goingoren Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 ♠ AKQ98♥ Q5♦ 7♣ KQ843 bidding goes : 1s 3d 4c 4d 4s opponents stay silent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billw55 Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 What is your agreement with this partner about the meaning of the 3♦ bid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goingoren Posted June 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 pick up partnership Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 This is basically impossible to answer without having some idea of the level of the game. The normal meaning for the auction up to 4♦ is that you have shown extras and partner has a big one suited hand and insists on playing diamonds. In a good game you could choose to advance 4♠ as a cue bid but I would personally not choose to do that in this situation as the chances are that partner will play you for a 6♠-4♣ hand. I think both 5♣ and 5♦ are more practical continuations although I would be concerned that partner will not realise that I have extras and consider something more. Again, a feeling for the abilities of partner are useful here. If they really have their bid then we have good chances of slam...but whether to trust them on that is another matter entirely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Difficult to imagine a hand where p bids 4d and it is right for us to bid further. 3d had to be PJR (if that was possible given the info given on they avatar box). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billw55 Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 In a pickup partnership, with 3♦ undiscussed, you are pretty much just guessing. Partner's hand could be weak, strong, or invitational, depending on his own ideas. Maybe it was a conventional spade raise, and he thinks 4♣ and 4♦ are controls. Take your best guess and don't worry about it too much. I assume that you checked his profile and that was no help. Partner is likely to insist that the way he meant it is the only correct way to play it, and perhaps to insult you over it. Don't worry much about that either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Without prior discussion, 3♦ should be a strong jump shift. I am assuming that there is nothing in the player's profile about Bergen, WJS, or something else. So, over 4♦, which should show solid diamonds, I BW and bid to the appropriate level (I hope we have at least discussed whether we play key card or not). If no aces are missing, I bid 7NT. This could be spectacularly wrong, but that is the price you pay for not having any agreements. And, in the case of your partner, that is the price that you pay for springing an undiscussed bid on partner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Without prior discussion, I would simply not bid 3D. Ever. So you did fine, whatever happened. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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