[Fluffy]

The only alternative to 4♦ is 4♠.

[cheech]

I agree, in retrospect I should probably have taken 3n out, but looking at it at the time, it never occured to me that partner wouldn't have a stop and I just thought "maybe the hearts wil run, maybe the spades will run, and if his stop's something like KQx or such, my singleton may well be useless" ie maybe we're making as many tricks here as anywhere else. Also, although it is true that I knew we had a major fit, I wasn't sure which 1 we had, and was afraid 4 hearts or 4 spades could easily put us into a 7-card fit (it has since been pointed out that 4 clubs would have avoided this problem nicely, but it didn't occur to me at the time)

[whereagles]

4D for me as well. 3NT might work out, but since I have no running suit, I really doubt it will make more often than not...