[Edmunte1]

Playing in a rather weak field you, sitting in South, encounter this position:

Scoring: MP

Bidding:
1♠-(3♣)-?

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You know East as an young agressive player. What's your choice and how much (%) do you consider that your choice is the percentage bid?

[aguahombre]

neg double. Partner knows this is under pressure. Might get too high, but if I pass and show nothing, I will not be well placed after partner reopens with a double.

Prediction in "It's your call"= majority for double with a lot of passes and no other calls.

[Jlall]

X, everything else sucks really bad.

[nige1]

Edmunte1, on Dec 7 2009, 05:16 PM, said:

Scoring: MP

Playing in a rather weak field you, sitting in South, encounter this position:
Bidding:
1♠-(3♣)-?
You know East as an young agressive player. What's your choice and how much (%) do you consider that your choice is the percentage bid?

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IMO _X = 10, _P = 9.
It's close (about 55%) because you are at the three level with only 8 HCP but

• The whole 3-level is available to partner including a pass of 3♣X
  
• You have both red suits.
  
• Your HCP are in your's and partner's suits.

[jdonn]

Double. I would say passing this is really bad. 9? More like a 3.

[peachy]

NegX looks normal.
I would not want to even consider passing. Given that the opps are weak players, I expect their preemptive suit to be semisolid even when they are white vs. red, my partner is unlikely to have wastage in that suit and I have support for everything, including spades if partner rebids them.

Edit: Oops, opponents are not weak players. But my answer is still the same.

[the hog]

Sputnik X

[mr1303]

Double seems automatic. Partner is not likely to be particularly enthusiastic about reopening on this auction, I like my pips, and I have decent support for whatever suit partner bids in response to the double.

[pooltuna]

Edmunte1, on Dec 7 2009, 05:16 PM, said:

Playing in a rather weak field you, sitting in South, encounter this position:

Scoring: MP

Bidding:
1♠-(3♣)-?

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You know East as an young agressive player. What's your choice and how much (%) do you consider that your choice is the percentage bid?

yeah I must admit I am real tempted by neg X but count me in the passers since there are none yet.

[andy_h]

Seems like an easy double. If you pass, you are letting preempts win too often but this hand doesn't seem like a problem at all.

[suokko]

If partner reopens I would bid game! Why not just double now? Doubling immediately removes some pressure from partner when passing out 3♣ is right.

[hanp]

Double.