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#21 User is offline   OleBerg 

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Posted 2008-May-17, 13:06

Jlall, on May 17 2008, 04:13 AM, said:

P_Marlowe, on May 17 2008, 03:52 AM, said:

Jlall, on May 17 2008, 02:48 AM, said:

Sorry but what does cooperative mean?

"cooperative" is another word for "optional",
"cardshowing", "no clear direction", "partner
do something intelligent", "blametransfer".

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So how many diamonds does it show? 1? 2? 3? 4?

Depends on how fast you double.

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We should always assume 2/1 unless otherwise stated, because:

- If the original poster didn't bother to state his system, that means that he thinks it's obvious what he's playing. The only people who think this are 2/1 players.

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Posted 2008-May-17, 16:23

I'm not sure what this means. But, at the table, I would mean this as "I want to bid 3♠, but I'm not going unilateral."

In other words, a sixth spade but some defense. Diamond contribution? Not a stiff.
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Posted 2008-May-17, 16:58

At imps I play this as penalties, usually 4 diamonds but sometimes a good three card holding.

At mps this is more "cooperative" i.e. Hx or xxx or Hxx in diamonds, and our side has the majority of the high cards. I don't mind passing out 3D and taking it 1 or 2 off against 2H making at imps but at mps I have to tell opener that it was our hand and it's more likely I have general values than a 'large penalty' penalty.
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Posted 2008-May-17, 17:13

All too complicated.


3d is penalty.........opener did not super accept.

I do not think responder has 6 good spades and 2 lousy diamonds.


coop, max...opt.......etc etc.......who knows...I pass as opener.
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Posted 2008-May-17, 23:29

At MPs, this is a hand that expected a plus from 2♠ and expects further action to be better than selling to 3♦. Opener sits with 2 spades and pulls with 4 spades. With 3 spades use judgment.

At IMPs I'd say this double needs to be for hands where there could be a large swing, so it makes sense to either play it as pure penalty (7 count with 3-4 good diamonds) or a hand with a singleton diamond that could still bid a perfecta game or be a double partscore swing.
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Posted 2008-May-18, 00:05

I don't understand all the cooperative doubles. So some suggest a double with 5 spades and 3 diamonds and a balanced hand, but with that shape, isn't it always better to defend rather than bid on? So your cooperative double only turns out well when partner passes?
I really think that at IMPs, you should pick either penalty or takeout as agreement for this double. I admit it is not clear which is better, but this doesn't mean we shouldn't pick and let it be a vague "well i don't quite have an invite and don't really want to compete nor can I really double I hope you have a clear opinion partner"-double.
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Posted 2008-May-18, 04:26

It does seem unwise to use a double to say that the opponents' trumps are breaking with an honour onside. For a "cooperative" double, if that's how I played it, I'd rather have cards outside diamonds.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2008-May-18, 08:13

Anyways I saw a hand where someone didn't X and I was like wow I'd crack that off then I was like hmm maybe it's not penalty and shows like 5314, then I had no clue so I posted it heh.
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Posted 2008-May-18, 08:24

Jlall, on May 18 2008, 09:13 AM, said:

Anyways I saw a hand where someone didn't X and I was like wow I'd crack that off then I was like hmm maybe it's not penalty and shows like 5314, then I had no clue so I posted it heh.

I believe it was a good idea to post this question as it forces us to examine more fully our understandings - it's easy to say cooperative but what does that really mean?

Better to have a bad understanding than no understanding.
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Posted 2008-May-18, 21:20

Agree with Arend, either TO or penalty. For us it would be TO.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-May-19, 00:18

We play a lot of optionnal double and we are tired of explaining what they mean. We now say "semi-penality" and curiously people accept that and dont ask questions.
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