[dburn]

655321, on Aug 12 2010, 06:54 PM, said:

dburn, on Aug 12 2010, 06:45 PM, said:

If, as very many good players can nowadays, South can double 1♦ even opposite a passed partner with ♠Axxx  ♥Axx  ♦Qxx  ♣Axx, then North should not bid 4♥ (even three might go down, losing two diamonds and a ruff and a trick in each major).

Opps have bid and raised diamonds to the 3 level and North has JTxx, he isn't worrying that South might have Qxx on this hand whatever their takeout doubles might look like in general.

Perfectly true. Apologies for previous nonsense.

[peachy]

655321, on Aug 12 2010, 06:54 PM, said:

Also peachy's suggestion that North might have bid 3♥ on a 3 card suit and no values is eccentric to say the least.

Indeed it is nonsense, eccentric is too kind...
I forgot somehwere during writing that 3H was a voluntary bid, not forced.

[jdonn]

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