[babalu1997]

The opps are pussyfooting when this happens

PASS-PASS-1CLUB-PASS-1 DIAMOND- PASS-PASS

It may well be that the 1 club opener had one of those minimal hands and the hapless fella in 4th seat had a decent hand which could not overcall or double, and his passed partner might no have anything to say either, what should his actions be there?

Yeah sometimes they bid highly and silly, and we double for zip code score, but that does not happen often enough.

I had an unforgettable one where i was in 4th seat with 24 hcp including akqjt clubs.

Player in 3rd seat opens 1 club, I passed, too many short suits with honours and poor control for no trump.

The auction proceeds p-p-1club-pass with strong hands- 1 diamond by opp-pass- 2CLUBS!!-

they were vulnerable, i passed again and , after two passes, my partner doubled, i left it in.

there this the one club bidder bid poorly, when you open crap, you pass and pray.

The pussyfooting is very common in the bbo intermediate soup.

[ArtK78]

You were very lucky to wind up with a number on this hand.

I don't think your approach was very practical. A more practical approach would be to double and then bid some number of notrump - either 2NT or 3NT, depending on your exact hand.