Choose your poison

[gwnn]

I'm not sure it's completely obvious when you hold three aces and a useful king.

In 3NT you have no obvious tricks, in 4♠ you probably have too many losers.

[han]

I thought that it was clear to pass, but maybe not. I certainly disagree with it being impossible to stop at 3S. It's true that partner has nice honors, but he (she?) also has a singleton spade. I know some Scottish women always bid more than I do, so maybe in practice it was impossible to stop in 3S.

 

What would you bid?

 

I don't think 3NT is a good bid with this hand, you have only a single heart stopper so you'll need partner's spades to be solid with your ace, plus an entry to his hand. That's a lot to ask of a NF 3S bid.

 

In 4S your heart king may not be that useful.

[paulg]

I thought that it was clear to pass, but maybe not. I certainly disagree with it being impossible to stop at 3S. It's true that partner has nice honors, but he (she?) also has a singleton spade. I know some Scottish women always bid more than I do, so maybe in practice it was impossible to stop in 3S.

 

What would you bid?

 

I don't think 3NT is a good bid with this hand, you have only a single heart stopper so you'll need partner's spades to be solid with your ace, plus an entry to his hand. That's a lot to ask of a NF 3S bid.

 

In 4S your heart king may not be that useful.

I agree with the arguments against bidding, but still think partner would have thought for a while before making a decision and I expect he'd have bid 4♠ more often than not. Rightly or wrongly :)

[Benoit35]

Takeout X. Give partner a chance to convert it to +500.

[AyunuS]

You need to bid something. Your opponents appear to be weak if all they made was a weak bid, and if hearts are where most of their points are then you could easily have a game here, so you don't want to pass. I'd go for 4♦ and see what your partner bids.