Re: What to do, what to do....

On May 12, 3:59 am, StevieTee <ste...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hi Everyone
>
> Yer playin' IMPs (IMP Pairs, to be exact), and everyone is
> vulnerable.  You've got:
>
>      AQ1084
>      QJ7
>      10
>      J1065
>
> You pass in 1st seat, and you hear the bidding go:
>
>     You      LHO     Partner     RHO
>     pass     (1c)        3NT*       (4H)
>       ??
>
>     * Not discussed in advance, but presumably not 24 to 26
> balanced....
>
> (1) What do you bid here?
>
> (2) Do you suspect that someone doesn't have their bid?
>
> Thanks in advance - Steve Sun

Well masterminding the hand makes me think partner has a diamond stack
and a club stopper so we were making 3NT. I expect partner to have 8
or 9 tricks and I should be able to provide 2 so I try 4NT, which
partner should have the brains to realize that since I am a passed
hand this is to play.