Mark:
We'd love to have a bid that says "Partner, I have
great support for your suit and a void or ace in one of the
opponents' suits. The situation that makes that a useful message, such as
the present hand, comes up seldom. If that's the meaning you assign to it, you
give up other potential meanings that could be useful more often. The most
common meaning for the cuebid is a limit raise in support of partner's
suit. Issuing a game invitation in the context of an overcall, which doesn't
have to be as strong as an opening bid, tends to promise a very nice hand, one
that would probably jump to game facing an opening bid. It's pretty aggressive
with the actual East hand if that is what the bid meant, but not wrong as the
very distributional character of the hand and the non- vulnerable status can
justify it. West, with minimum overcall strength understandably declines the
invitation, but might consider bidding 4 spades as a non- vulnerable sacrifice.
Paradoxically, the magic fit and distribution of
opposing cards make E-W cold for 4 spades (might even make 5 with a heart lead)
on a combined 15 high- card points, while N-S, with a great fit and 25 high-
card points can be set in 4 hearts with careful defense. The main bidding
lesson of the hand is to be sure and discuss the meaning of cue bids in several
situations. There isn't a single correct answer. The limit raise game
invitation is currently the most popular.
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