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#1 User is offline   Ant590 

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Posted 2010-January-01, 15:59

Scoring: IMP


Partner opens 1♦ and RHO overcalls 1♥. Should I start with a double to show spades, or make a forcing diamond raise (via 2♥)?
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Posted 2010-January-01, 16:09

dbl since otherwise we can't show a 4-card spades. P can't have good enough spades to go for what he thinks is a 4-3 fit.
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Posted 2010-January-01, 16:13

Given your choice I would double.
You are strong enough to either keep opps from preempting or to bid 3 or 4 ♦ over opps preempt, and showing ♠ now will allow partner to better judge your combined hands.
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Posted 2010-January-01, 16:16

Double. If you always double on this auction when you have enough values to act, 4 spades, and excluding the times you have 5+ clubs and a game force, you might not be perfect but you will be pretty close.
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Posted 2010-January-01, 16:32

Ant590, on Jan 1 2010, 04:59 PM, said:

Scoring: IMP


Partner opens 1♦ and RHO overcalls 1♥. Should I start with a double to show spades, or make a forcing diamond raise (via 2♥)?

my preference would be to start with a -X
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Posted 2010-January-01, 16:43

Hi,

Show the spades, your most likely game is 4S, 5D is a long way.

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Posted 2010-January-01, 17:54

Make a neg X to show ♠ now and show ♦ later.
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