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THE DECREE

Poll: Someone died and made you king. Your first decree is: (51 member(s) have cast votes)

Someone died and made you king. Your first decree is:

  1. behead flannery (14 votes [27.45%])

    Percentage of vote: 27.45%

  2. behead drury (2 votes [3.92%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.92%

  3. revoke the rule of 20 (7 votes [13.73%])

    Percentage of vote: 13.73%

  4. hunt those who steal doubles and banish them (25 votes [49.02%])

    Percentage of vote: 49.02%

  5. behead wilkoz (3 votes [5.88%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.88%

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#21 User is offline   ONEferBRID 

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Posted 2010-June-16, 07:00

Behead ....Ekren
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  Posted 2010-June-17, 00:48

Nowadays people believe in abolition of death penalty :)
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Posted 2010-June-17, 01:14

JoAnneM, on Jun 14 2010, 04:17 PM, said:

Stolen bid doubles

What does this mean?
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Posted 2010-June-17, 02:04

Vampyr, on Jun 17 2010, 08:14 AM, said:

JoAnneM, on Jun 14 2010, 04:17 PM, said:

Stolen bid doubles

What does this mean?

It means that you double to say "I wanted to bid that". As one might expect, the value of this varies according to the auction.

For example
  (1♣) 1♥ (2♥) dbl
using double to show a raise to 2♥ is sensible and obvious.

Similarly, many people would play
  1NT (2♣) dbl
as Stayman.

On the other hand, this double:
  1♥ (4♦) dbl
is probably not best used as a splinter.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2010-June-17, 02:18

Trbltrbl once made two threads, "What is the worst convention?" and "What about the best convention?".

I don't think Stayman and t/o doubles came up in the "worst" thread, but other than that, all conventions that I have ever heard of were nominated for both.
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Posted 2010-June-17, 08:28

gnasher, on Jun 17 2010, 09:04 AM, said:

It means that you double to say "I wanted to bid that".  As one might expect, the value of this varies according to the auction.

So 1♦ (1♥) dbl shows hearts? What about (1♥) dbl? This sounds like a fun convention!
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Posted 2010-June-17, 08:33

If someone has "stolen bid" on his bbo profile it probably refers specifically 1NT-(2♣/♦/♥)-x
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Posted 2010-June-17, 10:22

helene_t, on Jun 17 2010, 09:33 AM, said:

If someone has "stolen bid" on his bbo profile it probably refers specifically 1NT-(2♣/♦/♥)-x

can you really assume this? How about 1♥ (2♥) X?
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Posted 2010-June-17, 10:33

pooltuna, on Jun 17 2010, 10:22 AM, said:

helene_t, on Jun 17 2010, 09:33 AM, said:

If someone has "stolen bid" on his bbo profile it probably refers specifically 1NT-(2♣/♦/♥)-x

can you really assume this? How about 1♥ (2♥) X?

I don't think a lot of experienced partnerships use that double for that purpose. Maybe true of BBO, though.
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Posted 2010-June-17, 21:48

Funny, but I bet most experts do play SOME stolen bid doubles. I personally play that double of 2♣ over 1NT is Stayman, and that most doubles of low level cue bids are 'stolen' bids as well.

Does anyone really play

1♠-2♣-P-2♠
Double as anything other than, I want to compete in Spades?

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Posted 2010-June-17, 21:56

3for3, on Jun 17 2010, 10:48 PM, said:

Does anyone really play

1♠-2♣-P-2♠
Double as anything other than, I want to compete in Spades?

Obviously yes, for example I have played this double as takeout of clubs, and I have also played it as 'don't lead a spade'. These are both reasonable methods IMO.
One way to show interest in competing in spades is to bid 3♠.
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Posted 2010-June-18, 01:07

3for3, on Jun 18 2010, 04:48 AM, said:

Does anyone really play

1♠-2♣-P-2♠
Double as anything other than, I want to compete in Spades?

I play it as takeout of clubs in every partnership where it's been discussed.

I think that doubling a cue bid in your partner's suit should be showing the suit, but when it's the doubler's own suit it should be takeout.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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