[pescetom]

MP

---

Last hand of the Friday evening tournament, you are well placed.
Well known but not regular partner, not fond of discussion let alone about competitive auctions.
Your own style is to avoid unnecessary jumps and that an unexpected 3NT is quite likely to be speculative based upon a stop and an undisclosed running minor.
Partner's style is generally natural but also used to masterminding with weaker players.
Your call now?

[DavidKok]

Pass and discuss after the event why such jumps create problems for partner.

[P_Marlowe]

Pass.

Partner denied a 3 card heart suit.

[apollo1201]

If partner s style is natural opposed to our own jumps that are gambling, then they should have somewhere around 12-15 HCP, rather balanced, not fitter with H and no good minor to show. So a sg H is virtually ruled out, and p is doubleton. Hx could be good for 3NT but not xx.

If partner masterminds sometimes, they could even have a 3-cd H suit and decided that we belong in NT.

All these tend to pull to 4H despite tje risk of not being able to use dummy s S for discards (KQxx e.g.).

This just emphasizes that space consuming bids should be narrowly defined.

[mw64ahw]

apollo1201, on 2026-May-03, 00:20, said:

If partner s style is natural opposed to our own jumps that are gambling, then they should have somewhere around 12-15 HCP, rather balanced, not fitter with H and no good minor to show. So a sg H is virtually ruled out, and p is doubleton. Hx could be good for 3NT but not xx.

If partner masterminds sometimes, they could even have a 3-cd H suit and decided that we belong in NT.

All these tend to pull to 4H despite tje risk of not being able to use dummy s S for discards (KQxx e.g.).

This just emphasizes that space consuming bids should be narrowly defined.

On the above assumption, which I would make with a random partner, would pulling to 4!H be a slam try aka. bidding 4m? The hand has some merits opposite ♥Hx.

[pescetom]

Thanks all so far.
Just waiting for Jillybean, assuming she wasn't in West

[P_Marlowe]

mw64ahw, on 2026-May-03, 01:06, said:

On the above assumption, which I would make with a random partner, would pulling to 4!H be a slam try aka. bidding 4m? The hand has some merits opposite ♥Hx.

4H is not slam try, why should it.
If you want to make a SI try, bid 4C / 4D, 4H is to play.

I fail to see, what makes you think the hand has merrit, the hand
is min opener, p told you, he has wastage in spade, and your suit
is rotten.