What do you bid? Why?
Interference with 1NT or X Your bid in second ?
#3
Posted 2009-November-16, 01:44
I am bal., have a great stopper, no shortage in their suit, 15-17/18HCP,
and an well defined agreement set after a 1NT overcall, why would I
make a t/o?
With kind regards
Marlowe
Uwe Gebhardt (P_Marlowe)
#4
Posted 2009-November-16, 03:59
#5
Posted 2009-November-16, 04:14
--Always remember you're unique. Just like everyone else.
#6
Posted 2009-November-16, 06:28
Roland
Sanity Check: Failure (Fluffy)
More system is not the answer...
#7
Posted 2009-November-16, 06:31
George Carlin
#8
Posted 2009-November-16, 07:17
1. Easier to find a major suit fit, i.e. if I bid 1NT it might go
(1♣) 1NT all pass
and with double it might now go
(1♣) dbl pass 1M
pass 2M
etc.
2. If pard bids 1♦, I can do a slight upgrade and rebid 1NT. If he bids 2♦, I have an easy raise to 2NT.
#9
Posted 2009-November-16, 07:21
If there is anyone in the world whose partners teach them to double instead, I would be curious to know: Do these partners double too, or is this just an unkind strategem designed to right-side the declarer...
#10
Posted 2009-November-16, 07:31
(1♣)-x-(2♣)-2♦
(pass)-?
Also
(1♣)-x-(pass)-1♦
(pass)-1NT
could take us too high as I may be unable to reach dummy's diamonds.
OTHO dbl helps us find a major suit fit.
Doesn't seem to matter much. Or am I missing something?
#11
Posted 2009-November-16, 08:05
I don't have the traditional upgrade to justify aggression, but I do have a lot of positional strengths.
I mean, in practice I'd bid 1NT, but I think double is reasonable.
-P.J. Painter.
#12
Posted 2009-November-16, 13:11
I would feel a little uncomfortable if it went
(1♣)-x-(2♣)-2♦
(pass)-?
That is just about the only bad thing that can happen with double. But I don't think it's a likely follow-up. And even if it happens it should make, as pard rates to have ♦ Kxxxx and a few scraps on the side.
Also
(1♣)-x-(pass)-1♦
(pass)-1NT
could take us too high as I may be unable to reach dummy's diamonds.
So you're bidding (1♣)-1NT right away then?
#13
Posted 2009-November-16, 13:19
whereagles, on Nov 16 2009, 02:11 PM, said:
(1♣)-x-(pass)-1♦
(pass)-1NT
could take us too high as I may be unable to reach dummy's diamonds.
So you're bidding (1♣)-1NT right away then?
I don't think she means 1NT will be too high, but that the 1NT rebid after doubling is too big an overbid (it usually shows 19-20 or perhaps 19-21) and partner will raise us too high.
I would bid 1NT like most of the others, and fwiw if you do choose double I think it's clear to pass 1♦.
#14
Posted 2009-November-16, 15:01
jdonn, on Nov 16 2009, 02:19 PM, said:
whereagles, on Nov 16 2009, 02:11 PM, said:
(1♣)-x-(pass)-1♦
(pass)-1NT
could take us too high as I may be unable to reach dummy's diamonds.
So you're bidding (1♣)-1NT right away then?
I don't think she means 1NT will be too high, but that the 1NT rebid after doubling is too big an overbid (it usually shows 19-20 or perhaps 19-21) and partner will raise us too high.
I would bid 1NT like most of the others, and fwiw if you do choose double I think it's clear to pass 1♦.
Chicken.
If you bid 1NT, partner's will undervalue his hand -- he always does in this situation. This time, he will be right.
-P.J. Painter.

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