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Too weak for a 1NT overcall

#1 User is offline   gnasher 

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Posted 2008-November-04, 16:33

RHO opens 1♥. You have a 3433 shape with ♠KQx, ♥KJx, and just enough in the minors to make it worth a 1NT overcall.

Suppose that I take away a minor-suit jack. Do you now have a takeout double, or a pass?
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Posted 2008-November-04, 16:47

A pass.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-November-04, 16:53

Probably a double for me, but it might be reasonable for me to say pass with KJx but double if it was Axx.
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Posted 2008-November-04, 16:56

Yes Axx is different.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-November-04, 20:01

Pass. Ill sometimes gamble a double with 4333, but not with 33(43)
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Posted 2008-November-05, 03:22

Double
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Posted 2008-November-05, 03:48

pass
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Posted 2008-November-05, 17:00

With spades that good, I double.
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  Posted 2008-November-05, 21:00

I pass and quietly hope they get too high.
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Posted 2008-November-05, 21:23

Missing a J...I pass..I don't care for double with 14 HCP 3343 with only 3 cards in the other major. That being said if PD doubles and it leads to trouble, I won't say a word.
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Posted 2008-November-05, 23:01

I'd dbl
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