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Should these guys move? Double over a splinter

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Posted 2012-February-29, 20:19

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Should anyone move for a sacrifice?
What vulnerability would move you to do it?
How do you play doubles over splinters?

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Posted 2012-February-29, 20:36

The only one who COULD make a move was East. Certainly a double of 4♣ is not just some lead directing noise sitting over a singleton. It would be the Sac suggestion; I kind of like the double, letting partner make the decision with a "5-5, come alive" distribution. Hope that isn't resulting.
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Posted 2012-February-29, 20:40

The double suggests a sacrifice in ♣ (or a lead, but it's not common the ♣ loser can disappear). Perhaps West should bid 5♣. The hand looks ok for defence (and offence too) with ♦ over South's presumable 2nd round control (K), but I'd rather defend 5♠ than 4♠.
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Posted 2012-February-29, 22:24

View Postaguahombre, on 2012-February-29, 20:36, said:

The only one who COULD make a move was East. Certainly a double of 4♣ is not just some lead directing noise sitting over a singleton. It would be the Sac suggestion; I kind of like the double, letting partner make the decision with a "5-5, come alive" distribution. Hope that isn't resulting.


Doubles of splinters are lead directing. For another suit!

I think its the lower ranking side suit but they haven't come for awhile so tbh I forgot.
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Posted 2012-February-29, 22:41

View PostPhil, on 2012-February-29, 22:24, said:

Doubles of splinters are lead directing. For another suit!

I think its the lower ranking side suit but they haven't come for awhile so tbh I forgot.

Yep, They could be. But in this instance, it would have been fortunate if the double were taken as a suggestion of a sac. And, I certainly don't know the relative frequencies of the two possibilities for double being successful.
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Posted 2012-February-29, 22:46

If the partnership is using a double of 4C to suggest a sacrifice and West doesn't move on this hand, you might as well change your agreements. You're clearly not using this one effectively.
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Posted 2012-February-29, 23:32

View PostPhil, on 2012-February-29, 22:24, said:

Doubles of splinters are lead directing. For another suit!

I think its the lower ranking side suit but they haven't come for awhile so tbh I forgot.


For you perhaps they are Phil; for others they are not. For me they show length and values in the suit.
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