[lamford]

Scoring: IMP

The scoring is 60% IMPs, 40% BAM

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The auction goes (2H) - Pass - (3H) - Pass - (Pass) to you. The four players are winners of national titles.

[cnszsun]

I will double on first round.

[Gerben42]

When fixed, stay fixed. Pass. The only chance to bid is to try 2NT on your first turn, which is a bit light so pass = acceptable.

[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

Pass.

The only other remark I have, if you want to
enter the auction to it direct over 2H.
The bid being 2NT, I would not do it, I am fairly
old fashioned, but 2 NT seems ok, and the bid
should work more often than not.

With kind regards
Marlowe

[Edmunte1]

Double, for penality.

[helene_t]

Jlall, on Oct 22 2007, 11:30 AM, said:

I tend to only play 40 % imps 60 % BAM scoring so I don't really have much advice in this situation.

Lol, I thought Patton was always 50/50.

Is it clear that dbl is penalties? Then that would not be unreasonable.

[P_Marlowe]

helene_t, on Oct 22 2007, 07:33 AM, said:

Jlall, on Oct 22 2007, 11:30 AM, said:

I tend to only play 40 % imps 60 % BAM scoring so I don't really have much advice in this situation.

Lol, I thought Patton was always 50/50.

Is it clear that dbl is penalties? Then that would not be unreasonable.

I only played a version, which allowed
you to earn 8 Points via BAM and 4 Points
via the Aggregatte, so this would make it
33% IMPs and 66% BAM.

With kind regards
Marlowe

[MickyB]

Edited: Oh, there's a poll.

[pclayton]

We've discussed whether or not a reopening double in this seat is penalty or takeout.

60% said takeout, 40% said penalty.

(It was more like 90/10).

[lamford]

There was a break in tempo by the partner of this hand, which bid 3NT on the second round (as well as writing down the contract before his partner passed, for which he got a well-earned procedural penalty). The director polled three players and none would have passed on the second round. Partner is x x KQJTxxxx Qxx so will bid 5D if you so much as cough. The director ruled that the result stood, as although he thought 3NT used the UI, that pass would be selected by fewer than 30% of players (the rule in England; it is much harsher in the US) and is not therefore a logical alternative. Opposite a penalty double, it is agreed by pretty much everyone that the hand opposite would bid 5D. I, and most others now think, however, that pass is a logical alternative (although I doubled - clearly penalty -when asked my opinion and still think that is the right bid) and the result should be 3H - 1. The opponents withdrew their appeal when the result of the event was certain, and the feedback I get is that if they had continued with the appeal, then 3H -1 would have been imposed. And I think correctly, as the poll on this site shows.