Posted 2014-October-02, 13:34
MP, best hand South, pro Gib 30
System point really. We may not have been able to do any better, but that is not the point here.
If I (South) held 4 Hearts and 2D, I would have no reason to pull 2D to 2H. If 2D promised both red suits I could sympathise.
The point is that I feel strongly that double by North in the pass-out seat should be for takeout, and *IF* North thinks that action is better than defending, then X would be my choice.
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