diamonds?

[gwnn]

all white, mp's, RHO dealer

 

KJxx

Axx

Qxxx

Ax

 

1♥-X-p*-4♦

p-?

 

*weak hand or intermediate hand (~0-4 or 9-11)

 

Do you agree with our double?

What has partner got (could you give a prototypical hand or two?)

What should we do now?

[Guest Jlall]

Perfect double, I think partner has a preemptivish hand type but not garbage, like maybe a 6 count with 7 diamonds or something? I'm not really sure tbh, I have never seen this auction, look forward to other views on what this bid means. I am thinking of it kind of analagously to 1m X p 3M which is a distributional hand with a bit of values, less HCP than 2H but more shape basically.

[jdonn]

I would bid 5♦, not exactly sure what partner has but I have aces and excellent support. Probably he has something like a 4♦ opening bid, which I would surely raise with good hopes of making game.

[skjaeran]

Agree with Justin and Josh on what hand type partner basically should show up with for this jump.

 

Not sure I'd raise though. If partner's got a singleton heart there's a reasonable chance for making 5. If not, chances seem remote. I'd probably pass at MP and raise at IMPs.

[whereagles]

I don't think pard can have a singleton heart. That would put LHO with at least 3 hearts and people tend to support pard a lot these days.

 

Anyway, I would be too scared to pass this in case it was meant as invitational, unwilling to play 3NT. I'd try 5♦.

 

I admit I haven't this particular situation discussed with pet pard, but do have meta-agreements that would rank this as "invitational".