Cyberyeti, on 2014-July-03, 04:07, said:
...I'd add that 2♦-3N showing a hand that would want to play game but not invite slam opposite the big balanced with 4-4M is quite useful here.
gwnn, on 2014-July-03, 05:14, said:
...I did not see even 1 pair write 4♥ as p/c, that should tell us at least something.
Thank you very much for the detailed responses! I like the 3N non-slammy, and other suggested 4-level responses.
The actual hand was:
♠T9xxx
♥QT9xx
♦x
♣xx
Gwnn you're probably correct that the undiscussed 4
♥ bid was dangerous. I was playing with an ex-Australian rep, and he presumed I had roughly Kxxx,Kxxx,xx,Axx and so bid 6
♠, two off.
I thought my bid was a two-way shot, thinking that partner probably had the big balanced hand, but on the off-chance he didn't, I wanted to make sure RHO's next decision was at the 4-level (many partnerships pass a 2
♦ multi initially with 16+ for better or worse).