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Transfer Responses after a takeout double

#1 User is offline   TomReynold 

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Posted 2015-November-07, 19:53

I noticed that according to one write up on the Meckwell System that they paly transfer responses after 1D/H/S-X. That makes sense but does anyone know if it is legal per the ACBL?

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Posted 2015-November-07, 21:02

The takeout double is a convention (though it predates Contract Bridge)--the natural meaning of a double is "I don't think they can make it, let's increase the stakes" ; therefor any conventional defense to a takeout double is allowed (unless specifically excluded by the General Convention Chart, which none are WRT takeout doubles).

So in the sequence 1-X-z any meaning for any call z is allowable (as long as properly disclosed).
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Posted 2015-November-08, 00:57

Thanks Mike.
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Posted 2015-November-09, 11:44

Mike is correct as far as it goes; but the ACBL world changed in May 2015.

Now it is legal to play Transfer responses (or advances, but that was possible before) in any auction with competition. See COMPETITIVE, 8 (overcalls) along with COMPETITIVE, 7a (*any* meaning after takeout double).

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