[PeterAlan]

IMPs (EBU club teams night).

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You're W, a good club player. Natural Acol-style bidding; the alert of S's 2♥ was just because it promises 4; S could have 4 ♣s and 4 ♥s, but will then be 15+ HCP.

• What calls do you consider?
  
  
• Which call do you make?

(If you wouldn't have bid 3♠ on the previous round, please indicate.)

PS: The Alert was what happened at the table - it is not required by regulation. Please don't concern yourselves with it.

[eagles123]

1) pass
2) pass

[pran]

eagles123, on 2016-January-26, 06:35, said:

1) pass
2) pass

Agreed. West has completely told his story.

But that alert rule was funny (if it really is a regulation).
In my world South would have (support) doubled with 3 hearts (and passed with less) so he must have exactly 4 since he didn't open with a 1♥ bid.

[Vampyr]

pran, on 2016-January-26, 06:45, said:

Agreed. West has completely told his story.

But that alert rule was funny (if it really is a regulation).
In my world South would have (support) doubled with 3 hearts (and passed with less) so he must have exactly 4 since he didn't open with a 1♥ bid.

It seems to me that if support doubles are being played an alert here is sensible, though I don't know whether it is required by regulation.

I would consider and bid only pass, but not happily as I have badly misdescribed my hand with the 3♠ bid.

[billw55]

At these colors and in the passout seat, I will briefly consider 4♠ before passing.

[Cyberyeti]

Vampyr, on 2016-January-26, 06:58, said:

It seems to me that if support doubles are being played an alert here is sensible, though I don't know whether it is required by regulation.

I would consider and bid only pass, but not happily as I have badly misdescribed my hand with the 3♠ bid.

What would you rather have bid opposite a passed hand 1♠ overcall ?

Also slightly relevant to this is what partner can't have (ie what a 2♠ opener would have shown, and how aggressively they open). I can't imagine bidding here, particularly if partner's pass wasn't in tempo.

Yes partner might have KQxxx, xxx, xx, Qx or similar and we might have a good save available, but once I've bid 3♠ I need to live with it, if I was going to bid 4♠ I did it last time.

[sanst]

What are the agreements on overcalls? It makes quite some difference if EW play weak jumps, in which case 1♠ shows a decent hand with values and double would certainly be an option, otherwise pass is a more than reasonable choice. But there might be players who would go to 4♠, given the vulnerability, especially when E has a habit of making very weak overcalls.

[nige1]

PeterAlan, on 2016-January-26, 05:51, said:

IMPs (EBU club teams night).
You're W, a good club player. Natural Acol-style bidding; the alert of S's 2♥ was just because it promises 4; S could have 4 ♣s and 4 ♥s, but will then be 15+ HCP.

• What calls do you consider?
• Which call do you make?

(If you wouldn't have bid 3♠ on the previous round, please indicate.)
PS: The Alert was what happened at the table - it is not required by regulation. Please don't concern yourselves with it.

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Peter, you might get a wider response, it you inserted a proper poll -- preferably one where you can see who voted for what.

On the previous round, you might prefer 2N to show a near maximum pass, with 4-card support, and some defence. (3♣ and 3♥ would have shown a 3-card raises, focusing on the better suit).
If you had previously described your hand, you would probably choose to pass, now.
Having previously misdescribed your hand, you might consider 4♠ too, now.

[gordontd]

Vampyr, on 2016-January-26, 06:58, said:

I would consider and bid only pass, but not happily as I have badly misdescribed my hand with the 3♠ bid.

I don't think 3S is a mis-description opposite a passed-hand overcall, and I pass now.

[pgoddard]

PeterAlan, on 2016-January-26, 05:51, said:

• What calls do you consider?
  
  
• Which call do you make?

I consider but discard 4 Spades - I Pass.

[lamford]

I pass, only consider pass, and when I phoned a friend, Brother Anthony, he passed too.

[PeterAlan]

My thanks to all who contributed. This thread has completely fulfilled the purpose I had in mind when I posted the OP, and I'm very grateful to you all.