geofspa Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 [hv=d=n&v=b&s=skt87643h7542dt9c]133|100|Scoring: IMP- 2♣ p 2♦p 3♣ p 3♠p 3NT p ?[/hv] I see trouble ahead - when I post here you know something interesting happened at the table. So the 2♣ followed by 3♣ by my partner means that we can not stop short of game pretty standard so far. I follow showing my long spades and partner bids 3NT. This is not forcing as we are at the game level and it shows at least a partial stopper in both hearts and diamonds. Should I bid 4♠ - my feeling is that my hand is useless unless spades are trumps but your input is appreciated. I will follow up with further table play later in this post - that is if anyone post any responses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I would bid 4♠. Partner has no way of knowing that you have 7 spades, and it is unlikely that he has a void in spades. Your hand is virtually worthless in a notrump contract. It would be very unlucky (but by no means impossible) if it turned out that 4♠ didn't make but 3NT does. Partner could have 9 running tricks and be short in spades, but, more often, he has a semi-balanced hand with long clubs. By the way, nothing prevents partner from correcting back to 4NT if he really has no spades and 9 or 10 tricks in hand. It would be REALLY unlucky to find that he has exactly 9 tricks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 4S. If I look into my hand, I see spades 7 and I will tell partner,that I am really interested in playing them. I think I would have bid 2S instead of 2D, but it is close, andI can live with the choose 2D bid. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilkaz Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 I would bid 4♠. Partner has no way of knowing that you have 7 spades, and it is unlikely that he has a void in spades. Your hand is virtually worthless in a notrump contract. It would be very unlucky (but by no means impossible) if it turned out that 4♠ didn't make but 3NT does. Partner could have 9 running tricks and be short in spades, but, more often, he has a semi-balanced hand with long clubs. By the way, nothing prevents partner from correcting back to 4NT if he really has no spades and 9 or 10 tricks in hand. It would be REALLY unlucky to find that he has exactly 9 tricks. I agree with your fine explanation and also bid 4♠ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 I would rebid my 7 card major. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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