[Benoit35]

All white, partner opens 1♠, RHO overcalls 1NT. You have

♠96
♥AQ8
♦AQ92
♣AQT8

Slam or Slap? If the latter, how?

You double, LHO redoubles. Partner now says 2♦. The sleazebag on your right passes.

Now what?

[matmat]

Benoit35, on Jan 23 2009, 01:27 AM, said:

All white, partner opens 1♠, RHO overcalls 1NT. You have

♠96
♥AQ8
♦AQ92
♣AQT8

Slam or Slap? If the latter, how?

You double, LHO redoubles. Partner now says 2♦. The sleazebag on your right passes.

Now what?

pretty sure that the sleazebag is sitting across the table from me, not on my right.

5♦

[P_Marlowe]

Someone is playing.

So I go with X, to see if it is p or if it is RHO.

After p runs, ... we have discovered, that it was p,
because if he has a real opener 2D is never an option.

Now 3D, lets see, how much he was fouling around.

Is p not lucky to have me as a p?

With kind regards
Marlowe

[FrancesHinden]

Well, obviously someone is having a bit of a joke but it doesn't have to be partner. This time I have a sneaky suspicion that they both are.

I don't normally do the adding-up-HCP-round-the-table thing, but maybe this is a good time for it.

We have 18.
LHO has, let's say, 9.
That leaves about 13 for both partner and RHO.
So RHO definitely doesn't have his 1NT bid.
Partner has room to have a light opening. So how about

AQ10xxx
x
K9xxx
x

for partner,

xx
xxx
x
KJxxxxx

for RHO

and the rest for LHO

It's quite possible that opponents play RHO's pass over 2D as forcing (I would, after the redouble). If so, I'm going to pass 2D and see what LHO comes up with...

[mcphee]

Well if dear old pard has entered the fray with complete trash I have a problem, if he holds some sort of real hand we might have a slam. If pard has elected to operate he should have chosen a different time, now the problem is, is 3C F? It is for me but this might well be the time to try 4C and see how partner reacts. My feeling is they will bid 4D and we can try 4H and see if they dare to show a S control, if so I am bidding 6.

[Benoit35]

Let's follow Frances. You pass 2♦, LHO bids 2♥, passed all the way to you. What next?

[mtvesuvius]

P_Marlowe, on Jan 23 2009, 05:59 AM, said:

Someone is playing.

So I go with X, to see if it is p or if it is RHO.

After p runs, ... we have discovered, that it was p,
because if he has a real opener 2D is never an option.

Now 3D, lets see, how much he was fouling around.

Is p not lucky to have me as a p?

With kind regards
Marlowe

I agree, Double. This will clarify who is psyching and we can take it from there. Taking 12 tricks vs. 1NT Xed is +1400. If they run, then we can be reasonable sure that RHO has psyched.