[plaur]

Scoring: IMP

1♥-2♥-p-2♠
3♥-4♦-4♥-4♠
5♥-p-p-X
all pass - down 1

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North opened 1♥. I bid 2♥ and followed up with 4♦.
Neither knew partners style, but the agreement on Micheals was: Not vul you have less than an opener, Vul you need more values. Partner told me he dont need to be 5-5 to Micheals. I generally like to be 5-5, but never got around to tell partner.
What do you think of the bidding?

[andy_h]

West should have bid 4♠ after hearing partner making a Michaels cue-bid. With such a good fit and a decent hand and not knowing if partner's Michaels bid was weak or not you'll be either bidding to make or sacrifice)

What your partner mentioned about not needing to be 5-5 to michaels, imo, is a very bad idea. Some 5m4S hands are suitable for a X or a 2m overcall so I prefer not to have those type of hands in my Michaels bid. And plus, by having it as 5-5 you can be sure to bid up to the limit (like 4♠) here with a 9+ fit and that can be very useful sometimes in terms of preemptive measures. So I guess that is why your partner 'only' bid 2♠ because he thought the partnership may only have a total of 8spades. But even still he could have found some way to invite.