[inquiry]

Scoring: IMP

EAST South West North
Pass -1♠- DBLE - Pass
1NT! - Pass - 2♠! - Pass
3NT -- ALL PASS

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I got to play 3NT last night with this combination of hands. My initial pass is a little unusual for me, but we agreed to play Gazilli and I didn't want to open 1S with no club rebid around. My 1NT bid was consevative, but I have seen my partners takeout doubles before and they can be very light and I fear a potential misfit.

Anyway, should I bid differently? Maybe 3C over 2S?

[hrothgar]

I don't understand West's bidding at all.

One can debate the merits of making a takeout double as opposed to bidding some number of hearts. However, if one decides to make a takeout double - and treat this as a strong single suited hand - it would seem reasonable to mention one's heart suit at some point in time...

To some extent you got unlucky that the opponent's never mentioned their 10 card Diamond fit before the opening lead. (I'm also not convinced that an opening style that radically distorts the strength requirement for a 1♠ opening depending on whether or not one holds a club suit is sound). However, I think that the bulk of the blame lies with the 2♠ rebid.

[Gerben42]

Just a formatting comment. Please start your bidding with either North or West, so West is in fact to the left of East. I found it very hard to read.

I don't see why West should not bid 2 or 3♥ after the 1NT response. Both should be forcing but 3♥ would be best to stress the great suit. This is what you get when you don't bid your suits.

Both vuln. at IMPs I would have passed 1♠X rather than distorting to bid 1NT. If pass is out I must bid 2NT. Yet if you fear partner is light, 1♠X is probably the place to be.

Pass 1♠ Dbl Pass
Pass 2♦ 3♥ Pass
4♣ Pass 4♦ Pass
6♥ Pass Pass Pass

[whereagles]

Ben, sack pard

[hotShot]

The real problem here is west who is hiding a 7 card major and his 4 card side suit.
But you want to discuss your bidding:
Given your partners light t/o doubles I agree with 1NT, but I don't like 3NT over 2♠, because 2♠ is asking for more information about your hand.
3NT should show solid stopper in all suits, leading to 7♥ tricks and a ♠ trick. Together with a stopper in each minor 3NT should be a playable spot.

[Mr. Dodgy]

Spoiler

hidden coz i not adv+

Pass-1♠-Dbl-Pass
2NT-???-?♥-???
?!♠(or whatever gadgets you may have here)...

[Codo]

I like 1 NT in this circumstances, pd can have a quite weak hand.
I think 3 NT is correct too. You have a real maximum and a very good spade stopper for your bid. You even have two stoppers in the unbid suits too, which is more then recommended. 3 NT is your game. There is no acctractive fit vissible.

I totally disagree with your pds bidding. His hand screems for a Heart game not for NT. Even after 3 NT I would have bid 4 Heart, but I surely had bid 3 Heart after your 1 NT bid, which is 100 % game forcing.

[Apollo81]

You could have bid 3♣ over 2♠, but partner is the real culprit here. He should have bid 2♥ over 1NT, which obviously would get you to slam.

[inquiry]

Apollo81, on May 7 2007, 09:47 AM, said:

You could have bid 3♣ over 2♠, but partner is the real culprit here. He should have bid 2♥ over 1NT, which obviously would get you to slam.

This 3♣ bid is what my partner suggest that I bid over 2♠. I assumed 2♠ was game forcing, so 2NT or 3♣ are both possibilities, but even should I bid, say 2NT, I don't think I would believe partner had this hand if he bid 3♥ over that, and I would still bid 3NT to protect the queen of spades (positional value). I guess if I bid 3♣ we would wind up in 6♣.

[whereagles]

Apollo81, on May 7 2007, 02:47 PM, said:

You could have bid 3♣ over 2♠, but partner is the real culprit here. He should have bid 2♥ over 1NT, which obviously would get you to slam.

Pard had not one, but THREE opportunities to bid the obvious 4♥ and failed to do so at each and every one of them.