Re: Bid or mis-bid this hand with me

<henrysun909@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 25, 2:24 pm, henrysun...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Apr 25, 5:05 am, henrysun...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> Thanks again to all who responded, and now the full story.
>
> I held this hand (I may not have had the QS, I don't remember, but the
> shape is right):
>
> Q
> xxx
> xxxxx
> AKxx
>
> for my 3c bid.  Somewhat unexpectedly, my LHO doubled me with
>
> Axxx
> x
> x
> JTxxxxx
>
> with perhaps a red K or Q also.
>
> Of course, I did not let the hand play in 3cx, so I ran to 3h and the
> auction took its course.
>
> After the hand, I asked my partner whether he knew I had heart
> sup****t.
>
> He said that the 3c bid could have been natural without heart sup****t
> (he did hold the singleton queen for his pass).
>
> I said that there is no hand I could have that was not able to bid 3c
> before that could bid 3c now unless it had heart sup****t as well.
>
> He said, what about Jack ninth in a crappy hand?
>
> I repeated that if I considered 3c unsafe / unwise / un-whatever over
> 1d, then how could it now be safer / wiser / whatever-er when the
> opponents have announced strength and a fit and my LHO was unlimited.
>
> He thought that I had entirely lost my mind ('you're missing the
> point, totally'), so this was for me a reality check.  I was pretty
> sure I was right and am now pretty confident in that *****sment.
>
> Whether bidding 3c as a lead director on AKxx is wise or not is
> certainly up for debate.
>
> But whether, having bid 3c, I must have heart sup****t on this auction
> seemed (and seems) clearly right.
>
> Henrysun909

I suggest you email him a link to this thread.