[Hanoi5]

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Say West opens 1♣, North bids 1♦, East 1♥ (anything better?), South bids 2♦. Later on, South will bid 3♦ and North 4♦ if they can. What contract would you and your pd reach?

How would you play 4♥? How would you play 4♠? Diamond lead and continuation, of course.

[Fluffy]

Hanoi5, on 2010-December-21, 21:46, said:

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Say West opens 1♣, North bids 1♦, East 1♥ (anything better?), South bids 2♦. Later on, South will bid 3♦ and North 4♦ if they can. What contract would you and your pd reach?

How would you play 4♥? How would you play 4♠? Diamond lead and continuation, of course.

I guide myself mainly by the number of trumps to compete, I'd bid 1♥, west would support double, and since we don't know about the spade fit, there is no reason to bid to the 3 level, so 3♦ is likelly the final contract.

east might decide to compete up to 3♥, slow tricks and high ODR combined with a very likelly 9+ fit of the opponents, but ruffing in the long hand and having a bad suit is not very good. So I am not sure what I'd do.

No way I'd reach game.

[ewleongusa]

Hanoi5, on 2010-December-21, 21:46, said:

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Say West opens 1♣, North bids 1♦, East 1♥ (anything better?), South bids 2♦. Later on, South will bid 3♦ and North 4♦ if they can. What contract would you and your pd reach?

How would you play 4♥? How would you play 4♠? Diamond lead and continuation, of course.

Probably, especially at pairs, the opponents would be doubled in 4D and our side would defend.

Eric Leong

[Phil]

A negative double is fine with 4-5 in the majors. I can reverse flannery (2♥) over 1♦ so that I'm covered 5-4 also. Game is iffy, but I think we'll compete to 3♠ and smack 4♦.