1H or 1NT?

[whereagles]

vesuvius (what's your name, btw?): if, in your style, you bid michaels on 5-4s frequently, the 1♠ advance over 1♥ can be always 5 cards.

 

This is because overcaller, with a 5-4, would have bid michaels instead of the 1♥ overcall. If he doesn't michael, he probably doesn't have 4 spades, making the 4 card 1/1 pointless.

[mtvesuvius]

vesuvius (what's your name, btw?): if, in your style, you bid michaels on 5-4s frequently, the 1♠ advance over 1♥ can be always 5 cards.

 

This is because overcaller, with a 5-4, would have bid michaels instead of the 1♥ overcall. If he doesn't michael, he probably doesn't have 4 spades, making the 4 card 1/1 pointless.

Adam :)

 

and no, we almost always have 5-5 for our michaels bids.

[kfay]

if, in your style, you bid michaels on 5-4s frequently, the 1♠ advance over 1♥ can be always 5 cards.

Don't understand this.

 

Nobody (in their right mind) bids this way.

[vuroth]

No idea how common 5-4 is, but I abhor that style. 54 seems to be to be much weaker than 55.