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#1 User is offline   mtvesuvius 

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Posted 2010-December-21, 20:05

IMPs - W/W
Do you double? Bid 2N? Pass?

EDIT: Bonus Question: If you X, and partner bids 2N, how do you play it?

This post has been edited by mtvesuvius: 2010-December-21, 20:10

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Posted 2010-December-21, 20:09

View Postmtvesuvius, on 2010-December-21, 20:05, said:

IMPs - W/W
Do you double? Bid 2N? Pass?
IMO _X = 10, _P = 9, 2N = 5
It depends on how aggressive your pre-balancing agreements are.
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Posted 2010-December-21, 20:15

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Posted 2010-December-21, 22:59

Clear double, if not me now then who and when?

Did anyone ever read "to bid or not to bid", this is a clear "pre-balance" situation. Don't just let them play in 2♥'s. :)

Whatever 2NT bid means (and no, it should not be natural), I am bidding 3♣. I play good/bad 2NT here, for what it is worth.
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Posted 2010-December-22, 03:41

I'd certainly double if I passed as dealer, this is a close call. State of the match and level of opponents might change my decision. With unknowns I'd double.

2NT is scrambling for me.
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Posted 2010-December-22, 07:28

X for sure. Could land us into some nice 4-3 spade fits.

I used to play 2N in the following situations as Scrambling

1M - p - 2M - X
p - 2N

1M - X - 2M - 2N

But i was convinced by a player I respect to play the second one as good/bad.
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Posted 2010-December-22, 07:47

I'd definitely double here, 2NT asking for my better minor.
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Posted 2010-December-22, 08:16

As we are short in H we need to be the hand to act. Partners need to appreciate the need to widen lebensohl agreements from the first passed hand to handle this hand type, which is not so uncommon.Perhaps a 9-12 for a constructive response. I li8ke to use lebensohl when ever your side has a chance to reach game and see no valued reason not to have it on in this position.
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Posted 2010-December-22, 08:30

View Postmohitz, on 2010-December-22, 07:28, said:

1M - X - 2M - 2N

Don't see the point in playing this as scrambling, as you can pass or make a responsive double with hands that might want to scramble.

As for the OP, I might pass or double (definitely double at pairs) and 2NT is scrambling.
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