Matchpoints, non-vul against vul, partner deals and opens 1S, RHO bids 3H, and you hold:<br>
<b>KQx K J98x Q8xxx</b><br>
You bid 3S and LHO raises to 4H, passed around to you.<br>
Two-part question:<br>
Part 1: Do you agree with the 3S bid?<br>
Part 2: What's your bid now?<br><br>

<table border="1">
<tr>
	<th>Panelist</th>
	<th>Agree with 3S?</th>
	<th>What now?</th>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>Chechelashvili</td>
	<td>No</td>
	<td>4S</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>Coufal</td>
	<td>Yes</td>
	<td>Pass</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>Crawford</td>
	<td>Maybe</td>
	<td>Pass</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>Feldman</td>
	<td>Yes</td>
	<td>Double</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>Gailfus, A.</td>
	<td>Yes</td>
	<td>Double</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>Gailfus, D.</td>
	<td>Yes</td>
	<td>4S</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>Hoersch</td>
	<td>Yes</td>
	<td>Double</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>Johnson</td>
	<td>Yes</td>
	<td>Double</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>Michaels</td>
	<td>No</td>
	<td>4S</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>Roeder</td>
	<td>Yes</td>
	<td>Double</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>Scaramuzzi</td>
	<td>Yes</td>
	<td>Double</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>Strauch, J.</td>
	<td>Yes</td>
	<td>Pass or Double</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>Wright</td>
	<td>No</td>
	<td>4S</td>
</tr>
</table> 

<br><br>Like half of the panelists, I bid 3S first, then doubled 4H, and was -790.  The double didn't cost anything since -620 would be the same zero.  Partner's hand:<br>
<b>AJ8xx xxxx Qxx A</b><br>
RHO's hand:<br>
<b>T AQT98xx Txx Jx</b><br>
LHO's hand:<br>
<b>9xxx J AKx KT9xx</b><br><br>
As you can see, beating 4H requires good defence (getting our diamond trick) PLUS declarer mis-guessing the hearts.  Bidding 4S over 4H would almost surely get doubled for -300 which is not much better than a zero.  However -100 would be above average.  Therefore it seems the best shot on this hand is to bid 4S the first time and hope not to get doubled.  Good choice by David, Greg and Jon!  Mike and John S. also did acknowledge the merit of bidding 4S right away.