Flame Posted April 10, 2004 Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 Do you play that a support double shows extra ? or do you bid it with any minimum hand with 3 card fit ? im talking about a 1/2 level support double. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishovnbg Posted April 10, 2004 Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 Most of players like to bid anything, if they only can ;) , so they do support dbl/rdbl with any hand. IMHO better way is to bid sd/rd if you really like to play 4-3 fit at this level. ---------------------------------------------------------- Misho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trpltrbl Posted April 11, 2004 Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 I am one of the few people that play Support X and XX upto and including 3♥. But when we get that high, I tend to have a somewhat better hand then a minimum. But at 1 and 2 level it doesn't matter, min or max I will support. That is the idea behind it. Mike ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearmum Posted April 11, 2004 Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 Do you play that a support double shows extra ? or do you bid it with any minimum hand with 3 card fit ? im talking about a 1/2 level support double.Maybe I'm missing something but surely the whole point of supp X andXX was to show 3 card support for partners suit? --- ESPECIALLY of only playing them up to the 2 level ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricK Posted April 11, 2004 Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 Do you play that a support double shows extra ? or do you bid it with any minimum hand with 3 card fit ? im talking about a 1/2 level support double.Maybe I'm missing something but surely the whole point of supp X andXX was to show 3 card support for partners suit? --- ESPECIALLY of only playing them up to the 2 level ;) But do you always want to show three card support? eg ♠5432 ♥432 ♦AK2 ♣AQ2 After 1♣ (P) 1♥ (1♠) do you really think it is important to show 3 card ♥ support? Even 1♥ may be too high! Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted April 11, 2004 Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 But do you always want to show three card support? eg ♠5432 ♥432 ♦AK2 ♣AQ2 After 1♣ (P) 1♥ (1♠) do you really think it is important to show 3 card ♥ support? Even 1♥ may be too high! EricYes. Before the 1♠ bid we were committed to higher than 1♥ - now although RHO has given us the opportunity of getting out of the auction, the value of efficiently showing 3-card support is considered greater value by us. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Posted April 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 Do you play that a support double shows extra ? or do you bid it with any minimum hand with 3 card fit ? im talking about a 1/2 level support double.Maybe I'm missing something but surely the whole point of supp X andXX was to show 3 card support for partners suit? --- ESPECIALLY of only playing them up to the 2 level ;) But do you always want to show three card support? eg ♠5432 ♥432 ♦AK2 ♣AQ2 After 1♣ (P) 1♥ (1♠) do you really think it is important to show 3 card ♥ support? Even 1♥ may be too high! Eric My opinion is to show the 3 card support here. If partner have 5 card suit he will not bid again unless i'll double here, he might not even bid a 6 card suit b/c i can have 0-2 cards in the suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted April 11, 2004 Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 always want to show three card support? eg ♠5432 ♥432 ♦AK2 ♣AQ2 After 1♣ (P) 1♥ (1♠) do you really think it is important to show 3 card ♥ support? Even 1♥ may be too high! Eric That's why we play weak NT ;) About support Dbl: I play that until 2♥, double after all higher bids are take-out... Supp dbl for me is just a 3 card support, from minimum opening till maximum opener. partner won't pass, and then we can bid some forcing stuff to move on when we are strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trpltrbl Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 I agree that weak NT and support X and XX really go good together. Mike B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 Do you play that a support double shows extra ? or do you bid it with any minimum hand with 3 card fit ? im talking about a 1/2 level support double. No. I do not play support double/redouble show extra. It simply shows 3 card support, and must be made below the level of two of may partners suit. Having said that, I really, really prefer not to play support redouble, and I am not wildly fond of support doulbe either. I prefer "takeout dbl" and either penalty oriented redbl, rosenkrantz redbouble, or transfer redbouble. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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