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tx for the replies. all very usefull. i think best for us is what mike and others suggested in the above posts. will take it up with my partner. as the bidding went at our table i think we had insufficient tools to bid these hands with any kind of certainty.

maybe moronic but i bid 5 hearts now

if partner has invitational values with hearts why isnt he bidding 3 hearts on his first turn?

4 clubs i guess. i dont believe in 3 nt anymore now p hasnt bid that on three clubs. i dont want to play four hearts since p cant have four or five hearts and not be bidding them on our double. i think partner is trying to show heart strenght and a single stop in diamonds. with my card the choice is now between 4 or 5 clubs as i see it. my minimum makes me conservative

tx for all the answers. nice to see all the forum regulars contributing their view. the opposite hand was qxx, jxx, aqxxx, ax. this was held by me who took 4 hearts as a slamtry. i asked aces and parked the hand in slam. as i now read the comments i realize that this was a little on the optimistic side. the spades behaved for one loser but the diamond king was of, so one down. the solution is probably to have a bid which differentiates between a mild and a serious slamtry with both majors as the posters suggested.

you have A10964, AKQ86, 54, 2. playing teams p opens a weak 12 - 14 no trump and the opps are silent. you transfer to spades , partner accepts, and you bid 3 hearts promising 5 spades and 4 hearts and a gf hand. partner gives preference to 3 spades. what do you bid now? tx for the replies