neilkaz Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 Blame here...100% to your pd. You have a routine white vs red 3♦ preempt and opposite that, PD cannot expect to clobber 3♠x and certainly should wait and see if the vulnerable opps carry on to 4♠ which he can double happily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted January 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 I guess you made a mistake Kathryn.Not in the bidding that was great, but in the choice of your partner. Maybe someday we should have a charity BBO tournament, featuring all of jillybean's ex-partners. I'd probably even pay to watch that. Comedy is fun. :( ;) :P I think you best wait until my game is perfect - dont start selling tickets just yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Bah, I wasn't trying to diss you. You just seem to find some...amazing...partners, sometimes, jb. :rolleyes: V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASkolnick Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 I think that it is a big, If you can bid 3♦ with the North hand, you can't double with the South hand. However, in the partnership I play with more disciplined preempts, the double by South is fine. Not everyone agrees that KTxxxxx is a good enough quality suit, even white on red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted January 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Bah, I wasn't trying to diss you. You just seem to find some...amazing...partners, sometimes, jb. :( V I know you weren't dissing me but I dont want to disrespect my partners here either - I like them, most of the time! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 OK thanks. I was North and with the ♠ void I wasnt sure if I should bid 4♦ or leave it to pard. No, when you preempt you always have to pass partner's penalty doubles. Otherwise, next time he will have six spades (or five good ones) and don't dare to double because he is afraid you have a void and will pull it. This is one of the situations where a double is 100% penalty, not 99.99% ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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