krhorneman

4♠. I do need pard to have several cover cards for slam to make, since it isn't clear he has a ♥ singleton yet. I didn't see the vulnerability, and it has some effect on my bid here. Red on White, pard will know I have a real hand for this. White on red, I should double, as I could bid 4♠ on many much weaker hands.

I think maybe you misread the bidding. You opened the hand 1D, so no cue bid showing limit plus available.

Pass is definitely not forcing, imo. Pard has to bid 4c/d/h to set up a forcing pass. As I've promised 4 card support, even 4d by partner is showing a good hand and setting up a force. Pard doesn't rate to have a great hand here, as he is obviously short in hearts with likely extra spade length, but didn't make any noise on the way to game. I think it's close between pass and 5s, but 100% I think pass is not forcing. Given the form of scoring, the upside/downside seems to favor bidding. I would not consider double. One of the opponents is almost certainly short in spades, and I have way too much wasted there. I would have bid 2S originally and wouldn't really think about 3S. I have four card support, minimal HCP, and not a good first suit. The singleton isn't enough, I need about a queen more.