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    From James Dow Allen@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 9 09:30:39 2023
    Both vul at IMPs North deals and bids 1 Heart (SAYC) with
    8
    AJ963
    KQ
    KQ982

    Opponents passing, South responds 1 Spade with
    KT9743
    52
    AT876
    (void)

    How should the auction continue?
    Am I correct that North is much too weak to jump to 3 Clubs,
    especially with singleton in partner's suit?
    (But if North does jump to 3C, how would bidding then continue?)

    Cheers,
    James

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  • From cshearts@gmail.com@21:1/5 to James Dow Allen on Fri Jun 9 16:42:11 2023
    On Friday, June 9, 2023 at 11:30:40 AM UTC-5, James Dow Allen wrote:
    Both vul at IMPs North deals and bids 1 Heart (SAYC) with
    8
    AJ963
    KQ
    KQ982

    Opponents passing, South responds 1 Spade with
    KT9743
    52
    AT876
    (void)

    How should the auction continue?
    Am I correct that North is much too weak to jump to 3 Clubs,
    especially with singleton in partner's suit?
    (But if North does jump to 3C, how would bidding then continue?)

    Cheers,
    James

    1H-1S
    2C-2H... weak suit-preference bid.
    South's spades are not strong enough to bid with a 7-HCP (misfit) hand and a diamond bid would be 4th-suit forcing.

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  • From John Hall@21:1/5 to James Dow Allen on Thu Jun 15 19:25:09 2023
    In message <ff194ee1-2519-4c52-adfa-1a58bde10d02n@googlegroups.com>,
    James Dow Allen <jdallen2000@yahoo.com> writes
    Both vul at IMPs North deals and bids 1 Heart (SAYC) with
    8
    AJ963
    KQ
    KQ982

    Opponents passing, South responds 1 Spade with
    KT9743
    52
    AT876
    (void)

    How should the auction continue?
    Am I correct that North is much too weak to jump to 3 Clubs,
    especially with singleton in partner's suit?

    I agree. Though it's notionally a 5-loser hand, the quality of the long
    suits isn't great and as you say the singleton spade is a disadvantage.

    (But if North does jump to 3C, how would bidding then continue?)

    It's a horrible misfit and I fear the worst after that 3C. Most people
    would play 2D over 2C as fourth suit forcing, but I'm not sure that that
    still applies after the forcing 3C. But even if natural it must still be forcing. With the misfit, the bidding might end in 3NT, but that's a
    horrible contract. You'd need to be lucky with the trump position to
    make 4S, should you finish there.
    --
    John Hall "[It was] so steep that at intervals the street broke into steps,
    like a person breaking into giggles or hiccups, and then resumed
    its sober climb, until it had another fit of steps."
    Ursula K Le Guin "The Beginning Place"

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