ochinko Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 [hv=d=w&v=b&s=s52h83dqj8642cj65]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] (1♠) - Pass - (4♠) - Pass(Pass) - Dbl - (Rdbl) - ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Someone's joking here and I think it's pard. 5♦. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Pass. Not my party and I'd rather trust partner than the opponents. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 If partner couldn't make a t/o double at the 1-level, he surely can't at the 4-level. This stinks, but it's not my party. Pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Partner did not ask for my opinion. I pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 In old Terrence Reese books, he notes this auction as partner having a light takeout double and figuring on a good sacrifice, like - Jxxxx Kxxx Axxx. I know that may well be out of date now, but it's food for thought anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 In old Terrence Reese books, he notes this auction as partner having a light takeout double and figuring on a good sacrifice, like - Jxxxx Kxxx Axxx. I know that may well be out of date now, but it's food for thought anyway. I agree that's a faint possibility, but I'd not expect anyone to do that at equal vulnerability. At favourable that explanation would be more likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Partner's X is for penalty and shows a trump stack. That said, partner doesn't have that unless LHO has psyched. Partner may believe he's shown a hand with a spade void that couldn't make a t/o X. You have to evaluate what's going on but in most lineups I would bid 5D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgr Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 In old Terrence Reese books, he notes this auction as partner having a light takeout double and figuring on a good sacrifice, like - Jxxxx Kxxx Axxx. I know that may well be out of date now, but it's food for thought anyway. If you pass and partner has a distributional hand like this then he can still bid 4NT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 I doubled for take out once and it was my first and only -990 for this sequence, I hope I can stay calm for the rest of my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 Partner's X is for penalty and shows a trump stack. That said, partner doesn't have that unless LHO has psyched. Partner may believe he's shown a hand with a spade void that couldn't make a t/o X. You have to evaluate what's going on but in most lineups I would bid 5D. In all my regular partnerships I pass, because this is a penalty double. There was a hand not dissimilar to this in the BW MSC a few years ago. The majority of the panellists bid, but this was a disaster, and 4S was going for a mountain as opener had indeed psyched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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