[pirate22]

IMPS BBO tourney-----We N/S we VULN opps green.
not ghoulash
Simple you hold.

10763--87--65432--83. Cor luv a Duck!!!

Bidding (w} pass--pass--1sp--x
pass--2d --2sp--x
pass--??.
can i ask these questions to my self??
A..........why has pard not bid his suit?
B..........why has pard not raised me?
C..........what is going on????

make your decision,and when I get some replies,i shall reveal all
in 2 days time.......... regards

[the hog]

3D. Partner has a rockcrusher flat hand.

[Bbradley62]

If partner has a rockcrusher flat hand, then either:
a) he can make 3NT with no help from me, in which case he should have bid it since he knows I don't have anything, or
b) he cannot make 3NT on his own, in which case I'll be happy with +300.

Pass.

[ArtK78]

Either RHO or CHO is insane.

Assuming partner has his bid, I pass. The most likely holding for partner is a big balanced hand. I have much more defense than I promised with my 2♦ bid (in other words, I have some defense). Pard heard my 2♦ bid and doubled 2♠, which is not for takeout. Why would I bid over 2♠x?

If you bid over 2♠x, it is an insult to partner.

[aguahombre]

I don't understand why pard has to be flat. How about a rock crushing 1-4-3-5? Whatever partner holds, I don't have to be this weak and don't have to have 5 diamonds. So, I guess I will try to show that by bidding the suit again.

[pooltuna]

Q1)his hand is so good only X can express it
Q2)see Q1 plus he may want you to show a ♠ stopper now if you have one
Q3)partner has shown you the rock of Gibraltar (well the back side of it)
just call 3♦ to show your near Yarborough

[pirate22]

Well for once i did Justice to my partner by Passing,it took a few seconds,because i asked my self the questions,for those that bid 3d,it stampedes partner to the wrong decision---looking at the traveller most contracts of 3n/t and 5 diamonds x all went down.
Partners hand indeed a rock crusher.

{shdc} K5--AK32--AK7--AK62 2sp went 3 off=500

[aguahombre]

congrats on your plus 500. It would have beat all the pairs who trusted partner's 3D bid and passed for a partial. Or gotten the same top as plus 110 or 130 (or even minus 100), if no other South could resist bidding game after 3D.

[the hog]

aguahombre, on Jul 23 2010, 10:41 PM, said:

I don't understand why pard has to be flat.  How about a rock crushing 1-4-3-5?  Whatever partner holds, I don't have to be this weak and don't have to have 5 diamonds.  So, I guess I will try to show that by bidding the suit again.

Yes, I agree with you. I posted too quickly and without thinking.
This is still an obvious 3D bid now, and definitely not a pass. In the real world it would not surprise me in the least to find 2S making. Cannot opener have
AQJxxxx xx xx AK That still leaves partner with his bid.