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#1 User is offline   Echognome 

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Posted 2007-August-23, 14:09

This deal was played in a team's event and was a bit surreal. There were several decisions to make, so I'm going to post them in parts, since you may not agree with the choices I made (fine!).

Scoring: IMP

(P) - 1♣ - (P) - 1♦
(Dbl) - ?


So RHO passes and you open 1♣ (natural) with partner responding 1♦. Now RHO doubles and it's up to you to make the next decision.
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Posted 2007-August-23, 14:36

1♥. I can't even imagine what in the world else one could do besides overbidding with 2♥.

Edit: per posts below that's true I'm used to redouble being support, and I just assumed it here but it wasn't stated.
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Posted 2007-August-23, 14:41

I'll dive in with the "overbid" of 2♥. Starry-eyed optimist that I am.

Sometimes pard has club support and we can make 5♣.
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Posted 2007-August-23, 14:42

jdonn, on Aug 23 2007, 03:36 PM, said:

1♥. I can't even imagine what in the world else one could do besides overbidding with 2♥.

You could talk me into XXing, though that isn't game. Assuming that it doesn't imply support, of course.
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Posted 2007-August-23, 14:42

Disagree with jdonn, XX is possible if its not conventional. Anyways, without discussion I would just bid 1H.

And I don't understand phil's argument. If partner has club support and we make 5C why can't we figure that out after bidding 1H?
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Posted 2007-August-23, 15:14

I agree with Josh, this is a clear 1H. I would not redouble even if it was available as penalty.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2007-August-23, 20:15

If you don`t play support XX then XX is probalbly better but if ur not sure 1h is best
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Posted 2007-August-24, 01:30

agree with 1H. don't like to jump with a flexible hand. i play redouble here as strong (semi)balanced.
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Posted 2007-August-24, 01:51

I play redouble as general strong and that's my bid.

I play 1♥ as cuebid showing stopper, problem is that might imply better diamonds for partner
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Posted 2007-August-24, 14:48

For what happened next and the conclusion to the hand, see part 2 here:

http://forums.bridge...showtopic=20852
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