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My question is, how to write to bob and who is bob?

but where or how will I get this new version? :o

Interesting hand

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While depending on a pre-agreement, if opps are vulnerable but you not, it probably a penalty double.

agree. you have a point.

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Thank you all for your comments, from which I have learnt a lot.

so everybody would bid 2NT? Then, I agree that I was wrong.

People use the double/redouble thing far too often, almost in a mechanical way. They forget a key purpose in the bidding process, that is, making use of any available spaces to give your parnter true information instead of giving opps' valuable space to find a good contract while leaving your parnters in confusion. If you weak, why not immediately tell your partner "hi, man, I'm weak" by a pass; if you have support, why not support your parnter immediately by raising one, two or even jump to the game? Like this hand in the photo:[hv=pc=n&s=sa53hkdj3cakq8532&w=sqhqjt8765dt9854c&n=sktha43dkq76cjt94&e=sj987642h92da2c76&d=n&v=0&b=1&a=1d2sdppp]399|300| I opened 1D and my partner doubled opps' 2S; I passed for no sure clue about my p's double due to the first-time partnership as in so many cases in a BBO tournament. The result was, 2S-1, 0%[/hv] Of course, my p would call me an idiot. But wait, isn't that a possibility that my p holds all remaining spaces, so that we would kick their asses in a hard way? And, what about I bid 2NT and it turned out that opps run their spaces in an unstoppable way? The real point is that my p didn't think in my shoes and jump to 3NT to avoid any partnership misunderstanding as shown so clearly in the bidding process ... Indeed we can reach a good contract without giving our parnters a hard time to decide how to respond. Thank you all guys for reading and commenting.

First round redouble made by my ptr on opps' double to my openings always confuses me. When cards laid down, I have seen different situations, with or without support for my opening suits. I wonder if there is a definite meaning for those redoubles?

Some NT openers just demand to have their way, either ignoring your transfers or jumping to the suit. That's not cool. Since the transfer maker is allowed to have zero point, like ♥ 9876532 in the case of a ♥ transfer, the final decision should always be in the hand of the responding partner :lol:

Hi, folks, thank you all for valuable remarks :lol:

An expert was mad at me because I opened with an 11-point hand and warned me don't do it anymore. It may be hard to say which leads to a better result in practice, opening with 11 pts or not, but there is bad 11 pts and good 11 pts, as shown in the following: ♠AJ53 ♥K32 ♦Q653 ♣J742 (sry should be: ♠AJ5 ♥K32 ♦Q65 ♣J742) Compared with ♠AJT9 ♥K98 ♦QT93 ♣JT96 (should be : ♠AJT ♥K98 ♦QT9 ♣JT96 ) The first scenario is undoubtedly the worst 11 pts and not fit for opening. However, the second one, with a similar pattern though, is of much higher value than the first one and can provide the dealer with a guaranteed opening.

thank you babalu :lol:

I see. Thank you everybody :rolleyes:

I suggest that BBO grants 0.1 or 0.01 master point for free tournament winners as a measure to encourage talented but low-budget players ;)