assign the blame

[gwnn]

[hv=d=w&v=b&n=satxxxhjdxxxxcqxx&s=skqjxha9xxdaxc9xx]133|200|Scoring: IMP

p-p-1H-1S;

2H-4S-end[/hv]

 

As a side note, what would your plan be when LHO leads trumps? RHO shows out on the first spade, showing diamond values. What do you do?

 

edit: sorry I got the seats and amount of passes wrong the first two times.

[655321]

I am guessing that East opened 1♥, and South overcalled his 4 card spade suit.

 

Both actions look good to me, I would overcall 1♠ as South, and bid 4♠ as North, go one down, and move onto the next board.

[Guest Jlall]

If I read this right south overcalled 1S and north bid 4S? I would give no blame since I would bid the same way. For the play I would just duck a diamond, and then plan to cross ruff for down 1.

[hotShot]

Well one might discus if there is a need to jump to 4♠ if West only bids 2♥ and partner overcalled. I'm not sure that I expect opps to bid game.

If 4-card overcalls were agreed, 3♠ would have been enough.

[pclayton]

If I read this right south overcalled 1S and north bid 4S? I would give no blame since I would bid the same way. For the play I would just duck a diamond, and then plan to cross ruff for down 1.

Same here.

 

EW look darn close to making 4♥ to me. I wouldn't get too agitated about this one.

[neilkaz]

If I read this right south overcalled 1S and north bid 4S? I would give no blame since I would bid the same way. For the play I would just duck a diamond, and then plan to cross ruff for down 1.

Same here.

 

EW look darn close to making 4♥ to me. I wouldn't get too agitated about this one.

Same bidding from me. From where N sits, he can't tell that 4♥ is often hard to make due to the trump suit and he must suspect that 4♥ often makes and that 4♠ may make.

[ASkolnick]

What's the problem? Sometimes game goes down and the others can't make.