[broze]

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Played this hand today on BBO. What would you bid as North after a 3♠ preempt by West? After 2♠ I probably would have bid 3♠ myself but was unsure what to do here. Do you double and risk your p bidding 5♦ when 4♥ or even 3NT might be your best spot, or do you just bid a game?

More generally, what does an overcall of 4♥ say about my hand? How limited am I and when should my partner be looking to bid on?

[mgoetze]

I really hate double here with a diamond void, so given the choices you had available, I would probably bid 4♥ as well.

Some people play "non-leaping Michaels" here, i.e. over 3M, 4m shows that minor and the other major. Playing this convention you would have had an easy 4♣ bid on this hand.

Anyway, the 4♥ overcall is very wide-ranging, partner should have a pretty good hand to make a move. I think with the South hand here it's close but I definitely understand pass, ♠KT doesn't really look good at all.

Incidentally after the first 7 tricks I would have expected +480.