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4. And if that does not end the auction, I double at my next opportunity - to inform my partner that I bid 4 to make.
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I'm not too happy with all these 4H then double bids. Surely there will be hands where 3NT by p is the only making game, and others where 5D makes their way after your double. What is to be lost by bidding 1H first, and seeing if partner bids 1NT? If 1H gets passed out then 4 may well go off, and if not then there is nothing to stop you bidding further.
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Agree with 4 then double.

 

The 1 overcall would be my second choice (ahead of double), but bidding only 1 allows LHO to bid spades at the one level, or support diamonds at the 2 or 3 levels.

 

Better to take all that room away from them, and pay off to the occasions when 3NT makes but 4 does not.

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I'm not too happy with all these 4H then double bids. Surely there will be hands where 3NT by p is the only making game, and others where 5D makes their way after your double. What is to be lost by bidding 1H first, and seeing if partner bids 1NT? If 1H gets passed out then 4 may well go off, and if not then there is nothing to stop you bidding further.

If you pass, it would not be unexpected to hear LHO bid 1. They can then out bid your hearts.

 

If you bid 4 it takes very little from pard to make

- king of clubs

- spade or diamond ace

- diamond king with LHO holding the Ace

- heart jack, (or heart 9 and enough length that the J drops and you have more trumps) allowing you to take a club finesse and then ruff the thrid round

 

 

This is not asking for much, even if there are only 10-13 HCP in the remaining 2 hands.

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Only in this vul. I can accept a 4 Heart call, but as we are vul against not, this is a good hand for a 4 Heart bid. And I will pass next round. How can I beat 4 Spade or 5 Diamond when my pd is silent?
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