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I agree with Justin on this completely.

I would bid 3NT

I play it as "forcing one round". It is a jump-shift, it is also a reverse. 2C opening doesn't force to game either, imo. It only forces to 3M or 4m. In other words, 2C forces 2 rounds.

2C is my first choice, 2N is next. 2NT? never. I'd rather raise to 3S than 2NT.

I vote for 4♠. Though the ♦K doesn't look good, ♠K, ♣A and 4th ♠ are gold. And I have only 2 ♦ losers anyway. Besides, if pd has ♥Kx, it is very likely to win a trick.

He then should bid 3H over 3D.

I think my first dbl is OK. But I made the bad choice to dbl again. pd (first time pd, and this was our first board) bid 4S with ♠Axxx,♥x,♦xxxxxx,♣xx (cold 5D). He was angry and left the table. The hand was skipped and I didn't get the chance to see if opps could make 4H or not. I had four choices, 4NT, 5D, dbl and pass. The reason to dbl was that if my pd's hand is flat and have some defensive tricks, he could pass. The worst scenario is he bid 4S with 4-card only (as it actually happened) and opps refused to dbl (else I had second chance to bid 4NT or 5D). One good outcome was that my pd left, and I am happy to not play with him again.

I would bid game with my pd. Qxx, x, AJ9x, Qxxxx is too good for a simple raise. With one more trump, I would consider it as hand worth game forcing. The following would be the sequence, playing 2/1: 1S - 1N 2C - 3S 4S(pass?).

This is good for NFB 2S.

Agree with Flame. Conventions even don't help one to find the reasonable contracts (most of the time).

Conventions one plays does have anything to do with declaring, defending, AND finding the good contracts. I have seen too many players who know a lot of conventions, but don't know how to bid an easy hand.

Agree with Hongjun.

#1. Double is close given the vulnerability (white to red). Except H, any lead could be right. Declarer might have a club suit, and lead of club could lost the timing. I might lead D4. At the table, C6 could be my choice, too. #2. Agree with Phil, I would bid 2S (michaels). To double with void in S and 5-5 2 suiters is not my choice. With red to white, 2S is well within the range of 2S, in my style. #3. As Phil said, 4H is cold. I would play small.

I agree with ben's most comments, with one disagreement: I wouldn't dbl over 3S with East's hand. I would bid 4C after pd's second dbl (over 3S). There was possibility that West has good spades for his first dbl (say, club and spades were switched). But after North's raise to 3S (preemptive), this possibility becomes unlikely.

It's a friendly game played in main club. I forgot the vulnerability, probably white to red? In short, it's not about winning or losing, it's about right or wrong.

I think I would lead DT

Is this a serious question?

[hv=s=skxhxxdakqxxckqxx]133|100|rho opened 1H and you dbled. lho jumped to 4H and pd passed. What would you bid now?[/hv]

I agree with this arrangement.

Agree with Ben's analysis. With first controls on all side suits, to cue-bid 3H is better than splinter 4H. But since North has bid 4H, 6S would be my first choice. If I have some agreement with pd, I might try 5N, so that if he has 2 honors in spades and CK, he could bid 6C.

this kind of post doesn't make much sense without giving the actual hands.

Agree except one thing: West 85% and East 15%.

I agree with Fred. BTW, I saw you bidding this hand, BridgeBoy.

6C.

5D? why? I would NEVER bid 5D over 2H-X-P-?. cue-bid would be a better choice. A direct 5D bid could miss 6D or go down while 3N is cold. I even wouldn't bid 4D in this sequence (2H-X-p-?).