[jillybean]

akwoo, on 2026-May-07, 22:06, said:

My 4♥ favorable openings look like x KQxxxxx xxx xx. That is not a normal 4♥ opener, especially favorable.

yes, this looks more like it.

We just picked up 11imp after I bid 4♠ NV vs. V after 1♠ (P) ...

97652, 75, T43, 632

[mikeh]

Btw, after 4H (4S) I can’t imagine not bidding 5H as north. In what universe is 4S likely to fail? Bear in mind that even if 4H was a permissible bid for this partnership, surely the vast majority of 4H bids, at favourable, have less defence.

[pescetom]

jillybean, on 2026-May-07, 18:52, said:

I asked South at the OT about his 4♥ opening bid

“That is a normal 4♥ opener, less than 8.5 tricks when namyats would kick in.”

I don’t have namyats

That is a Namyats for me. It would already be too heavy for 4♥ even not playing Namyats.
Did his partner alert the inference that he did not bid Namyats?
I know ACBL are not on that bandwagon but it seems to me necessary if they did not present a card.

[DavidKok]

Oh no, another gadget. No wonder the hand evaluation is all over the place.

[jillybean]

pescetom, on 2026-May-08, 12:27, said:

That is a Namyats for me. It would already be too heavy for 4♥ even not playing Namyats.
Did his partner alert the inference that he did not bid Namyats?
I know ACBL are not on that bandwagon but it seems to me necessary if they did not present a card.

This was a BBO game, no alert but I was at the other table so don't know what was said in the chat.
Regular partnership, regular team game so I doubt that there was an issue.
Full Disclosure is such a 90's concept.

DavidKok, on 2026-May-08, 12:40, said:

Oh no, another gadget. No wonder the hand evaluation is all over the place.