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Might 2♣ have included a weak option? Like, perhaps strong or weak with ♦?

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i like a style that can respond light to 1m openers. i would also bid 1♥ with QJT9x.

4♦ lol.

lol. in addition to what gwnn said, i think if people never bid again after preempting, they really wouldn't come out too badly in the end.

I'm right here.

fwiw these were my answers exactly except 3♦ on #2

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I completely disagree

I don't think penalty is a good idea because it's profitable so infrequently. Often times they run somewhere better or just make seven tricks on strength or we could get a bigger score playing game/partscore. We can't confidently double them at the 1 level with the knowledge that they're going for a big number. It's really a small target that we double and all of the following are true: partner's trumps aren't ragged and he sits for the double with some marginal hands for defending at the one level, they don't have or won't find a better spot, and defending the one level is going to be the best score for our side a large amount of the time. I like a style where responder can bid after a 1m opener with very little strength, and playing penalty doubles here would give him a lot less flexibility. If he has to pull the double, the opponents will know his hand is bad and they will then be able to double us with some significant amount of frequency. I think it's much better to proceed by having a constructive auction - trying to find the best fit and the right level - and not worry too much about penalizing them. RHO heard the auction and even if he didn't care to understand the alert, he still bid with two opponents bidding and a partner passing. He rates to have a pretty decent hand.

I'd try 4♠

I think something like dbl=takeout and pass=some willingness to defend is ok.

they got to the right spot!

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When the LOL at the club plays a card out of turn or an honor falls from her hand or something, I tell her to pick it up and we'll all forget it happened (unless the extra info to her partner is really bad for me). In a serious event, taking advantage of penalty cards is standard.

I don't hate the 1♣ opener as much as others, I guess. I don't think I would have done it (it's either too strong or too weak, depending on how you look at it), but partner is unlikely to hang us after a 2♣ rebid, and the opponents are likely to bid anyway.

lol

well i got more than half, but not by much.

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Uh. I just looked at my answers. I apparently chose 3♦. lol at myself. It just shows that I thought there were a lot of bids that could be right.

just 3 for me

I think 2 is the most interesting. I chose 4♣ fwiw but I'm not happy about it for obvious reasons.

I'd duck, I think.

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