Your call?

[mohitz]

♠Kxxx ♥ AT98xx ♦xx ♣x

 

All vul, IMPs, you deal and

 

p - (p) - 1♠ - (p)

?

 

You have fit jump and one way drury raise available. No splinters. Partner has 5 spades most of the times. Could be light but not by much.

 

HIDDEN:

If you bid 3♥, partner bids 3♠. If you Drury, partner bids 2♠

 

Edited June 13, 2010 by mohitz

[gwnn]

3h and 4s please please p bid in tempo

[mike777]

i AM OLD...WHA does fit jump etc show.-----------------------

 

 

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any event

 

 

I can bid 3d now...

 

 

4s....12-13 support pts.....as passed hand..

[andy_h]

Partner has 5 spades most of the time? When will he have 4? Are we playing acol? Given the available gadgets I am in favour of a fit jump and a raise.

[jjbrr]

fit jump, but i'm more inclined to pass 3♠ than the other seems to be.

[P_Marlowe]

3H.

 

Looks like a fit jump to me, and I wont raise 3S to 4S.

 

With kind regards

Marlowe

[Furlan]

+1 for 3H and pass.

[MarkDean]

3♥ and raise for me. I cannot imagine not bidding game with this hand.

[pooltuna]

♠Kxxx ♥ AT98xx ♦xx ♣x

 

All vul, IMPs, you deal and

 

p - (p) - 1♠ - (p)

?

 

You have fit jump and one way drury raise available. No splinters. Partner has 5 spades most of the times. Could be light but not by much.

 

HIDDEN:

If you bid 3♥, partner bids 3♠. If you Drury, partner bids 2♠

whatever the equivalent of a 4 card limit raise is

[whereagles]

opps are passing, so pard probably has a decent hand.

 

a straight 4♠ for me.

[Phil]

3♥; not worrying about bidding game since pard probably will.

 

My FJ is designed to help pard evaluate for slam, not game.

[blackshoe]

So for you, Phil, a 3 level fit jump is forcing to game?

[Phil]

So for you, Phil, a 3 level fit jump is forcing to game?

? no. I simply said, "pard will bid it".

[blackshoe]

So for you, Phil, a 3 level fit jump is forcing to game?

? no. I simply said, "pard will bid it".

Yeah. You said

My FJ is designed to help pard evaluate for slam, not game.

And if "pard will bid it [game]", well, I guess I don't understand what's going on here. Why would he bid game over a game try, if he's minimum? And if it's a slam try (by agreement) doesn't that imply that going to game is a predetermined conclusion? I guess what I'm asking is what does partner's rebid below game (or even below 3M) mean?

[Phil]

So for you, Phil, a 3 level fit jump is forcing to game?

? no. I simply said, "pard will bid it".

Yeah. You said

My FJ is designed to help pard evaluate for slam, not game.

And if "pard will bid it [game]", well, I guess I don't understand what's going on here. Why would he bid game over a game try, if he's minimum? And if it's a slam try (by agreement) doesn't that imply that going to game is a predetermined conclusion? I guess what I'm asking is what does partner's rebid below game (or even below 3M) mean?

The responsibility for communication is with the sender, so I'll see if I can make myself more clear, however, please try to read what I am saying instead of looking for messages which are not there.

 

Previously I never said whether or not I was always bidding game. But R/R at IMPs, I will take the push to 4♠ myself, but you shouldn't take any inference in that statement that a 3 level FJ is GF.

 

I think partner might be interested in slam due to my opponent's silence. This isn't necessarily the case, but I do believe that a fit jump will help partner evaluate minor suit aces, and heart length or intermediates. This is in contrast to 2♣, or a splinter.

 

This, however, does not make 3♥ a slam try. It merely means that if partner is interested in slam, that my call is more descriptive.

 

I would take 1♠ - 3♣ - 3 red as just initially a game try.

 

I would take 1♠ - 3♥ - 4♣ as probably a help suit slam try, but it might be cuebidding on the way to RKC too.