The following hand presented a recurring problem. With a little bit of luck I survived.
If you think it is clear that I should just bid 5♣ then vary the hand a little. My point is that I want to play in game, and I want to consider that maybe the game should be bid in spades. My interest, on this hand or some such hand, is how to handle this.
With no special agreements, I bid 2♠. I don't regard this as forcing but I trusted that someone would bid something as indeed they did. Lho bid 4♥, two passes, then I bid 5♣ making.
What are your thoughts on agreements? If you want to comment on my judgment with this particular auction, feel free, but I am considering proper agreements:
2♠ could be played as forcing. I don't, do you?
Possibly bidding 3♠ (directly over 2♥) could be played as fit showing. But it seems to me that 3♠ would be taken as either forcing or very highly invitational with very good spades. Whatever the merits of fit showing jump shifts by advancer after a 1 level overcall, it seems weird after a 2 level overcall.
I could just keep on as I am. I seldom get dropped here, and partner with his stiff spade was not planning on dropping it, but it can happen.
Is there a clear consensus about how to handle this?
Ken