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Your call? Asian University Bridge Championship

#1 User is offline   mohitz 

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Posted 2009-November-26, 04:32

Was kibitzing this deal on vugraph.

RHO deals

(1♠) - p - (p) - X
(2♠) - ?

You hold

Scoring: IMP

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Posted 2009-November-26, 04:39

I think most play dbl as penalty, in which case I will go for it. I am OK with an optional double also. Or an undiscussed dbl for that matter.

Edit: Thinking more about it a penalty dbl must be wrong at IMPs. (Now someone will LOL me for changing my vote in order to agree with Justin). Would still go for an optional double.

Btw this double really shouldn't be t/o, with a t/o-ish 10-count you can usually bid a suit. With 2344 a scrambling 2NT would be nice, do we play that?
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Posted 2009-November-26, 04:53

I pass. I play double as penalty else this is probably routine X.
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Posted 2009-November-26, 07:00

I pass. I play double as take-out, so this is a routine pass.
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Posted 2009-November-26, 07:25

Pass.
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Posted 2009-November-26, 07:45

mohitz, on Nov 26 2009, 05:32 AM, said:

Was kibitzing this deal on vugraph.

RHO deals

(1♠) - p - (p) - X
(2♠) - ?

You hold

Scoring: IMP

I will wait for the next double in case partner was just protecting me in which case he will pass and we will not be missing a game.
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Posted 2009-November-26, 14:47

I'd make a responsive double. That will work well if partner has a five-card minor, and less well if he doesn't.

I can't stomach a pass - I do have 13 fairly prime points with no spade wastage. We could miss a completely solid game opposite x AJxx KQ10xx Qxx
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Posted 2009-November-26, 16:00

gnasher, on Nov 26 2009, 03:47 PM, said:

I'd make a responsive double.  That will work well if partner has a five-card minor, and less well if he doesn't.

I can't stomach a pass - I do have 13 fairly prime points with no spade wastage.  We could miss a completely solid game opposite x AJxx KQ10xx Qxx

Is it crazy to think partner will reopen with this? A pretty good 12 is not close to a min in passout seat, and he does have a stiff spade which he might well not have. I dunno I guess you could be worried about partner sitting for it and it making, but he did not X 2S. I guess it also makes constructive bidding insanely difficult if your ranges are so wide...

I guess if you play responsive Xs of 2S this hand is an easy pass, and if you play penalty Xs maybe it's reasonable to reopen. As I said if I played responsive Xs I would consider this hand to be an easy one.
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Posted 2009-November-26, 16:38

I pass, if partner has real values instead of balancing values they might double again.

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