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Posted 2007-May-22, 20:49

Auction 1:
1♣ P P X
1♥

Auction 2:
1♣ P P X
XX
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Posted 2007-May-22, 20:52

opening up a big can of worms :)

1) I have seen 2 expert partnerships have this misunderstanding (1 guy was running, other guy thought it shows shape). I think the expert consensus is this shows shape, you can't pre run.

2) Everyone plays it as "good hand" but I have seen some hands that I think people really should not be redoubling on. Good hand with good clubs makes a lot more sense to me (ie a balanced 18 with 5 decent clubs). But basically it's an invitation to partner to get a suit in there and compete.
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Posted 2007-May-23, 04:22

1♥ shows shape for any decent player I know, I've seen low level players bidding with balanced though.

XX I don't ever bid it, don't see the point, if my partner bids it I owuld think of any 16-19 hand.

XX= Balanced strong with 5 clubs makes some sense, but that would have to be 18-19 then.

in both cases I feel its too early for an SOS.
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