Miron Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 [hv=d=w&v=n&s=sk53hq83d7643c764]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] pass - 1NT! - 2♣! - pass2♦! - pass - 2♠ - passpass - x - pass - ? 1NT = 11-14, could be semi-balanced2♣ = cappelletti, some 6-suiter (could be rarely 5-suiter), strength upto double (say 13)2♦ = ask for the color (can bid own suit instead of ask) What is the double?What will you dp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 I hate the double: but it should mean that opener has a maximum with 4432 shape, and a doubleton small ♠. We are not a favourite to beat 2♠: his double is takeout. So the choices are 2N, scrambling, or 3♦. I will choose 3♦, with a mental note to tell partner not to make these doubles anymore. The fact that he has a weak hand does not mean that I must have values. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 Partner didn't double after 2♦, but now he makes a takeout double. How the hell will we make 8 tricks??? I pass... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 3♦. -300 is cheaper than -470. 2N as scrambling is OK I guess, but I don't mind playing the 4-3 with pard's hand taking the tap. If pard takes 2N as natural, passes, and it gets hit, I'm running anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalvan14 Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 Pard likes to live dangerously :angry: Double is T/O. 2♠ rates to make. 2N (scramble) or 3♦ are the (not-exciting) choices.I'd assume pard does not have good diamonds, otherwise might have doubled 2♦. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 Double is take-outI bid 2NT scrambling: partner cannot have particularly good diamonds (2353, say) because he would have doubled 2D (as 2D wasn't natural, double of 2D wasn't take-out). This looks to be a perfectly good matchpoint auction, until I notice it is IMPs and partner should get himself under control! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 This bidding makes no sense, so I'm crediting pard for opening 1NT on a 1444. So 3♦ for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 2NT scrambling for me. My second choice is abstain because it's an impossible auction. But sometimes we have to field strange bids from p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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