[OleBerg]

Pass-(1♣)-pass-(1♦)
1♥-(1NT)-pass-(3NT)
4♣-(X)-pass-(pass)
XX-(pass)-4♦-(X)
XX?

What does partner hold?
And what if he had bid 4♥ instead of the second XX?

The actual hand will be posted later.

Feel free to joke, but plz be nice and make a serious reply too.

Edit: All white, IMP's. (As if it matters.)

[han]

I think partner is 5-7 in the majors or something like that.

[fromageGB]

OK, if I'm sitting there at the table and this happened, I can't just ignore it and move on to the next hand. I have to assume partner is still in possession of his faculties.

He passed initially, so doesn't have an opening hand, he wants to get in a high level as a sacrifice, but didn't preempt. I would assume a preempt hand but with a side suit he didn't want to sacrifice potential prospects in. His main suit has to be hearts. It looks as if the 4♣ bid (sitting under his LHO's possible suit) was an attempt to get you to bid that didn't work, hence the first redouble, and your pick on diamonds was the wrong one. Hence the second redouble. So he has long hearts and a side suit in spades.

Give him something like AJxx QJTxxxxx - x and that might explain the bidding. NO, this is what a final 4♥ would be. So he has AJxxx QJTxxxx - x. I would bid accordingly and let him buy me a pint when it all goes wrong.

[fromageGB]

han, on Aug 16 2008, 11:19 AM, said:

I think partner is 5-7 in the majors or something like that.

Hey, did you read my answer while I was still typing it?

[OleBerg]

The actual hand was:

♠Q6532
♥A1096542
♦2
♣-

So you were right.

Fromage, beer is on you if it goes wrong, as you hold:

♠KJ9
♥7
♦A652
♣K8632

4♠X makes , even with spades 4-1, and as the♣K gets hooked, 3nt is a winner too.