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jdeegan, on Nov 4 2009, 01:51 AM, said:
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3 or 4♦ was my choice before i saw the actual hand. You want to, (1) if possible, buy the contract in sme number of ♥, and (2) if not, set the best possible stage for either you or pard to know what to do over 4♠. Pard will infer your ♠ shortness. He can't know about your 5th ♦ unless you tell him.
3 or 4♦ was my choice before i saw the actual hand. You want to, (1) if possible, buy the contract in sme number of ♥, and (2) if not, set the best possible stage for either you or pard to know what to do over 4♠. Pard will infer your ♠ shortness. He can't know about your 5th ♦ unless you tell him.Your spade shortage is more important than your fifth diamond, I think. If partner has ♠xx or ♠xxx, his decision to bid on over 4♠ is often tipped by whether you have two spades or one (or none).
It's easy to say "partner, with three spades, will know you have a singleton" but in my experience, if you deduce partner's shortage because of a fit the opponents ought to have, you get killed a large proportion of the time when they don't have that fit.