shubi Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Last March 2005 when I joined BBO, somebody used to run a toruney with heading Beat 7nt xx. well I canot beat 7nxx but can you beat 7s xx PLUS 5300.thats the way it happned, I look at my hand 22 points and 4 s to kqxx, LHO is delear, opens 1s, my partner pass all the time, RHO 3s i quitly ask response premtive, i simply decided to wait and pass. LHO i guess took it as forcing spades raise and jump to 4nt, RHO 5 clubs, i ask 0 or 3 key card, still i am passing. now LHO was not giving up and taking his partnr for 3 key cards bids 7s . now finally i got the chance to bid and I bid dbl, lho was not taking any prisioner and RDBL, rest history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 It was probably 5200 not 5300... 5200 is down 9 vulnerable. and if my fingers are corrrect, down 10 not vul doubled and redoubled is also 5200, but that seems odd. That down one more not vul gives the same score score as one less vul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Down 2 doubled and vul=down 3 doubled and non-vul. From then on it's just 300 a trick so dbld and dn (2+x) v=dbld and dn (3+x) nv. Redoubling just doubles those equal scores giving 1000+600x. Here x=7 giving 5200 for dn 9 or 10 depending on v. Once again showing that Peggy Sue was wrong when she said algebra has no use. Barbie was right though when she said math is hard. Anyway, the opponents seem to have had a misunderstanding. In an indy you want to be cautious though, since partner might take your double as take-out since you haven't yet settled on a suit of your own. Of course the software forbids calls at the 8 level so maybe it's OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shubi Posted November 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 hi hi Ken, thx for your comments. I agree with you the score should have been 5200, but I am sure I saw 5300 on the screen. Mind you this hand was played around 6 7 months ago.thxshubi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Anyone else find it funny that Ken is talking about Barbie? I think he's jealous of her popularity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Yeah, that broad has been grabbing all the attention for my entire life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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