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I was wrong with my theory of the double being penalties. I got it explained properly by a friend yesterday that this kind of double shows a good opening hand with diamonds (trapping pass) - so it is sort-of-takeout, yet it gets converted to penalty quite often.
Yet another takeout double trouble
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Posted 2005-August-18, 04:37
coyot, on Aug 18 2005, 10:20 AM, said:
I was wrong with my theory of the double being penalties. I got it explained properly by a friend yesterday that this kind of double shows a good opening hand with diamonds (trapping pass) - so it is sort-of-takeout, yet it gets converted to penalty quite often.
Get a copy of Dbl!: New meaning for an old tool by Lawrence. It has very celar explanation for this kind situation.
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Posted 2005-August-18, 04:51
coyot, on Aug 18 2005, 10:20 AM, said:
I was wrong with my theory of the double being penalties. I got it explained properly by a friend yesterday that this kind of double shows a good opening hand with diamonds (trapping pass) - so it is sort-of-takeout, yet it gets converted to penalty quite often.
You were not "wrong": you can play it for penalties if you want. The point is whether that strategy is better than take-out of clubs with good diams (probably not)
