Pass or Invite

[hijumper]

You hold the following hand:

 

S 4

H AQ1053

D AK103

C 1097

 

and the bidding:

 

p-p-1H(you)-1S(LHO)

2H(pd)-p-?(You)

 

Will you pass or invite?

 

Please give a brief comment if you Can.

[mikestar13]

This is a prime 13 HCP, but well short of an invite.

[pooltuna]

You hold the following hand:

 

S 4

H AQ1053

D AK103

C 1097

 

and the bidding:

 

p-p-1H(you)-1S(LHO)

2H(pd)-p-?(You)

 

Will you pass or invite?

 

Please give a brief comment if you Can.

 

Even opposite a constructive raise, which 2♥s may not be (unless you have an agreement in place), I would expect to make 3 with 4 to be just under the odds. Consequently I would pass.

[P_Marlowe]

Invite, but most likely there are more reasons against inviting than for inviting,

e.g. 1S did not get raised, so p will have spade length, and most likely wastage

in spade.

We have a min opener, a nice min. opener, but min opener.

 

And depending on your agreements regarding raising, p will most likely only have

3 card support.

 

So all in all, pass instead of inviting is the wiser course, but I have been down

before.

 

In my regular pratnership - pass is clear cut, p has garbage.

 

With kind regards

Marlowe

[bftboy]

Agree with Marlowe. Had RHO raised ♠ I'd have bid 3♦ on the way to 3♥. My P has only 3 ♥ here, so no big incentive to invite. B)