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Dealer: W Vul: None W. N. E. S. P P 1C 1S 3C 3S ? E's hand: s- Q 10 8 6 h- A 5 4 2 d- A c- Q J 8 6 E had: h13/d16 Does E overcall the 3S bid by N?? My reasoning: I figured my P for p10-11 (high end of non-opener) and that's what he had (h9 with a length point in diamonds) along w/ c4 in clubs counting the K 7 10. I didn't know all that but I figured PP had ~p26 and that justified a bid at the 4 level to compete w/ opps in clubs. Is this a decision I make here or do I pass and leave any further bidding to my P?

Wow! That is a lot of great information! Thanks very much for taking the time. I will be studying Ingberman and Gazilli to add info to my nascent brain library regarding the topic of reverses.

Thanks for your reply! Very good info. After my P's 2NT bid I took it as an invite to 3NT and since I felt he had more than the 7 points necessary (added to my p18) to go to game, I bid 3NT. We got set (this was all in the 499 pairs tournament) but many others went and got set also. Our score was a 45%. My P afterwards said I shouldn't have gone to game but I saw ~p26 so I thought it was necessary. Would you have stayed at 2NT due to the club Q being unsupported?

I had as EAST: A 9 3 2 of spades; A K 10 5 4 hearts; A 5 2 diamonds; Q clubs P had as WEST: 6 5 spades; Q 6 hearts; J 9 7 diamonds; A 10 6 5 4 2 clubs So I had 17 hcps and p18 when length considered. P had 6hcps and p8 when length was considered. We have been playing reverses for 3 weeks or so. In the bidding: dealer was N: PASS 1Heart PASS 1NT / PASS 2Spades PASS 2NT / PASS 3NT PASS PASS / PASS Should I have left the bidding @ 2NT because of my unsupported club Q? We had p26 strength.