Grady

Bidding 4 H on this auction eliminates the possibility of attaining superior contracts of 4 S or 3 NT. Don't do this to your partner; he will lose trust in you! To match the field, you need to be in game with 25 HCP's. I think by far that the superior call over 2 H is 3 NT. Partner knows you have 4 SP on this auction and will correct if he also has 4 S. If 4 H makes on a 4/3 fit means that pard has club losers but you have no way of knowing this. The odds of taking 9 tricks in NT is far greater than taking 10 tricks on a 4/3 H fit.

undefined [hv=s=saq10xxxhk10xxdxxcx]133|100|West opens 1 sp, North bids 2 cl, pass, ? Note: N/S agree that an overcall at the two level promises an opening hand.[/hv]

Does the bidding tell you anything? If not, then you play the K, hoping to drop the Q; provided you have another entry to the board so that you can lead toward your holding again. If you have no other entry to the board, play the J rather than the K.

Thanks, Guys for your replies. Leaping Michaels is the superior system for this hand. 3 sp works if partner took it as Michaels. I agree that the best bid under the circumstances would be a X, followed by 3 DI, & over 4 CL, bid 4 H. The actual hand makes 4 C, 4 D, or 4 H. To our woe, our Swiss team opponents made it all the way to 6 C, making. Our team partners tried to cash two spades first before cashing the A & K of D. The IMP swing was too much to overcome by our other board wins.

[hv=d=e&v=n&s=s6haqjxxdqj109xxca]133|100|Scoring: IMP East opens with 2 SP, pass, pass. What is best bid for south? Note; 3 SP would ask North to bid 3 NT with a SP stopper. Don't play leaping Michaels.[/hv]