Posted 2014-May-12, 11:30
Bbradley62, on 2014-May-12, 09:38, said:
(2) The system seems to have a hole, since East could hold ♠KJxx, ♥AKx, ♦Axxx, ♣xx. With this hand he would double 1♣, but then would not want to give up the possibility of game after pard's 1♥, and would be somewhat stuck for a rebid.
Personally I think that he SHOULD give up on the possibility of game if partner can bid nothing more encouraging than 1H. But I suppose that is rather beside the point, in that doubler need not be much stronger to show interest, regardless of whether or not you agree with me.
Just out of interest, what call do you recommend that doubler should make to show this hand?
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