Phil, on Apr 25 2010, 11:58 PM, said:
dburn, on Apr 25 2010, 08:04 PM, said:
♠J103 ♥J10765 ♦K ♣K1084
You pass at unfavourable vulnerability, LHO passes, partner opens 1♥ (in principle five, but may be four in third seat), RHO doubles. What call do you make? (2NT sound raise; any number of hearts pre-emptive raise; 3♣ clubs and hearts; no other artificial calls available).
You pass at unfavourable vulnerability, LHO passes, partner opens 1♥ (in principle five, but may be four in third seat), RHO doubles. What call do you make? (2NT sound raise; any number of hearts pre-emptive raise; 3♣ clubs and hearts; no other artificial calls available).
I can't improvise with 3N and expect partner not to understand? If not, then 4♥.
I didn't think Meckwell used OS by the book, but they did have some similar method but I do not know what it is specifically.
I'm guessing Dburn is having us lead the ♥J against 4♠ and we have to work out the switch based on pard's card.
I suppose you can try 3NT - partner is Zia, though, so if he doesn't understand it will be your fault, and if he does he will tell you that you don't have the bid anyway.
I bid 2NT and it went 3♠-Pass-Pass, so now I bid 4♥ and it went Pass-Pass-4♠-Pass-Pass-Double-all pass. Zia leads ♥A (he would lead this from ♥AK and in the absence of special considerations, you would be expected to signal attitude) and you can see:
Scoring: IMP
What card do you play to trick 1 in your preferred methods?