[yahooya]

last night i got this hand:
♠Axxx
♥xx
♦Qxx
♣Jxxx

My p open 1♣, RHO 1♠, me 2♣, LHO 2♠, My P 3♠, RHO Dbl.. What should I do? 3NT or 5♣? It's hard for me to choice. I thought 5♣ is much more possible, maybe we just lose 1♥ and 1♦, finnally, I bidded 5♣, then all Pass.

when I saw my p's hand, I was disappointed, his hand was:
♠-
♥Axx
♦Jxx
♣AKQxxxx

I was sorry to my partner, I should bid 3NT firmly.. But at that moment, I even think maybe we could get 6♣, I don't know was wrong with my mind...

[pooltuna]

yahooya, on Sep 22 2009, 07:23 PM, said:

last night i got this hand:
♠Axxx
♥xx
♦Qxx
♣Jxxx

My p open 1♣, RHO 1♠, me 2♣, LHO 2♠, My P 3♠, RHO Dbl.. What should I do? 3NT or 5♣? It's hard for me to choice. I thought 5♣ is much more possible, maybe we just lose 1♥ and 1♦, finnally, I bidded 5♣, then all Pass.

when I saw my p's hand, I was disappointed, his hand was:
♠-
♥Axx
♦Jxx
♣AKQxxxx

I was sorry to my partner, I should bid 3NT firmly.. But at that moment, I even think maybe we could get 6♣, I don't know was wrong with my mind...

Your partner was asking with his 3♠ bid if you had a ♠ stopper. This is normally asked only to play 3NT. Since your partner took a chance with the 3♠ bid your choices are bid 3NT with a ♠ stopper or bid 4♣ without one.

[Codo]

Soemtimes your partner asks just a question and needs you not to think too hard, just too answer it. 3♠ was such a question.

Of course you are allow to overrule such a question. But you must have very very good reasons to do so. YOu had no good reason. You have a sure spade stopper, you are even able for hold up plays, you have a very balanced hand, so there was no reason to bid 5 Club and overrule partner.

[yahooya]

Thanks, guys.. All of you really tell me a very important rule: Trust partner first, then self's sense or feeling.

[Jlall]

Umm, you can also redouble showing the ace, and then leave it to partner! Don't forget that their double gives you 2 very valuable bids, XX and pass, that did not exist before their double.