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Partner deals and opens 1D (natural, strong NT system), RHO overcalls 4H.
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nickf
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What's a guy supposed to do?
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Posted 2008-October-31, 22:10
Partner deals and opens 1D (natural, strong NT system), RHO overcalls 4H.
Your call?
nickf
sydney
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Posted 2008-October-31, 22:20
I'd double.
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Posted 2008-October-31, 22:24
What else can a guy do but double? If partner bids 4S it might well make, if he bids 4N or 5C we can go to slam, if he bids 5D we should be a favorite to make that. If he passes we should beat them, probably several. What is the alternative?
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Posted 2008-October-31, 22:36
I'd double.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2008-November-01, 05:08
don't see the problem, i double.
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Posted 2008-November-01, 06:35
Since this is a problem: 6♣. (LOL)
In real life: dbl, wtp?
In real life: dbl, wtp?
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Posted 2008-November-01, 10:21
whereagles, on Nov 1 2008, 07:35 AM, said:
Since this is a problem: 6♣. (LOL)
In real life: dbl, wtp?
In real life: dbl, wtp?
Agree on both counts.
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Posted 2008-November-01, 12:05
double
No-one plays this as a 'gotcha' double... this shows ownership of the hand, and partner is expected to pass with balanced hands and to bid with lots of shape and to guess well with hands that are in between.
No-one plays this as a 'gotcha' double... this shows ownership of the hand, and partner is expected to pass with balanced hands and to bid with lots of shape and to guess well with hands that are in between.
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Posted 2008-November-01, 12:32
Double seems clear.
Perhaps the 'problem' on this hand is pard's.
Perhaps the 'problem' on this hand is pard's.
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Posted 2008-November-01, 14:17
mikeh, on Nov 1 2008, 01:05 PM, said:
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No-one plays this as a 'gotcha' double... this shows ownership of the hand, and partner is expected to pass with balanced hands and to bid with lots of shape and to guess well with hands that are in between.
No-one plays this as a 'gotcha' double... this shows ownership of the hand, and partner is expected to pass with balanced hands and to bid with lots of shape and to guess well with hands that are in between.
Well, unless you stand up, place your foot on your chair for leverage, and slam down the red card.
"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-November-01, 20:53
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Well, unless you stand up, place your foot on your chair for leverage, and slam down the red card.
That reminds me of when I first started playing and I went to my first youth championships having only played for a few months. I was lucky enough to be on a team with some experienced players and was partnering one of them for a round. We used written bidding for that comp and there was some long bidding sequence where I was waiting to double for penalty. I pressed so hard with my pen that it was very obvious to all it was a penalty double (even though the auction said so also), (we are in a room with 32 tables playing), partner got up from his chair, stood on the chair, and said loudly "I hear you partner" to much laughter.
Sean
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