pbleighton, on Aug 1 2004, 11:03 AM, said:
"All too true ... but the pair that is on the lookout for blood will get a lot more than a pair that is totally focused on finding its own contract in spite of the intervention. I have seen too many Precision (and other systems as well) players pass up too many golden opportunites for satisfying penalties."
Mike - after 2 level interference, followed by pd's card showing double, would you give a few hands where you would leave in the double for penalties, but it is a close decision, and other strong club pairs may not.
Would you ever do it with Axx and enough points to drive to game?
Peter
Generally not with Axx, but I've done it often with xxxx. At the two level with this sort of trump holding, I would tend to leave in only with minimal game values. Say our CSD is 5-7, I might leave in with 20-21 but go for game with 22+. At higher levels the leave in is more frequent--the harder it is find the right game, the more likely we will do better defending.
The big money in the CSD is when you don't have enough for game--then I might gamble a leave in on Axx at the two level. it's risky, but down two nv or down one v is a top if we have no game.
An actual hand for 1C-(2S)-X-(P)-P both vul:
S xxxx H AQx D AKQxx C A
Spades run for them in 3N and 5D is down (partner had 2 spades and the heart finesse loses). But they go down one in spite of their solid trumps, +200 for the good guys, better than the -100 most of the field got even without intefernce.
More than a few will try 3D on this hand.
I'll post more examples later.