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Battling Pre-empts...Alternate Reality


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  1. 1. Your call

    • Pass
      0
    • Double
      10
    • 3 Hearts
      0
    • 3 Spades
      3
    • 3 No Trump
      1
    • 4 Clubs
      0
    • 4 Spades
      0
    • Other
      0


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double

 

I am a big believer in bidding 3N over preempts with offshape hands, but only when the alternatives are either unpalatable or offer fewer ways to win.

 

Thus, with AJxxx x KQxx AJx... I'd bid 3N. 3 eliminates 3N, which rates to be the best game, and double virtually invites a call, and whether that is 3 or 4 level still leaves me overbidding... correcting 3 to 3 or 3N (you pick) misdescribes your hand and correcting 4 to 4 is a big overbid.

 

But here, we have two clear ways to win via double: partner can bid either major and we are ecstatic... compared to 3N... he is NOT bidding even a 6 card major over 3N, since we'd all bid 3N with some (31)=6=3 or (31)=7=2 with running s,as an example.

 

3N only has one way to win.

 

Conversely, doubling will lose only if he insists upon s, and not even always then... we may still be able to successfully correct to s.. and bidding 3N has several ways to lose, including missing a major game or slam or seeing them run the suit: LHO with x xx KQx KQxxxxx leads the surprising K and catches partner with QJxx KJxxx xxx x.

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