Overcall or not

[flytoox]

Red vss White, You are south, holding:

 

S: Q982

H: QJ3

D: AKJ973

C: --

 

West, playing precision, opens 1H and is raised to 2H by his pd.

 

Now do you bid 3D or not?

[Hanoi5]

I'd double.

[aguahombre]

3♦ is fine. I don't feel like ELCing at the 5-level.

[whereagles]

there ain't gonna be any ELCing because they're playing precision, remember? LHO isn't gonna jump around.

 

dbl + ELC for me :)

[655321]

If I understand the OP, we are being asked us to choose between 3♦ and pass, rather than 3♦ and double.

 

Anyway, I bid 3♦ which looks normal to me, but I suppose double could work too. I wouldn't pass.

[flytoox]

If I understand the OP, we are being asked us to choose between 3♦ and pass, rather than 3♦ and double.

 

Anyway, I bid 3♦ which looks normal to me, but I suppose double could work too. I wouldn't pass.

You are right. My question is about choosing between 3D and pass.

 

I did think about the possibility of dbl then bid diamond at some level. But I think this hand is a bid short of doing that.

[hanp]

3D seems clear.

[aguahombre]

there ain't gonna be any ELCing because they're playing precision, remember? LHO isn't gonna jump around.

 

dbl + ELC for me ;)

Remember? Yes, and because I remember they are playing precision I could predict exactly the brutal scenario: Opener has a very nice heart/club two-suiter and jumps to game after my double. Partner with pretty much the rest of the clubs and short diamonds will guess declarer has a red two-suiter and the roof caves in on us.

 

Forgetting all that, I think I would like a diamond lead on defense. there must be a way to convey that information :D

[jjbrr]

3♦

[whereagles]

aqua, agree that is possible. But it is only one of the very many scenarios, of which most end up with LHO passing our bid.

 

Sure, if LHO weren't limited, a jump to game would be way more likely. But that's not the case.