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pescetom, on 2026-February-22, 12:32, said:
Late to this one.
I too would bid 1D then over 1S reverse into 2H. In my better partnerships the cheapest reverse promises one of several strong hands, although unfortunately not this one
But I would bid it nevertheless. If partner can bid the 2NT positive relay then I bid 3C (fourth suit) to indicate the natural reverse, over a weak 3S I bid 4S (benefiting from the inferences of not hearing 1D-2S).
By one of those weird short circuits that characterize bridge forums, we encountered a similar but less strong 1444 hand in the club same day, and it caused intense traffic in our technical discussion. I'll post it in a separate thread to avoid confusion here.
I too would bid 1D then over 1S reverse into 2H. In my better partnerships the cheapest reverse promises one of several strong hands, although unfortunately not this one
But I would bid it nevertheless. If partner can bid the 2NT positive relay then I bid 3C (fourth suit) to indicate the natural reverse, over a weak 3S I bid 4S (benefiting from the inferences of not hearing 1D-2S).By one of those weird short circuits that characterize bridge forums, we encountered a similar but less strong 1444 hand in the club same day, and it caused intense traffic in our technical discussion. I'll post it in a separate thread to avoid confusion here.
I’d avoid reversing. In my view, unless it’s unavoidable, it should show at least 5 diamonds. Partner will/should bid as if it does so your short, weak diamond suit will lead to disappointment if he goes slamming with, say Qxx or Axx support. I get that sometimes there is no alternative but I’d treat the spade queen as equivalent to xx. Thus, imo, treating the hand as 2=4=4=3 is less of a distortion than would be implied by a reverse.
Your experience may be different from mine in terms of reverses.
