On 10/17/2011 08:02 PM, Travis Crump wrote:

> On 10/17/2011 12:07 PM, KWSchneider wrote:

>> On Oct 17, 10:09 am, KWSchneider<questionofbala..._at_yahoo.com>  wrote:

>>

>>

>> <snipped>

>>

>>> Here are the hands:

>>>

>>>              North [dealer]

>>>              Q74

>>>              A983

>>>              AQ6

>>>              965

>>>

>>>   Me                  Partner

>>>   AK865               932

>>>   T52                 K7

>>>   52                  743

>>>   AT3                 KQ872

>>>

>>>              RHO

>>>              JT

>>>              QJ64

>>>              KJT98

>>>              J4

>>>

>>

>>

>> Corrected auction...

>>

>> Auction

>> (1C) 2C! (2S) P

>> (3S) P   (3N) X

>> (4H) P   (P)  ?? director

>>

>> Kurt

>

> I don't think opener's 4H bid is allowed, but at the same time I don't

> expect it is reasonable to expect south to sit in 3N so he'd likely pull

> to 4D.  Doubled or not depending on whether 4H was doubled for the same

> basic result.  It's possible you could make the argument that south

> would pass 3NX out of fear that his partner would take him back to

> spades if he pulls it.  It's also possible that you could argue that

> you'd double 4D, but not 4H because opener is pretty much known to have

> at most 3 diamonds, but could have blundered into a normal 9 card fit in

> hearts.  It's tough.

Which UI do you think opener has?

Thomas