[ochinko]

After your RHO opened 1♣ as dealer, and you overcalled 1♥ LHO doubled and bid later 2♦. The contract is now 3NT and you are on the lead.

Scoring: MP

(1♣) - 1♥ - (Dbl) - Pass
(1NT) - Pass - (2♦ )- Pass
(2NT) - Pass - (3NT) - AP

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[FrancesHinden]

just out of interest, are we allowed to know what the double meant, and what the 2D bid meant?

[ochinko]

Sure, nothing was alerted, so standard bids were presumed. The doubler turned out to have 4 spades and 6 diamonds.

[helene_t]

Weird, I thought opener was supposed to pass 2♦.

I voted ♥J but if we play Rosenkrantz I will try ♠A.

[FrancesHinden]

ochinko, on Nov 26 2008, 03:16 PM, said:

Sure, nothing was alerted, so standard bids were presumed. The doubler turned out to have 4 spades and 6 diamonds.

The auction doesn't make sense playing "standard" as responder showed a weak hand with longer diamonds than spades and opener was not expected to bid again.

If we're supposed to assume the auction does make sense, then opener must have a good diamond fit and is expected to run 6 diamond tricks. In which case I also like the SA lead.

[ArtK78]

I lead my 4th best heart.

In all likelihood, I will have a second chance to beat the contract with a spade shift or a club shift if that is necessary. The only time that I will not get a second chance is if the opps can run 9 red tricks, and I find that the combined chances of the opponents being able to run 9 red tricks and our side being able to run 5 black tricks to be highly unlikely.

[ochinko]

Fwiw, I didn't put much thought into the logic of opps' bidding. Being MP the doubler could have expected that his partner won't pass 2♦ even though it shouldn't be forcing.

I am no less interested in your comments than some raw numbers so please continue to submit them.