[fuburules3]

Scoring: IMP

2D-X-P-4H-P-4S-P-?

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A couple questions

1. Do you agree with S bidding up to this point?

2. What to do you bid next? The confusion at the table was whether bidding 4S was natural by a hand that doubled intending to bid spades or whether it was some kind of slam try in hearts. How do you distinguish between the two?

Edit: A typo in title, but I can't seem to fix it.

[hanp]

4S is natural and strong, with a good hand for hearts, you can bid 4NT, 5D or 5H instead.

[Codo]

Yes I agree.

Now I bid 5 Club, a cuebid confirming spades. IF I need a first round control for this cuebid, I would try 5 ♠.

4 ♠ is natural for me, you can define it different, but without a discussion this is 100 % natural.

[pooltuna]

Q1) IMO the 4♥ call is viable although 3♦ would be a more flexible alternative

Q2) I would assume partner had significant xtras and would raise to 5♠ showing 2♦ losers from my perspective.

[fuburules3]

Thanks for replies. For your amusement, partner had

KQxxx void AQ987 AQx

and bidding continued

5C-P-6C-P-6H-P-P-X-6S-P-6NT-X-P-P-P

Teammates were not impressed

[TylerE]

That ain't a power double.

[bucky]

fuburules3, on Sep 7 2010, 03:17 PM, said:

Thanks for replies. For your amusement, partner had

KQxxx void AQ987 AQx

and bidding continued

5C-P-6C-P-6H-P-P-X-6S-P-6NT-X-P-P-P

Teammates were not impressed

Double with a void in a side suit (let alone a major) is a bad idea. After opp's weak 2, double then bidding own suit ought to show flexibility playing in other strains, since with a good hand and good suit you would jump overcall at proper level. With the actual hand your partner has, I would simply overcall 2♠. I also don't understand the final correction to 6NT.

[Codo]

I had understood a double of a two heart opening- as long as you do not play non leaping michaels.

But to double 2 ♦ with 5 spades, zero hearts and AQ987 in ♦ is bad even for BI standards.