What do you bid?

[Al_U_Card]

Having not made a negative double to start, pard is now offering you a choice. The balancing double removes a K from your hand, so now would you bid? Hopefully not! You will pass and collect your five tricks; S, S ruff (or natural H trick) and 3 tricks in the minors etc.

[PriorKnowledge]

Some additional thoughts:

J J10xx Jxxx AKxx opposite an avg 1S opener will not make 3N. Give opener something like AQxxx x AQxx Jxx or KQxxx x KQx QJxx and 3N (and 3H) are down. If opener has less, 3H might even make.

 

So an immediate 3N does not appear wise.

 

That leaves us with the immediate pass and decision over partner's subsequent reopening dbl.

 

If we give opener more so that 3N makes like AKxxx x KQx QJxx, 3H is still only down 2. Since overcaller probably has 7h for the 3H bid, 3H is likely only down 3 at most no matter how strong opener.

 

So it boils down to your opening bid and reopening dbl style:

 

If your style is lite openers and lite reopening dbls, I guess you have to pull to 3N because 3H might make.

 

If your style is normal openers and reopening dbls, 3HX is probably your best spot.

 

If your style requires the reopening 3-level dbl has extras, then 3N is your best spot.

[omeroj]

I think as i wrote in the italian forum that the right bid could to be pass, but at the same time is an aggressive bid and make it with an few optimism.

If i play on bbo i will bid always double.

 

Omero:)

 

P.S. Sry for my bad english

[Chamaco]

would depend on my honor location, specifically in hearts, etc.

 

Yes I know it depends from honor location, even I can realize that :P , but that is a vague statement.

 

I was hoping to hear more in detail, concretely, the type of reasoning an expert like you would make in terms of honors location and suit texture when deciding whether to leave dbl in vs bid 3NT, nobody vuln. :)