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Hi all.
Someone can give me some hints to determine when it should be good to double for penalty.
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andré
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Penalty double
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Posted 2015-July-16, 16:13
Hi Andre,
You might want to ask a more specific question as it is a little difficult to know exactly what you are looking for.
But here is my two cents worth:
- Only double for penalties if you are reasonably confident that partner will understand that it is a penalty double so that he doesn't take it out without good reason. Partner should understand this if:
- -- he has described his hand well (for example by preempting) and thereby transfered captaincy to you
- -- you can't possibly have a take-out double hand because if so you would have doubled on the previous round
- -- you have already found a fit
- -- opps have bid three suits so you can't want to encourage partner to chose among unbid suits
- -- you are doubling a natural 2nt (also 3nt except for a 3nt response to a preempt)
- -- other situations which you have agreed to be penalty
- at matchpoints, consider if defeating them undoubled is likely to give a good result. If not, double them even if you are not sure it goes down. If yes, don't unless you are confident.
- at IMPs, don't double a 2M, 2NT, 3m or 4m contract unless you are very confident
- consider if your double might give declarer clues to the split that will make it easier for him to play the hand
- consider if your double might induce them to run to a better contract
- consider if your double is likely to influence partner's lead and if so, if that will be good or bad
You might want to ask a more specific question as it is a little difficult to know exactly what you are looking for.
But here is my two cents worth:
- Only double for penalties if you are reasonably confident that partner will understand that it is a penalty double so that he doesn't take it out without good reason. Partner should understand this if:
- -- he has described his hand well (for example by preempting) and thereby transfered captaincy to you
- -- you can't possibly have a take-out double hand because if so you would have doubled on the previous round
- -- you have already found a fit
- -- opps have bid three suits so you can't want to encourage partner to chose among unbid suits
- -- you are doubling a natural 2nt (also 3nt except for a 3nt response to a preempt)
- -- other situations which you have agreed to be penalty
- at matchpoints, consider if defeating them undoubled is likely to give a good result. If not, double them even if you are not sure it goes down. If yes, don't unless you are confident.
- at IMPs, don't double a 2M, 2NT, 3m or 4m contract unless you are very confident
- consider if your double might give declarer clues to the split that will make it easier for him to play the hand
- consider if your double might induce them to run to a better contract
- consider if your double is likely to influence partner's lead and if so, if that will be good or bad
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Posted 2015-July-17, 13:08
When their contract is going off, AND they don't have a better place to run (or they won't run), AND you don't have a better score available by having your side declarer instead.
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Posted 2015-July-17, 20:22
If when you make a penalty double you set them 100% of the time, your not doubling enough! 
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Posted 2016-September-02, 06:44
The subject of this topic is very interesting but also not much threaded althoug. To open this argoument and help to better understand try to watch this https://www.mrbridge...lty_Doubles.pdf
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