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#21 User is offline   Zelandakh 

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Posted 2015-July-03, 02:36

This looks like a completely normal double to me and it does not feel close.
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Posted 2015-July-04, 11:05

View PostPhilKing, on 2015-June-29, 10:09, said:

My tuppence worth on why this is a clear double ....

I have looked at more of these preempts from high-level bridge than possibly anyone else using my hands database. It is not stored in a way that I can prove anything statistically, but a couple of points have struck me:

1. The opponents don't tend to double us nearly enough when we step out of line.

2. Quite often when we get too high, it turns out they were making 3, so we pick up an imp or two from the save.

If you made the club jack a small one I would still double.


re point 2: last time partner made shall we say a 'light' action over a 4S opening the auction went 4S 4NT 5S 5NT P 6D all pass. I was disappointed to see this go off when partner had some pile of rubbish, but we gained quite a few imps against 4S+1, so I found the cheap save...
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