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I'm puzzled as why a double of 3♠ by South in this auction is defined as "take-out." We've reached our limit at 2NT, don't have a major suit fit, and East has now generously put his neck on the block, red vs. white no less. But when I checked the system notes, I found I could only double for take-out. How could I have been content to play 2NT but now force partner to bid at the 4 level? I'm also perplexed by North's decision to bid 3NT over 3♠ holding the same hand that resulted in a pass of 2NT the previous round.
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...toil and trouble
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Posted 2014-July-29, 17:37
North and East deserve each other.
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Posted 2014-July-29, 19:15
GIB thinks 19-21 hcp opposite 3 hcp gives 50.00001% chance for 3N
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Posted 2014-July-29, 19:26
steve2005, on 2014-July-29, 19:15, said:
GIB thinks 19-21 hcp opposite 3 hcp gives 50.00001% chance for 3N
Then why did it pass 2N? Has the subsequent auction increased the odds of success?
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Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
str-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees."Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2014-July-29, 20:47
That's not the logical sequence GIB should be working. First, he decides that playing 2N is better than playing 3N, so it passes. One round later, he decides that playing 3N is less bad than defending 3♠, so he bids again. That's not necessarily internally inconsistent.
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