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You hold ♠T763 ♥A93 ♦K632 ♣62
RHO deals and opens 1♣, and you pass. MPs, love all.
1♣ – P – P – dbl
2♣ – dbl – 2♠ – 3♥
P – ?
1) Do you agree with your double?
2) What do you do now?
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Is 3H a "free bid"?
#1
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Posted 2008-May-15, 04:56
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Posted 2008-May-15, 05:02
1) I can live with it, but I would prefer it to be a little stronger.
2) 4♥
2) 4♥
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Posted 2008-May-15, 05:12
1) I prefer 2♠.
2) I am confused. If my dbl shows something in both majors and partner's dbl shows the same, how can LHO bid spades? Did he think that my dbl was penalty? Anyway, partner must have a very good hand with 5+ hearts. With a classical t/o dbl and extras he would have doubled 2♠. I think 3♥ is not quite forcing and with this minimum it may be right to pass. I bid 4♥ just in case p intended 3♥ as forcing
2) I am confused. If my dbl shows something in both majors and partner's dbl shows the same, how can LHO bid spades? Did he think that my dbl was penalty? Anyway, partner must have a very good hand with 5+ hearts. With a classical t/o dbl and extras he would have doubled 2♠. I think 3♥ is not quite forcing and with this minimum it may be right to pass. I bid 4♥ just in case p intended 3♥ as forcing
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Posted 2008-May-15, 05:19
1) Prefer 2♠ than X
2) Given my X was responsive, 3♥ is just competitive. My original X already said my hand so I now pass with no extras to be found.
2) Given my X was responsive, 3♥ is just competitive. My original X already said my hand so I now pass with no extras to be found.
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Posted 2008-May-15, 05:23
#1 I dont play responsive, so I would have bid 2S.
Depending on the meaning of the X, the 3H is not a
freebid, it just shows comp. values, as long as the x
promised some hearts.
#2 Pass, if we miss game, thats too bad, but on the plus
side we found a hand to fine tune our agreements.
With kind regards
Marlowe
Depending on the meaning of the X, the 3H is not a
freebid, it just shows comp. values, as long as the x
promised some hearts.
#2 Pass, if we miss game, thats too bad, but on the plus
side we found a hand to fine tune our agreements.
With kind regards
Marlowe
With kind regards
Uwe Gebhardt (P_Marlowe)
Uwe Gebhardt (P_Marlowe)
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Posted 2008-May-15, 05:31
1. Dbl is fine.
2. pass, I already showed my hand and partner didn't cuebid or bid game.
2. pass, I already showed my hand and partner didn't cuebid or bid game.
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Posted 2008-May-15, 05:57
1. Personally i would prefer a 2♠ call the first time
2. Pass now, i haven't got a great hand for what i've shown and pard could have bid game or cue-bid couldn't he?
2. Pass now, i haven't got a great hand for what i've shown and pard could have bid game or cue-bid couldn't he?
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Posted 2008-May-15, 06:24
1) Disagree with double, I am too weak, and deficient in clubs by at least 2 cards. 2♠ for me.
2) Abstain, or 4♥. We don't have our previous call, so it is hard to say.
2) Abstain, or 4♥. We don't have our previous call, so it is hard to say.
That's impossible. No one can give more than one hundred percent. By definition that is the most anyone can give.
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Posted 2008-May-16, 04:37
Agree with the telephone number, opposite a balancing double our rssponsive double should be stronger.
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Posted 2008-May-16, 04:40
Fluffy, on May 16 2008, 05:37 AM, said:
Agree with the telephone number, opposite a balancing double our rssponsive double should be stronger.
LOL
But I actually play a penalty double here, not a responsive double.
That's impossible. No one can give more than one hundred percent. By definition that is the most anyone can give.
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Posted 2008-May-16, 14:04
1. Your double is a penalty double, not responsive. What would I do with my 10 count and KQTx of clubs, you pass first, and dbl or you could have been sitting for partner's reopening double. So I could not double here responsive. I would choose to bid 2S. So what if I am in a 4-3 fit?
2. Now that I have buried myself with an auction that I don't have. I will bid 4♥ since I am wrong.
2. Now that I have buried myself with an auction that I don't have. I will bid 4♥ since I am wrong.
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