[Jinksy]

You hold

♠ KQT9x
♥ AKJ
♦ QJx
♣ xx

IMPs, all vul.

Partner (me) opens 3C, first in, passed to you. What's your call, and how close is it?

My preempting style in this position is relatively sound. Usually a 7 card suit, but not a guarantee, probably fairly pure (ie decent offence-defence ratio).

[manudude03]

I'll try 3S, and pass 4C if it comes back. I would not be surprised in the least if pass was the winning action though.

[Phil]

I'd just bid 3N and donate 100's like I generally do.

[rmnka447]

IMP scoring dictates that you should bid game anytime that game has a 35% or more chance of making.

AK seventh, stiff A and partner holding KQJ seventh, AQJ seventh with K onside are possible combinations that partner might hold that make 3 NT a pretty good bet. In addition, partner MIGHT hold a properly positioned ♠ J or the ♥ Q as a possible entry if they hold up in ♣.

So, there seem to be quite a few card combinations where 3 NT will make. You do have pretty good stoppers in all the suits.

You might bid 3 ♠ to try to find a ♠ game, but that may get you past the last makeable game of 3 NT if partner rebids 4 ♣.

It's a guess, but time to be aggressive and bid 3 NT.

[ggwhiz]

I see no reason (well not much) for a 5-3 spade fit to play better than 3nt and 1 trick higher and my partner might raise with 2 of them.

As others point out the imp odds favor a game bid so 3nt it is.

[PhantomSac]

Pass

[nige1]

Jinksy, on 2015-November-19, 11:29, said:

IMPs, all vul, you hold ♠ K Q T 9 x ♥ A K J ♦ Q J x ♣ x x
Partner (me) opens 3C, first in, passed to you. What's your call, and how close is it?
My preempting style in this position is relatively sound. Usually a 7 card suit, but not a guarantee, probably fairly pure (ie decent offence-defence ratio).

I rank
1. Pass. Phantomsac persuades me again.
2. 3N. Rmnka447 might be right.
3. 3♠. But Ggwhiz worries about 4 losers at the 4-level, even if we have a fit.

[PhantomSac]

rmnka447, on 2015-November-19, 13:41, said:

IMP scoring dictates that you should bid game anytime that game has a 35% or more chance of making.

This is not true when you go down multiple when you go down (as is often the case on a hand like this).

[hrothgar]

I'm going to do something dangerous and disagree with Justin on a bridge related topic.

Partner has opened 3♣ vulnerable
Folks often strain to lead a major against 3N and I have both majors double stopped

I think that there are enough chances to wriggle home to 9 tricks that I am willing to risk it...

[lycier]

I only have small doubleton in ♣,very bad support,no fit,no trick, we are difficult to get 9 tricks,so pass .