Are you missing something obvious?

[Siegmund]

So you told us partner's pass of 4H was more encouraging than 4S would have been...

 

What would partner's double of 4H be? What would our double of 4H have been when partner passed it around? (In two of my partnerships, the answer is that pass and double are used in some fashion to have a cuebidding auction, and it seems like one or the other of us ought to have used that space here.) If the answer is 'penalty' I suppose that's a good reason to not do it on these cards... but I have a hard time seeing any situation where we would sell out to 4HX here.

[jddons]

Time for the rest of the hands?

[Fluffy]

Opening lead had diamond void, and had dedcted form the bidding partner had ♣A so he led a club and got 1 down, winning 17 against 6♠ making on the other room.

 

Partner had ♠A, ♣K , ♦Q with a stiff ♥K to kick so 6♦ and 6NT makes

[jmcilkley]

Not being used to playing at such a high level, maybe I'm missing something. For me the 5!h bid is denying Ac so 7d is surely doomed. 6nt seems a big guess and requires partner to have quite a lot in clubs, certainly KQ. I agree that the double probably shows a diamond void hoping for a ruff. So I guess the opening lead of a club to his partner's ace and a diamond ruff is the plan. What can we do about it? Anything else may take us out of the frying pan into the fire! My vote is to pass.

 

Playing a 64- board match, the opponents at your table are a pair who have won the Bermuda Bowl, you hold

 

♠KQ42

♥A65

♦AKJ64

♣10

 

The auction is, starting on your right,

 

P 1D P 1S

1NT 4C 4H P

P 4S P 5H

P 6S P P

dbl ?

 

4C = splinter

Partner's pass over 4H was more encouraging than bidding 4S

 

note: read the auction carefully. It is the opening leader who has doubled.