1♠ is totally off my radar here. I want the opps to stumble into ♠ if possible and almost certainly we have at least 9♥. The question is whether the hand is good enough for a limit raise or not. I prefer, by a slight bit, to just bid 2H unless playing some gadget. .. neilkaz .. 1♠ is totally off my radar here. I want the opps to stumble into ♠ if possible and almost certainly we have at least 9♥. The opponents are not going to stumble into a spade fit here if partner opened light. If p opened light, he could handle a 1s bid by me here so he must have 3s in a light opener. I am going to support hearts because I suspect we have a nine card fit (although we might have only 8). I will do this with my regular partners by bidding 2C over the double, showing a constuctive raise. 2H would show 3- a bad 7. If partner has a full opener, I suspect the hands won't fit well, even though I am close to a limit raise. (and he may be light to boot), so I will go slow. Gary :D
