I believe partner is 4-0-3-6 or 4-0-4-5 and his only problem being is how many points do I have in
♥. Let's tell partner I have little value in
♥, but do have goodies elsewhere. To me a bid of 4
♣ would get that across, leaving partner in control to place the final contract in case there has been a misunderstanding. I expect partner to have something like,
On reflection I would add in the hands 4-0-4-5 and 4-1-3-5, a hand where bypassing 3NT with partner having a good stop and a half+ in
♥ could well bypass the only game if partner held something like
Either way, I can not see bidding 4
♣ as doing a great deal of damage and possibly making things a whole lot simpler, whether or not the opposition enter the bidding again.
bridge is never always a game of exact, for those times it's all about percentages, partner and the opponents.
1st dbl is a standard take out dbl. Your general agreements on doubles that apply here are "dbl is for take out until a fit is reached".
Allright, questions:
1. What do you think parter has?
2. What do you bid?
IMO
Partner has at least ♠ KQxx ♥ x ♦ KQxx ♣ AQJx
4♣ = 10, 5♣ = 9, 3♠ = 8. 4♥ = 7, _X = 6, _P = 5