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Thanks for all the replies. I did bid 3♦ and partner was surprised but didn't object in any way. In fact it was fairly successful. When my partner turned up with 6 diamonds to AJ we ended in 6♦ doubled down 3 while the field was in 4♥+3 (and few in 6♥+1). I didn't post this to get ammunition for partnership discussions, I just wanted to find out if the 3♦ bid was good + successful or just successful. I'm not sure if I would have bid it without the hesitation, and I surely wouldn't have bit it, if I had 2♦ available. So you've given me some food for thought.

Sorry for the non working symbols in the poll options. Seems I can't edit this :( I should have noticed noone is using them in polls. And I might have guessed there is a reason ...

Sitting south in 3rd hand you pick up [hv=d=n&v=n&s=sxxxxhxdkqxxxxckx]133|100|Scoring: MP[/hv] Partner passes, RHO thinks hard before passing as well. 2♦ would be artificial, forcing to game, so that's no option. Partner will expect you to preempt aggressively as far as suit quality is concerned, but has never seen you preempt on the 3 level with 6 cards. So if you bid 3♦ you can expect to be raised if partner holds more or less any hand with 3 diamonds. Bonus question: Does RHOs hesitation have an influence on your decision? Olaf

I'm using Jack for this, works fine except for network trouble, but for that my unreliable wlan connection is to be blamed, not Jack. Some options you have when playing alone seem not to exist in network play. Although the possibility of me being too stupid to find them should be taken into account.