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Should South dbl 2♦ to show ♦ length?
Should S balance with 3♦?
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Posted 2008-June-25, 08:10
Should South dbl 2♦ to show ♦ length?
Should S balance with 3♦?
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Posted 2008-June-25, 08:31
NOOOOOOOOOOO
You could have doubled 2♦ had you wanted too, however i would not have wanted too....
You could have doubled 2♦ had you wanted too, however i would not have wanted too....
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Posted 2008-June-25, 09:17
Yes, please bid 3♦. Prettyprettyplease. But only when you're playing against me.
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Posted 2008-June-25, 09:23
Heart length is an indication that you shouldn't balance. Change the majors and you would double 2H.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2008-June-25, 09:46
double first round.
don't balance with four trumps, ever.
don't balance with four trumps, ever.
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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Posted 2008-June-25, 09:58
han, on Jun 25 2008, 10:23 AM, said:
Heart length is an indication that you shouldn't balance. Change the majors and you would double 2H.
Switch the majors and wouldn't you have bid 2H on the previous round?
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Posted 2008-June-25, 10:43
TimG, on Jun 25 2008, 10:58 AM, said:
han, on Jun 25 2008, 10:23 AM, said:
Heart length is an indication that you shouldn't balance. Change the majors and you would double 2H.
Switch the majors and wouldn't you have bid 2H on the previous round?
Wow.
Assume that you do hold KJxx x AJ9xx Kxx.
You have a fair takeout double of a 1♥ opening bid. But this is not a 1♥ opening bid. You have a 1NT opening on your left, a silent partner, and a player indicating heart length on your right, but otherwise unlimited. And you want to get into the auction at the 2 level vulnerable at IMPs?
Not me.
After 2♥ is passed back to you, now you have a balance. But not immediately over 2♦.
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Posted 2008-June-25, 10:46
No, Fred convinced us forummers a long time ago that a direct 2H should be Michaels Tim. Well, he convinced me.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2008-June-25, 11:37
han, on Jun 25 2008, 11:46 AM, said:
No, Fred convinced us forummers a long time ago that a direct 2H should be Michaels Tim. Well, he convinced me.
This was debated?!?
YOU debated this?!?!?!?
Wow.
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Posted 2008-June-25, 11:49
gwnn, on Jun 25 2008, 05:46 PM, said:
double first round.
don't balance with four trumps, ever.
don't balance with four trumps, ever.
agree (not sure of 'ever')
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Posted 2008-June-25, 12:04
kenrexford, on Jun 25 2008, 12:37 PM, said:
han, on Jun 25 2008, 11:46 AM, said:
No, Fred convinced us forummers a long time ago that a direct 2H should be Michaels Tim. Well, he convinced me.
This was debated?!?
YOU debated this?!?!?!?
Wow.
There certainly was a thread that covered this, I didn't use the word "debate".
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2008-June-25, 12:23
han, on Jun 25 2008, 01:04 PM, said:
kenrexford, on Jun 25 2008, 12:37 PM, said:
han, on Jun 25 2008, 11:46 AM, said:
No, Fred convinced us forummers a long time ago that a direct 2H should be Michaels Tim. Well, he convinced me.
This was debated?!?
YOU debated this?!?!?!?
Wow.
There certainly was a thread that covered this, I didn't use the word "debate".
Whew! My world view was rocked for a second. LOL
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Posted 2008-June-25, 12:59
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2008-June-25, 13:27
It's certainly not TB. I cheated, as I've already seen that episode.
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Posted 2008-June-25, 13:54
On the other hand, I guess it's something that you do have to agree with your partner beforehand. Once upon a time, I was playing with a regular-ish partner but we hadn't discussed this auction before (bidding the transfer-suit). At the moment in time, I had thought it was "really obvious" to me that bidding the transferred-suit is like a michaels bid as I can wait for further actions if I had a takeout double, but my partner had inferred it as a takeout double.
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We're in the universe, and the universe is in us.
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Posted 2008-June-25, 15:22
han, on Jun 25 2008, 01:59 PM, said:
I even have made a post in that thread, so I obviously read at least part of the thread. I guess it didn't impress upon me. It seems to make perfect sense today, however.
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