Is 3H a "free bid"?

[Ant590]

You hold ♠T763 ♥A93 ♦K632 ♣62

 

RHO deals and opens 1♣, and you pass. MPs, love all.

 

1♣ – P – P – dbl

2♣ – dbl – 2♠ – 3♥

P – ?

 

1) Do you agree with your double?

2) What do you do now?

[hotShot]

1) I can live with it, but I would prefer it to be a little stronger.

2) 4♥

[helene_t]

1) I prefer 2♠.

2) I am confused. If my dbl shows something in both majors and partner's dbl shows the same, how can LHO bid spades? Did he think that my dbl was penalty? Anyway, partner must have a very good hand with 5+ hearts. With a classical t/o dbl and extras he would have doubled 2♠. I think 3♥ is not quite forcing and with this minimum it may be right to pass. I bid 4♥ just in case p intended 3♥ as forcing :)

[andy_h]

1) Prefer 2♠ than X

2) Given my X was responsive, 3♥ is just competitive. My original X already said my hand so I now pass with no extras to be found.

[P_Marlowe]

#1 I dont play responsive, so I would have bid 2S.

Depending on the meaning of the X, the 3H is not a

freebid, it just shows comp. values, as long as the x

promised some hearts.

 

#2 Pass, if we miss game, thats too bad, but on the plus

side we found a hand to fine tune our agreements.

 

With kind regards

Marlowe

[Free]

1. Dbl is fine.

2. pass, I already showed my hand and partner didn't cuebid or bid game.

[Simplicity]

1. Personally i would prefer a 2♠ call the first time

2. Pass now, i haven't got a great hand for what i've shown and pard could have bid game or cue-bid couldn't he?

[655321]

1) Disagree with double, I am too weak, and deficient in clubs by at least 2 cards. 2♠ for me.

2) Abstain, or 4♥. We don't have our previous call, so it is hard to say.

[Fluffy]

Agree with the telephone number, opposite a balancing double our rssponsive double should be stronger.

[655321]

Agree with the telephone number, opposite a balancing double our rssponsive double should be stronger.

LOL B)

 

But I actually play a penalty double here, not a responsive double.

[ASkolnick]

1. Your double is a penalty double, not responsive. What would I do with my 10 count and KQTx of clubs, you pass first, and dbl or you could have been sitting for partner's reopening double. So I could not double here responsive. I would choose to bid 2S. So what if I am in a 4-3 fit?

 

2. Now that I have buried myself with an auction that I don't have. I will bid 4♥ since I am wrong.