TylerE Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 [hv=d=w&v=n&s=sjhat4dkqt65ck962]133|100|Scoring: MPs(1♠) - P - (P) - ?[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
655321 Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Double WTP. Holding only 3 card ♥, on a very bad day you may be balancing them into 4♥, but your hand is good enough that you just make your normal bid. No need to worry about worst cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Me too, definitely double. I guess that makes it 655322:0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Tyler are you serious about this one? This is the most obvious double I've seen. I'll be interested in what Mr. Foo has to say here. I would predict a unanimous vote, but I've seen some surprising things happen lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Agree with WTP. (I'm in a rhyming mood.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 I have a better problem guys... you hold: KQxAQxKxxQxxx You play 15-17 NT, what is your opening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 I have a better problem guys... you hold: KQxAQxKxxQxxx You play 15-17 NT, what is your opening? pass to create some action? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 I have a better problem guys... you hold: KQxAQxKxxQxxx You play 15-17 NT, what is your opening? Three queens and 4333? Obvious downgrading to 1♣ :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
655321 Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 I have a better problem guys... you hold: KQxAQxKxxQxxx You play 15-17 NT, what is your opening?Yet another circumstance for a well done and objective simulation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 I have a better problem guys... you hold: KQxAQxKxxQxxx You play 15-17 NT, what is your opening? I'd still open 1NT, though it's clearly a minimum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 I would bid 1 NT on the first and X on the second example. Or vice versa, who knows. And I have a third example . You are in second seat and hold: 6536543653654 What do you open and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awm Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 While double seems normal, there is a case to be made for bidding 2♦. Some reasons: After 1♠-P-P-2♦-2♠-P-P you can double. After 1♠-P-P-X-2♠-P-P you're stuck. If opener doesn't bid again, partner will probably bid 2♥ over 2♦ with five of them and a decent hand. So you're not that likely to miss a real heart fit. On the other hand, if you double partner will bid a four-card heart suit long before a four-card diamond suit. Partner may even bid 3♥ on a four-card suit, especially if opener competes to 2♠. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 On the other hand, if you double partner will bid a four-card heart suit long before a four-card diamond suit. Partner may even bid 3♥ on a four-card suit, especially if opener competes to 2♠. And he must play 3 or 4 Heart in a 4-3 Fit whith the short hand ruffing the spades and having an nice 5 card side suit to develop? And this at matchpoints? Poor partner. He is always so unhappy if we just write a mere 80 % in our scorecard. Seriously, OF course there is a downside for the double. But the upsides are so much higher, that noone should bid anything else but X. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerE Posted January 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Ok, lemme own up. I doubled, of course, and after LHO jumped to 3♠ partner trotted out the semi-dreaded 4♥. which was not a success in the moysian. After the hand, partner berated me quite strongly for doubling with this hand. Just doing a little reality check. At the time I was 100% convinced that X was the right percentage action., and I remain so now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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