Your call

[Winstonm]

That hand doesn't necessarily make 4♠, give the 2♥ opener a doubleton diamond and ♠H8 or 8x (so 5224 which is not an unlikely shape), pard needs AJ.

 

I did not make my point clear enough - that a lucky result should not alter sound bidding. No diamond ruff, etc.

[PhilG007]

Let me give you a clue - West usually partners East. :)

 

U don't say?!

[rhm]

I presume 2S didn't work on the actual hand?

I agree 2♠ is rather obvious.

I am more worried we miss game than that we run into a terrible misfit.

 

Rainer Herrmann

[gszes]

If your partner is a bot then pass may be your best option since bots have little/no sense of humor when it comes to balancing bids. Humans have learned that their partners sometimes stretch in balancing seat and dont automatically jump to game.

 

2s

 

is a perfectly reasonable balancing bid and while it will surely backfire sometimes it is far more likely to produce a better result than letting the opps to peacefully play 2h. I do have SEVEN spades right??????

[nullve]

The full deal:

 

[hv=pc=n&s=sqjh73dkq4caqt865&w=skt96432h2djt85ck&n=s7hat986da93cj732&e=sa85hkqj54d762c94&d=n&v=e&b=9&a=2hpp2sdp3cp4cdp4sppdppp]399|300[/hv]

 

North's double was "max" and East's double was takeout with respect to clubs. And yes, North actually raised 3♣ to 4.

 

ATB.

[Cyberyeti]

2♠ might have worked if E had raised to 3 in a couple of ways.

[P_Marlowe]

ATB?

 

Sry, I dont understand X by North, and I also dont understand the 4C bid.

The only thing in favor of those bids: the result was ok.

 

I can understand passing the X by East, ..., although it would not be my

choice, 2S was a reopening bid, but 4S is still in the picture, and since

East cant expect 2SX being the final result, he should make a inv. move

toward 4S. But ok, he decided not to do it.

I cant understand the X of 4C, even assuming Take Out.

East was willing to let 2H be the final contract, why does he get involved

at this stage?

Contrary to North: The result was not ok, East got what he deserved.

 

So in short: A ... auction by one player killed a ... opposing player.

Happens all the time. One can only hopen North and East end up in a regular

partnership.

 

With kind regards

Marlowe