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double after 2-suited preempt penalty or p/c

#1 User is offline   yunling 

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Posted 2015-May-14, 04:54

Suppose you opened 2,showing and a minor

2-(3)-X

Is this double
1)Penalty?
2)Ask you to pass with 4+ and bid on with 4+?

And will your answer differ if 2 promises 54 or 55? What if opponent's overcall is 3?

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Posted 2015-May-14, 09:25

Without having discussed it I would assume penalty but I am not sure if that is optimal.
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Posted 2015-May-14, 22:48

Good question
Muiderberg 2M not vul is more like a weak 2 with a cursory 4-card minor on the side.
AJTxx, xx, Jxxx, xx
is fine. Now responder wants double of 3 to be penalty.
It might be different vul, when the TNT rates to be higher but can't chop and change like that.
Or when their bid is 3 and a P/C double sends you to 4.
If the overcall is 3, normal is 4 p/c.
So I vote for all penalty.

The other issue with double as p/c is finding partner with Jxxx and forced to pass opposite your 2 small, when you were hoping for KJTxx.

If this means defending 3x with 5-3-5-0 opposite 1-4-4-4, so be it. Ugly post mortem coming up.
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Posted 2015-May-15, 00:30

I've always played it as Pass or Correct and feel quite happy about it. Not sure if it's optimal though.

It does give you some extra opportunities, for example to invite in s (especially after 3 interventions). Some examples:
2-(3)-Dbl
3-3 = INV

2-(3)-3/ = natural

2-(3)-Dbl
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Pass =
3 = with a fragment
3 = and minimum
3NT = , max, stopper
4 = , max, no stopper
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Posted 2015-May-16, 20:55

I think I slightly prefer my opps play P/C so i would slightly suggest penalties.

Its one of the reason why I prefer that the 5-4 preempts are done by my opponents and not by my teamates. One of the strenght of a preemptive action is that it force your opponents to overbid a little wich eventually lead to a good wack on the head from time to time. Losing the penalty X remove a lot of pressure on the overcaller especially when he is vul.

I guess it would be sensible to play they are vul X = penalties otherwise pass or correct.
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Posted 2015-May-17, 04:48

I am another who is not sure what is best, but around here P/C is most common.
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