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What is this double? TO or Penalty? ACBL

Poll: What is this double? TO or Penalty? (44 member(s) have cast votes)

What is this double?

  1. Takeout (4 votes [9.09%])

    Percentage of vote: 9.09%

  2. Penalty (40 votes [90.91%])

    Percentage of vote: 90.91%

  3. something else (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 User is offline   dickiegera 

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Posted 2011-July-20, 14:56

Bidding goes 1♦-P-P-X
2♣-X

Is this Takeout or Penalty or something else?

My partner and I are asking.
Thank You
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Posted 2011-July-20, 15:21

When partner doubles one of the suits you have implied (here you imply some clubs by doubling diamonds), it is penalty. If he wanted to make a responsive double he would have to bid 2♦, showing both majors.
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Posted 2011-July-20, 15:47

View Posthelene_t, on 2011-July-20, 15:21, said:

When partner doubles one of the suits you have implied (here you imply some clubs by doubling diamonds), it is penalty. If he wanted to make a responsive double he would have to bid 2♦, showing both majors.


You said it all imo.
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Posted 2011-July-21, 00:05

View PostMrAce, on 2011-July-20, 15:47, said:

You said it all imo.





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Posted 2011-July-21, 00:15

View Posthelene_t, on 2011-July-20, 15:21, said:

When partner doubles one of the suits you have implied (here you imply some clubs by doubling diamonds), it is penalty. If he wanted to make a responsive double he would have to bid 2♦, showing both majors.


I doubt it. 2D would be natural for me. Anyway we do play this x as penalty.
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Posted 2011-July-21, 08:45

I play it as take out, i.e. responsive. 2♦ would be 13 or so with only one major.
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Posted 2011-July-21, 14:30

View PostLurpoa, on 2011-July-21, 00:05, said:

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THEN, WHY SAY MORE ?





Lurpoa, Helene already explained, and i thought i was clear with my post which meant i agree with everything she said and i have nothing further to add, whether u agree with her opinion or not, i think she explained what does that DBL mean to her and why. What else do you want me to say when i already said "she said it all " ?

I mean i understand u are asking for polite answers and less sarcasm and all, which is fine, but don't you think it is being a little abusive to ask "WHY" each time, when the reason was ALREADY explained very well, regardless of you agree with it or not ? Please stop being childish, i could answer your all "WHY" questions by simply posting "WHY NOT", instead i am trying to be reasonable. You really need to stop this nonsense.
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Posted 2011-July-21, 16:03

View PostMrAce, on 2011-July-21, 14:30, said:

Lurpoa, Helene already explained, and i thought i was clear with my post which meant i agree with everything she said and i have nothing further to add, whether u agree with her opinion or not, i think she explained what does that DBL mean to her and why. What else do you want me to say when i already said "she said it all " ?

I mean i understand u are asking for polite answers and less sarcasm and all, which is fine, but don't you think it is being a little abusive to ask "WHY" each time, when the reason was ALREADY explained very well, regardless of you agree with it or not ? Please stop being childish, i could answer your all "WHY" questions by simply posting "WHY NOT", instead i am trying to be reasonable. You really need to stop this nonsense.



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Posted 2011-July-24, 01:16

:P PENALTY FOOL. A responsive double in this position doesn't solve a real problem (2♦,or 3♣, or just bidding 2♥ with 4-4 in the majors and a moderate hand should suffice) whereas nailing the over-aggressive 5-5 opener for 800 or 1100 can be soooo..... sweet.
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Posted 2011-July-25, 04:19

T/O.

Low level X are for T/O, may not be best, but you avoid misunderstandings.
The X also showes a willingness to play 2Cx.

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Posted 2011-July-25, 07:00

penalty, you can always make a TO (responsive or DSIP) dbl after the expected correction to 2D, and expected pass of 2D by partner.

View Postdickiegera, on 2011-July-20, 14:56, said:

Bidding goes 1♦-P-P-X
2♣-X

Is this Takeout or Penalty or something else?

My partner and I are asking.
Thank You

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Posted 2011-July-29, 03:59

Penalty, don't ask me why because it's already been explained very nicely by Helene.
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Posted 2011-July-29, 04:06

View Postwhereagles, on 2011-July-21, 08:45, said:

I play it as take out, i.e. responsive. 2♦ would be 13 or so with only one major.

With only one major you would have to be 4-2 as with 5 you would have overcalled. This leaves you with seven cards in the minors while p has implied some club length. I am very happy to double for penalties with such a hand. I suppose you could be (43)42 but then a cuebid(2♦) followed by 2NT (or raise if p hits the right major) would be an option. A penalty double is also an option.
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Posted 2011-August-01, 13:07

Penalty for me
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Posted 2011-August-02, 00:02

View Postdickiegera, on 2011-July-20, 14:56, said:

Bidding goes 1♦-P-P-X
2♣-X

Is this Takeout or Penalty or something else?

My partner and I are asking.
Thank You



It doesnt make a lot of sense to me to play 2♦ here as natural (and I am far from being an expert) - so if 2♦ is 100% take out, X is 100% penalty.
If 2♦ is to play, then X would be the only way to ask partner to choose a major (an option I think is pretty handy to have), so its really up to you.

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Posted 2011-August-02, 03:31

Stop it with the hearts! stop it with the hearts! no more hearts please!

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Posted 2011-August-02, 07:36

Very good response by Helen. But!

When the opponents correct back to ♦, how best to maintain communication?

Are subsequent doubles penalty? or something else. Are we in a force?
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Posted 2011-August-17, 05:27

AAARGH Particularly disappointed with this instance of upvoting when meaning to reply, because I think that Mr. Ace was purposely misunderstanding Lurpoa's post.

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it is being a little abusive to ask "WHY" each time, when the reason was ALREADY explained very well, regardless of you agree with it or not ? Please stop being childish, i could answer your all "WHY" questions by simply posting "WHY NOT", instead i am trying to be reasonable. You really need to stop this nonsense.


The question was why post a "me too" post, and you DIDN'T explain the answer at all or even give one. I think that Lurpoa has a point for once, because there is a poll (I don't know whether you noticed it) where you can register your opinion if you have nothing more to say.
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Posted 2011-August-17, 05:35

One reason would be to commend a fellow poster for a good explanation, when you feel like upvoting is not enough.
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Posted 2011-August-29, 11:57

I misread the auction in the poll

Penalties.
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