so what is the bid?

[onoway]

And so, to slightly vary the OP question: What was the bid?

The bid actually was 2nt at the table and one kib snorted and said no expert would ever make that bid. He suggested the bid should be 4♥. I saw that bid as being unilateral and suggested a somewhat different hand than it actually is. In other words, pretty much the same discussion as here.:)

[kenberg]

The bid actually was 2nt at the table and one kib snorted and said no expert would ever make that bid. He suggested the bid should be 4♥. I saw that bid as being unilateral and suggested a somewhat different hand than it actually is. In other words, pretty much the same discussion as here.:)

 

Leaving me out of the stew, I think that you now have proof that some pretty decent players would do any one of three things. Since the kibs, seeing all four hands, advocated bidding 4♥ I trust that 4♥ would work out well.

[the hog]

I don't mean to hijack this thread, but ggwhiz, I wonder if your recollection of these walking the dog hands is accurate. One tends to remember one's successes and not hands where putting the opps under immediate pressure would have worked out better. I find Bridge memories are selective.

[ggwhiz]

I don't mean to hijack this thread, but ggwhiz, I wonder if your recollection of these walking the dog hands is accurate. One tends to remember one's successes and not hands where putting the opps under immediate pressure would have worked out better. I find Bridge memories are selective.

 

If you take a look at my postings I'm in the 1♥ bidding camp for all of the reasons thoroughly discussed. A sliver of a chance to walk the dog later is just the icing on the cake.

 

When I started I played with a guy that trotted out this kind of nonsense (and more) with me in every club the week before our Regional. I asked him what he was doing and he said "advertising". We got lots of tops from people that had witnessed his club act and he had a book on what he had done for every one of them. It does have a rare time and place ie. early in a 64 board match as unknowns against name opps. Doomed but scary can be fun.