.