[H_KARLUK]

Scoring: XIMP

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W    N    E    S
             P   1♣
1♥   X  2♣   X
2♥   P   P    ?

What you play such a sequence with yr best p ?

[hanp]

With Arend I play that his double shows 4-5 spades and my double shows 3 spades. With my best partner I play double shows clubs (Just kidding Arend!).

[awm]

It seems normal to play the double as being like a club rebid, showing a real club suit (either six cards or five very good ones). On the given auction I would pass, having already shown my extra club length and heard partner fail to act over 2♥.

With my best partner, I've apparently already psyched a strong club opening (I'm about a king light) so it's hard to say what I would do at this point.

[gnasher]

I usually play the double of 2♣ as a takeout double of hearts, so something like a 3145 shape.

If double showed good clubs, you have done everything you were put on this earth to do, and should now pass.

I would have opened this hand 1NT.

[helene_t]

With my best partner I would have opened this hand with a precision 2♣ or maybe 1NT.

Playing standard methods, assuming the 2♣ bid shows a good heart raise, dbl shows good/long clubs. I would assume it to be both lead directing (good clubs) and competitive (long clubs) but maybe it is better to have a less strict requirements.

Anyway, I pass now.

[hotShot]

Partners dbl over 1♥ was neg. and promised 4♠'s and ♦'s, my dbl has shown good and long clubs (with a weak to average opening).
I bid 2♠ now and partner knows that I don't have 4 of them, because I did not bid them last round.

[ArtK78]

Partner made a negative double which shows exactly 4 spades 98% of the time (there are always some hands that don't fit nicely into any particular bid, hence the 2%).

RHO made a strong raise. My double says that I would have bid 2♣ if RHO had not acted.

I would probably bid 2♠ now and not let them play in 2♥. My spades cannot be much better than they are. We could easily be making 9 tricks in spades - partner could hold something like AJxx in spades and Qx(x) in clubs. And we might have 5 tricks against hearts - 5 black tricks or 4 black tricks and a red trick (partner has Qxx of hearts?). I am not too worried about the opps bidding a game that they would not normally reach but for my showing a spade fit.

This is XIMPs. If we sell out to 2♥ and both sides can make 8 tricks we are losing 6 IMPs. The same goes for regular IMPs.

[H_KARLUK]

Scoring: XIMP

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VERSACE  FREEMAN  LAURIA  NICKELL
      W            N             E          S
                                     P         1♣
      1♥            X           2♣          X
      2♥            P            P          2♠
ALL PASS

[jdonn]

In fairness to those who passed, the opponents are very relevant here. Versace and Lauria are well known for being very light for strong-sounding raises of partner, I have seen it from them many times.

[FrancesHinden]

jdonn, on Mar 6 2009, 04:42 PM, said:

In fairness to those who passed, the opponents are very relevant here. Versace and Lauria are well known for being very light for strong-sounding raises of partner, I have seen it from them many times.

They are also known for being very light overcallers in the first place.

[jdonn]

FrancesHinden, on Mar 6 2009, 11:43 AM, said:

jdonn, on Mar 6 2009, 04:42 PM, said:

In fairness to those who passed, the opponents are very relevant here. Versace and Lauria are well known for being very light for strong-sounding raises of partner, I have seen it from them many times.

They are also known for being very light overcallers in the first place.

Yes, they have a general style of sounding like they have a LOT more strength than they actually hold. It is very effective at changing the entire feel of the auction for the opponents.

[whereagles]

Would have balanced 3♣. 2♠ crossed my mind, but I don't think this is the right time for it...