Fluffy Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 MP nobody Vul, South is dealer S - W - N - Eps-3♠-ps-ps?? ♠3♥AJ762♦K1082♣J72 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Isn't this a textbook double? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 I've read the same book as Frances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatchett Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 I'll join the above club and say obvious double as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 I am very much illiterate, but I would X like the previous posters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtfanclub Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 MP nobody Vul, South is dealer S - W - N - Eps-3♠-ps-ps?? ♠3♥AJ762♦K1082♣J72 I would pass if I were an unpassed hand. Since I passed to start with, why not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Double Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Double, but I'm aware of the possibility the opponents may be playing 3♠ on a ugly misfit, so this may backfire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Pass would be my standard choice but some would depend on how RHO passed and what kind of risks I needed to take. Just because we are a passed hand and don't show the world by Xing I don't think we have to commit to such a high level. We don't have very much here and I think this is just stretching it too far with no values. For me a "textbook" X would be x Axxx Axxx Kxxx (which is an opening bid to some people I know). Yes this means I don't pass and then balance at the 3 level very much but I think that is not a problem. Perhaps I am offbase here because most people I know and respect X with these type of hands but I've just never seen the wisdom in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 gonna dbl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 Double, but I'm aware of the possibility the opponents may be playing 3♠ on a ugly misfit, so this may backfire. Then our double will be left in, and most likely we'll kill them. If we're playing opposite a partner who might pass a balanced 16 hoping that we could reopen with short spades, don't we have to do it here? I've never run into this problem at the table. If we would have gotten torched, I won't do it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 Pass would be my standard choice but some would depend on how RHO passed and what kind of risks I needed to take. Just because we are a passed hand and don't show the world by Xing I don't think we have to commit to such a high level. We don't have very much here and I think this is just stretching it too far with no values. For me a "textbook" X would be x Axxx Axxx Kxxx (which is an opening bid to some people I know). Yes this means I don't pass and then balance at the 3 level very much but I think that is not a problem. Perhaps I am offbase here because most people I know and respect X with these type of hands but I've just never seen the wisdom in it. what he said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 I would double. In my experience it just seems to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcauley Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 voted pass here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 Pass for me. That H suit just looks a little too tatty. I have played with partners who double on hands like this and often they are right, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 If we're playing opposite a partner who might pass a balanced 16 hoping that we could reopen with short spades, don't we have to do it here? My partners would bid 3NT with that hand, so that's not an issue. Still, double might be right. To me this is very close between pass and double. I really don't know what I would do. I'd have to be at the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dake50 Posted June 3, 2007 Report Share Posted June 3, 2007 Who is sitting on 16hcp here? Partner with no good call? Or RHO waiting to crack any 4-level bid? Or is missing hcp 9-7-12-12, when 4-level needs right placed honors: only my DK,HJ?Pass wins most often. RHO's tell may persuade me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted June 3, 2007 Report Share Posted June 3, 2007 Hi, it depends a lot on the style of the 3S opener,green vs. green in 2nd seat, it should be sound,but some may it play more loose ( :angry: ) and if thiswere the case, you should pass, because the partnerof the 3S bidder may just be waiting, ... but somay partner. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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