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[WasWinM]

Pass. The strong hand needs to describe what it holds. If it's spades, my lousy hearts don't mean much. If it's a big NT, I'll be able to show my hearts and let him decide.
If I'm playing Precision, you should have told me that up front.

[jillybean]

D0PV?

I can't say that I have ever really understood it, but that's what's on my card.

[DavidKok]

I think you're going to get a lot of different answers here. It is also a rare auction, people won't have discussed this.

I think bidding 3♥ is fine. We have a strong hand (on the auction) and a five card heart suit, and that's what that bid promises. It conveniently does not preempt spades, so if partner has those they can still bid them. Pass is not much worse, but I prefer to get my hand off my chest at once.

Watch out for the fossils playing something like 'X shows this many points/controls, pass shows that many'.

For what it's worth, I am always terrified on auctions like this. Usually partner has a hand that has no business opening 2♣, and made a decision to bury a shapely hand in order to show points they don't have. But this time will be different.

[jillybean]

DavidKok, on 2026-August-27, 11:58, said:

For what it's worth, I am always terrified on auctions like this. Usually partner has a hand that has no business opening 2♣, and made a decision to bury a shapely hand in order to show points they don't have. But this time will be different.

I find it hard to believe that you play with partners who bid like this.

[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

we play X as T/O, so the option is either X or 3H, and I would go with X.
It is an interesting q, if Pass is forcing.

With kind regards
Marlowe