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LA with a 20-count

Poll: Is pass a LA? (37 member(s) have cast votes)

Is pass a LA?

  1. Yes (7 votes [18.92%])

    Percentage of vote: 18.92%

  2. No (30 votes [81.08%])

    Percentage of vote: 81.08%

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#21 User is offline   ahydra 

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Posted 2009-October-06, 13:41

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Ok.

You hold

QJxx
x
Kxxx
KJxx

(3♥) dbl (4♥)

Your call?


Wow you really insist on this "doubling is going to be a 4-card suit" thing :)

Having given this a lot of thought I'd bid 4♠. However...

Doubling will probably net 300 and could result in down 3 when partner holds a bit more than a minimum eg Axxx A QJxxx Axx (playing opener for no more than 7 hearts). If the ♠A/K is missing it's likely to be offside here, and as a result if partner has a dodgy minimum hand then 4♠ may well go down. If partner has a huge hand with a suit he probably planned to remove it anyway.

By "expect 5 spades" I mean that I would play partner for 5 spades as it's highly likely on the auction. If partner bid 4♠ on the above I certainly wouldn't complain.

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