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4♣ is not remotely far at all. AK with a 5card suit and opps are likely to have a 9 card fit.

5♣. Why am I considering to play in spades. We have two voids with an 8 count and the auction has gone pass-pass! Gl opps.

Ace

I'd double

Pass

Pass, what else.

Double.

Under the conditions, definitely no. 6322 and the suit is pretty horrible for vul and 2nd.

I'm a big fan of opening AAK's. This one's pretty decent as we have 2 of the honours in the same suit. Anyway, if partner can raise with 3 trumps then I will make the bid that allows me to ask partner what he has (3 or 4 trumps, min or max).

Yep double. We have both RHO's suits well under control.

The 3 card limit raise.

Definitely bid as we have a safehaven of at least a 5-4 fit. Bidding can make it very hard for LHO to enter in the auction (for example, if he doesn't have spades for a takeout double, or if he doesn't have a good suit to enter with a 2x overcall or if he has a strong NT). Under the systemic agreements, I would bid 1NT.

Because there are many many hands where you do not want to play at the 5level unilaterally when say partner has spade values. If we're doing the "take out-ing" that means partner has the spade length, right? Give partner say 3532 or 2542 and if your only takeout bid is 4NT which you may do with 2344 or (12)55 or 2254 or 12(46) forcing us to the 5level, that is just too sick.

4NT. Passing does seem wrong and they may well make say if partner has something like 2344. There are other hands too that might let us make 5x with not just an ace and two kings. Maybe ♥A ♦K ♣QJ for a hook or ♦AK ♣QJ/Q10 or maybe ♠A ♦KJ ♣Q and LHO doesn't find a club lead. Or even better (?), since we're r/w one of the opps may take another push.

Seems like an easy double. If you pass, you are letting preempts win too often but this hand doesn't seem like a problem at all.

Asking for a friend: You're South in 3rd seat at r/r and you hold: [hv=d=n&v=b&s=sj873hdj9652ck742]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Partner opens 1NT (14+-17) and RHO overcalls 2♥ showing hearts (plus minor? would it matter?). Pass or double, and why? If you pass, what do you need to change in order to double/3♥?

1♠, nice and easy. Yeap, having the majors is always a big positive and here we have 6-5.

3♥.

Pooltuna, either that is a hand from another thread which I have somehow missed, or your post is one of the most random ones ever. As for OP, I would open 1m whichever one is systemic.

Hell no. 5332, unfav, we're all passed hands and partner passed over 1♣.

Under the conditions, 1♠.

For simplicity's sake, I still play 2-way checkback over 1♣-1♦-1NT. So 2♠ for me would be GF with longer diamonds, as 4♦4♠ would bid 2♦, or iow the NMF bid. After a NMF, generally the auction is forced up to 2NT. So if that was the case, if responder bids over 2NT then it's GF otherwise he could have just bailed in 2♣ or 2NT. This applies in the 3rd option where if 2♠ was F1, as 3♣ is too small of a target (could have passed 2N or rest in clubs earlier) and is looking for the best game.

2♠, fourth suit game force.

2♣, because I fail to see any other remotely close of an alternative.

Double, takeout of course. Seems like a wtp.