Apollo81

I'd cash out for 12. Several things have happened here which may not happen at other tables: 1. Partner preempted 2. The ♣J finesse was taken 3. We're in 3NT, not 5♦

R/R MPs QJ862 J93 K87 K8 1. 1♦-(3♣)-? 2a-c. if you double, whats your next call over various 3-suit bids by partner?

If pard had ♣KJ instead of ♣A then youd have been happier to be in 1N.

This would definitely be the most common expert auction.

Lol. I would not even pass this hand opposite myself, 3rd favorable at MPs, and I preempt a LOT of junk in that position

I don't understand how these 4 card major systems are playable. You could miss a 6-3 spade fit to play a 4-3 heart fit if you raise directly, and you could miss a 5-3 heart fit to play a 6-1 spade fit if you don't.

Yes, would double.

Even if you are playing such a style, you have enough high cards such that if you bid 4♠, you might not get doubled.

I don't think this is such a great hand for notrump, but there really is no other good call available than 1NT, particularly if partner is the type to double on 24(25) hands.

For that matter, the player may have seen 2NT, correctly valued his hand, but just pulled the wrong card and didn't notice it immediately.

2. Would lead the ♦J at IMPs and a spade at matchpoints. 3. Spade

I actually wouldn't bid 2♥ with South's hand, I would just bid 1♥. Obviously this means I agree with forcing to game on the doubler's hand.

Funny that nearly all the posters said 4♦, but 3♦ has more votes. My porridge is just right.

I would bid 3♠ if I was confident partner would interpret 3M as you described. My "default" action is 3NT with this hand since esp with a random (even an expert) I wouldn't be confident about this.

Without commenting on the meanings of 3♥/3♠ at responder's third bid, I assign most/all of the blame to East for not bidding 4♠ over 4♥. This makes it clear that East is interested in slam, which was not clear at any of his previous calls.

I'm not sure whether to bid 5♥ or 6♥, or what the difference is, but I'm not passing.

nevermind you added "almost"

I think Frances generally has it right. Declarer play can be learned from books or other materials like Bridge Master, but bidding and judgment can really only be mastered by experience. Having players better than you criticize your bidding (and taking them seriously) and thinking about past bad results is a good way to identify patterns in your mistakes so you can avoid them in the future.

If you play support doubles and your'e playing up the line style then you have to play 1♣-(p)-1♦-(1♠)-Dbl as showing four hearts. There are books that talk about support doubles and mention this auction. There's a pretty good argument for it showing four hearts + extra values in the OP auction too, although I've never seen this explicitly mentioned in writing. The OP hand is clearly at least a king better than whatever the requirements are for such a double. I would bid 2NT if undiscussed.

4♥ then Dbl

2♦

Because this is WvR you can pass and get probably 200 which will be a great score if game doesnt make and wont be a disaster if it does. If this was equal or unfavorable I would bid 5♣.

yes, clear 4♣

I don't think anyone is arguing that N should raise a weak jump overcall. The issue is raising a 3♥ rebid after a 2♥ overcall. right

not finessing the ♠9