[ONEferBRID]

hanp, on Jun 21 2010, 09:27 AM, said:

3H does not show 3 hearts, so we haven't found a fit, so 3S is natural, not a cue.

(4D would be a cue though)

I agree that the 3H preference could be as few as 2 cards ♥ with a minimum ( less than limit raise values) --and no 4+cards ♣ .... and probably only 4 cards Sp.
( With a limit raise for Hts, Responder would have immediately used their favorite Drury as a passed hand).
Then, 3S ( after 3H) by Opener shows 3 card support ( forcing ...as previously established by the 3C jump shift ).
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"pitbulls", and some folks here... including me, suggest that the GF 3C-jump shift may be artificial.

Some, including me, also suggest that after 3C! , then 3D! by Responder can be a relay to 3H!.

This way Responder has 2 ways ( direct and indirect ) to make bids of 3S, 3NT or 4C -- thus, increasing the number of bids for hand description.

Responder's direct 4H can be used for something else other than a limit raise (because of the Drury).    So Responder also has 2 ways to make the 4D, 4H, and 4S bids ( w/ or w/o the relay ).

[gwnn]

It is deal of the weak 286 or in the articles

2002 IOC Grand Prix Part 4b

In the middle of this article

Fred has
AT9xx
KJTxx
-
xxx

and it went

1D-1S
3C-???

it's a nice read. But then again all of the series is a good read.

[jillybean]

Thanks.

I especially like Fred's comments at the end of this article;

"Many players, after a result like this, would spend needless energy thinking about who should have bid what to get where. Joey and I don't think about it at all. We bid what we bid because it seemed right at the time. Thinking about it during the next hand wastes energy. Talking about it at the table is even worse. It doesn't matter who should have bid what. Go onto the next hand"

My partner is always telling me this, I booted not 1, not 2, but 3 hands doing this yesterday.