[kgr]

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Partner transfers to S and then bids 2H. This shows a hand with 5cS and 4cH and constructive. Your 1S was unlimited.
Partner could also have bid 2♦ artificial: 5cS and invite+. His 2H is almost and invite.
You have points in H and S, but only doubleton H and 3 small Diamonds. Is this enough to bid more then 2S?

[Fluffy]

a perfect minimum such as KJ9xx Axxx xx xx doesn't make game on a tump lead for lack of comunication, we can improve that minimum with club singleton but that might be too much. I think we should stay low this time.

If 2♥ could be a 5-5 8 count then perhaps we have more to worry about, but partner doesn't have to pass 2♠ with that.

[kenrexford]

But if partner has kxxxx-aqxx-xx-xx, you probably do have 10 tricks. Seems like time to try back 3s. Pard can pass that.

[kgr]

IMP's

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Missed the vulnerable game.

[mike777]

kgr, on 2012-May-09, 13:52, said:

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Partner transfers to S and then bids 2H. This shows a hand with 5cS and 4cH and constructive. Your 1S was unlimited.
Partner could also have bid 2♦ artificial: 5cS and invite+. His 2H is almost and invite.
You have points in H and S, but only doubleton H and 3 small Diamonds. Is this enough to bid more then 2S?

3s now.....Ihope that is inv.

[gszes]

no guarantees but it is difficult for your hand
to be much better than it is. Only thing that
would make it better is a heart fit also and I would
just plain bid 4h with that hand. This one is way better
that a normal minimum and deserves a 3s bid at worst.

[Zelandakh]

This ought to be a great hand for your system - you found the spade fit at the one level and this has improved the North hand enormously. If 2♥ is limited, which seems to be implied in your post, then North could perhaps continue with 3♦ over 2♠ to show a really good invite with club shortage. If that is not available then South has to make a stronger second rebid than 2♠ to show a hand just short of a game accept. You have so much space here, you simply have to define which player should be showing their extras. I would put this missed game primarily down to the players not fully understanding how the system being used works.

[kgr]

Zelandakh, on 2012-May-11, 02:12, said:

I would put this missed game primarily down to the players not fully understanding how the system being used works.

You are more right on this then you can ever think
We weren't sure what bid other then 2S by S, or bids after 2S by N would be. It is not defined in the system. (and in some bidding sequences were it is defined we play these 3-level bids as slam interest.)
...and what is worse :
We both forgot that we changed our agreements:
2H showed: 4c♠ and 6+♦ and max limit strength.

[Zelandakh]

kgr, on 2012-May-11, 09:05, said:

We both forgot that we changed our agreements:
2H showed: 4c♠ and 6+♦ and max limit strength.

Haha! Crazy! The first step is to get a decent system in place, only then can you really work out the boundaries on judgement calls. One of the things I (and my previous partner) found when switching from an Acol-based natural system to a relay-based strong club system was how different the judgement calls became. We had to get used to a completely different set of boundary conditions. That is not quite so extreme when switching from natural to transfers but nonetheless it is very important to have follow-ups defined when the resulting auctions differ significantly from those you are used to playing natural. Get the ranges in the later auction right here and I think you will find these kinds of hands trivial.

[Fluffy]

Fluffy, on 2012-May-09, 16:31, said:

a perfect minimum such as KJ9xx Axxx xx xx doesn't make game on a tump lead for lack of comunication, we can improve that minimum with club singleton but that might be too much.

It wasn´t that much

[rmnka447]

You've got good cards to hold opposite partner's known suits. You also hold an outside A.

Vulnerable, at IMPs, it pays to bid any game that makes more than about 30% of the time. So this is a hand to make a try on.