[Cyberyeti]

mw64ahw, on 2026-February-11, 06:11, said:

Hm - not sure what more West expects from partner given standard minimum point counts; opener 12, doubler a given 21 and responder 6. Or perhaps a lucky Jack will have some value!

Well a small spade instead of a small red card is probably plenty, xxxx, Jx, xxxx, xxx is fine, responder can have way less than 6, what do you do with Kxxxx(x) and out

I was expecting responder's shape when the problem was posed

[jillybean]

Cyberyeti, on 2026-February-11, 08:36, said:

Well a small spade instead of a small red card is probably plenty, xxxx, Jx, xxxx, xxx is fine, responder can have way less than 6, what do you do with Kxxxx(x) and out

I was expecting responder's shape when the problem was posed

gawd, I always hope partner will have a better hand than this.

[Cyberyeti]

jillybean, on 2026-February-11, 09:04, said:

gawd, I always hope partner will have a better hand than this.

So do I, but we wouldn't see this on the forums if partner had 4 spades, less than 4 hearts and you bid the game easily