gwnn Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 I know many people here play Keri.. The question is, what happens after 4th (or even "sixth") hand intervention? Let's assume it just promises weak diamonds or various invitational hands (even 5cM's or 6 card semi-solidsuits), but not diamond slam tries. What are your general principles? "diamonds pass, otherwise bid"? :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awm Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Generally I find that takeout doubles work pretty well here. At least the double promises support for diamonds (among other suits) so we are still fairly safe with the diamond one-suiter. I would normally double a two-level overcall by 4th seat if holding the right shape (this is safer than balancing doubles by opener in auctions like 1NT-Bid-Pass-Pass for example because responder always has either diamonds or values). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microcap Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 I play keri, but am lost a little---can you give me a sample sequence or two? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted February 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 1NT-2♣-2♦- 2M=4 or 5 cards (see below)2NT=bal invite (p/3NT)3x=good 6 card suit (p/3NT/4M) ...-2M-p=min, 4(3 if "suit-hand") card support2♠ (M is obviously spades)=4 spades, dislikes hearts, min2NT=dislikes M, min3♣=minimum hand, but good 4 card support for M3♦=max hand with 4m3333♥=4 hearts, less than 4 spades if M=♠, max3M=3 card support, max3NT=max, no interest in majors I think this is about everything. The real biggie about this is 3 level 4th hand intervention.. opener shan't know what to do and if responder doubles and opener doesn't have a trump stack and neither is he max, we end up in a 3 level bad contract. If opener is max. and doesn't have a stopper, we may be missing a good 4-4 major fit... There are some serious issues here. Yea, game is less likely with intervention, and 4th hand intervention is rare and 6th hand intervention is even more rare, but I think it's still a definite issue... And Keri is a relatively popular convention so I think there has to be a logical solution for all of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 If it starts 1N - p - 2♣ - 2x? We play as Klinger suggests; double is penalty oriented but with diamond support in case pard is just transferring. The tricky auctions are when overcaller's partner competes over our pass / double. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Generally I find that takeout doubles work pretty well here. At least the double promises support for diamonds (among other suits) so we are still fairly safe with the diamond one-suiter. I would normally double a two-level overcall by 4th seat if holding the right shape (this is safer than balancing doubles by opener in auctions like 1NT-Bid-Pass-Pass for example because responder always has either diamonds or values). Takeout doubles work very well in these auctions (from experience) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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