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Posted 2015-June-14, 00:22


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The link to explanations seems to have broken on this hand, but the 4H bid showed a bad hand in context.

There was no way for South to show a strong raise in Hearts. 3N showed 2-2 in the majors, that much I remember. I cannot remember what 4m showed but it was not a Heart fit. One of the 4m bids at least (if not both) should show this.
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Posted 2015-June-14, 06:58

Surely 4♣/4♦ have to be a good hand for one of the majors anyways?! Showing a suit at this point would be a waste of time.
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Posted 2015-June-14, 08:42

View Poststeve2005, on 2015-June-14, 06:58, said:

Surely 4♣/4♦ have to be a good hand for one of the majors anyways?! Showing a suit at this point would be a waste of time.

Given that you can agree Spades below game with 3S, I would expect 4C/4D to be unconditionally agreeing Hearts with extras.
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Posted 2015-June-14, 09:54

I realize this was an instant tournament and therefore it's possible that the explanations have changed, but here is a full explanation of 4♥.

Note: Unless there are clever subtleties to the 4m responses, it's silly for 4♥ to show specifically two spades; certainly, you should show a heart preference with 4H and 3S as in this hand.
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