[mikegill]

Scoring: IMP

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I bid 3N. Partner's 2nd spade was not quite good enough so -2. I thought 3N was probably the normal action, but I did consider just bidding 3♥. I actually didn't really think X was much of an option simply because it can land you in a silly spade contract at who knows what level.

[sathyab]

gnasher, on Mar 17 2009, 11:51 AM, said:

ArtK78, on Mar 17 2009, 05:30 PM, said:

Axxx Kx xxx Qxxx (perhaps not everyone's idea of a 4♠ call, but not unreasonable).

That's a very unreasonable 4♠ bid. If partner decides to bid game, he should bid 4♦ and then convert 4♥ to 4♠, showing only four spades and a willingness to hear 5♣. Similarly, if they raise to 4♦ he should make a responsive double and follow with 4♠.

How would you bid a hand that's too strong for 4♠ ? Cue-bidding first and then correcting partner's expected 4♥ to 4♠ seems like the natural thing to do.

[lonesome31]

Agree with Eagle