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#1 User is offline   Rev Dino 

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Posted 2010-August-18, 14:53

MP, all vul

2♠ w - p - p - ?

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xxx
AKxx
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Posted 2010-August-18, 16:54

assuming p has a spade stack I need p to take 4 tricks if we X or 5 tricks w/o X
also assuming I get two tricks with dia AK(in order to score up the magic 200). Not impossible but unlikely. I might x with this hand if I needed a top but would not risk a decent score on such a speculative X.
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Posted 2010-August-18, 18:50

I would double with this, I think we're favourites to beat it if partner leaves it in, and its not the worst hand ever if partner pulls (hopefully not to 3N). It does remind me of a hand I posted about 9 months ago, arguably worse, and yet double still proved to be the winner, not that 1 hand is enough of a sample (hand here!!)
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Posted 2010-August-18, 19:33

I would rather bid 6♦ than double
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Posted 2010-August-18, 21:30

aguahombre, on Aug 18 2010, 08:33 PM, said:

I would rather bid 6♦ than double

Gee how long has this incident been old news?

I know that you can actually provide an intelligent comment here ..can't you :) ?
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Posted 2010-August-18, 23:20

No, not really. gszeszycki did that.
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Posted 2010-August-19, 00:51

Please don't double!
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Posted 2010-August-19, 01:35

Pass is obvious
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Posted 2010-August-19, 05:49

Agree with aquahombre - my 2nd choice is 6♦.
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Posted 2010-August-19, 06:02

Pass, I'm surprised this isn't unanimous.
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Posted 2010-August-19, 07:20

While I am a big proponent for protecting partner this is not the hand for it.
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Posted 2010-August-19, 15:53

Double is automatic. Partner can beat this on his own. We know this from RHO failure to act. Partner has 5 trumps and a good hand or 4 trumps and a great hand
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Posted 2010-August-20, 02:25

pass is automatic.
If partner holds 4 Spades in a great hand, we would be playing 3 NT already.
If partner has a real penalty double, we pay.
But with any other hand we won't get overboard like the overbidders...
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