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♠KQxxx ♥AKxx ♦Jx ♣Kx
1♣-P-1♠-P-
2♣-P-2♦(artificial)-X-
XX-P-?
MP, white on red.
What and why?
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Posted 2008-September-28, 15:00
"Gibberish in, gibberish out. A trial judge, three sets of lawyers, and now three appellate judges cannot agree on what this law means. And we ask police officers, prosecutors, defense lawyers, and citizens to enforce or abide by it? The legislature continues to write unreadable statutes. Gibberish should not be enforced as law."
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Posted 2008-September-28, 16:12
Hi Ken,
I pass happily!
Ricky
I pass happily!
Ricky
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Posted 2008-September-28, 16:40
Pass and start counting at 560.
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Posted 2008-September-29, 07:58
OK, passing looks attractive. Let's change the hand slightly, removing the club King. Now what?
"Gibberish in, gibberish out. A trial judge, three sets of lawyers, and now three appellate judges cannot agree on what this law means. And we ask police officers, prosecutors, defense lawyers, and citizens to enforce or abide by it? The legislature continues to write unreadable statutes. Gibberish should not be enforced as law."
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Posted 2008-September-29, 08:58
kenrexford, on Sep 29 2008, 05:58 AM, said:
OK, passing looks attractive. Let's change the hand slightly, removing the club King. Now what?
Picture a typical hand for partner: no 3rd spade, 4 diamonds of at least HHxx and six clubs. I doubt dead minimum 2♣ calls are that hungry to redouble.
♠x ♥xx ♦ATxx ♣AKJxxx. I think I like my chances in 2♦. A heart lead is probably the worst, but I should be able to take 1♠, 2♥, 2♦, 2♣ and either a 2nd spade or a 3rd diamond.
♠x ♥Qx ♦KTxx ♣AKxxxx and overtricks come into being.
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Posted 2008-September-29, 10:54
Pass.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2008-September-29, 11:09
Was Ken the redoubler?
If so, then my concern would be that whatever he holds it will NOT include HHxx in diamonds
After all, that is the holding we'd all expect him to have.
If it were anyone else, pass seems obvious.
As it is, I await clarification as to how the redouble was intended.
If so, then my concern would be that whatever he holds it will NOT include HHxx in diamonds
After all, that is the holding we'd all expect him to have.If it were anyone else, pass seems obvious.
As it is, I await clarification as to how the redouble was intended.
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Posted 2008-September-29, 12:43
mikeh, on Sep 29 2008, 12:09 PM, said:
Was Ken the redoubler?
If so, then my concern would be that whatever he holds it will NOT include HHxx in diamonds After all, that is the holding we'd all expect him to have.
If it were anyone else, pass seems obvious.
As it is, I await clarification as to how the redouble was intended.
If so, then my concern would be that whatever he holds it will NOT include HHxx in diamonds
After all, that is the holding we'd all expect him to have.If it were anyone else, pass seems obvious.
As it is, I await clarification as to how the redouble was intended.
I redoubled. I thought this was 100% penalty, obviously, but partner was not sure what it meant, thinking that a possible meaning was some sort of delayed support double or showing hearts or something like that. This was a sanity check, coupled with the question of whether Jx was "just enough" to sit back and take in the reward.
"Gibberish in, gibberish out. A trial judge, three sets of lawyers, and now three appellate judges cannot agree on what this law means. And we ask police officers, prosecutors, defense lawyers, and citizens to enforce or abide by it? The legislature continues to write unreadable statutes. Gibberish should not be enforced as law."
-P.J. Painter.
-P.J. Painter.
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