[CSGibson]

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your call at matchpoints? Conservative but good partner, seeded opponents at a mid-size sectional.

[JLOGIC]

X, admittedly lacking a little on defense but I want partner to bid something and if they pass I have a pretty good shot of beating it.

[Fluffy]

I would bid 4♠ wich can miss diamonds and hearts, but focuss on the main ones. Note that my 1♣ opening can't have 5♠ unlesss I am 7-5 or something like.

[Codo]

IOn a style where I cannot hold 5 ♠ I would bid 4 ♠, else double. S oI double with my regular partner...

[gszes]

I am unsure what any action by me would be trying to accomplish opposite
a partner that could not bid over my 1c. There are indeed some tiny amount
of holdings where 4s 5c or 5d can make but there are a whole ton where 4h
has no play and we have nothing. The silence by lho can easily be because
they had no good call after we opened 1c but they sure would love to place
a red card on the table if we peep anything now.

IMO our best chance at MP is to go quietly and hope we are not hammered too
badly or the opps got too high and we gain a bundle setting 4h with a penalty
x adding little or nothing to our score.

Why risk a possible horrid score (4h making eeep) when it appears we strongly
rate to not make anything???????????

AT IMPS I would bid 4S merely becasue I wanted to limit the damage in case
4H was making not because I felt we would make anything.